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Japanese Food Warning Label

June 30, 2009 – 10:55 am

I promise you there is no company in the US that can make such bold claims as processing egg, shrimp, eel, sea urchin, salmon, octopus, cod ovum (which apparently can be made to look tastier than it sounds), peanuts, and sesame all within the same facility. Japan, you may win this round, but the US [...]

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Please Vote for the Guy Doing a Bad Adam Sandler Impression

June 19, 2009 – 10:44 am

The poster declares 「生活を守り抜く。」 (defend their lives), but his pose says, I love the part in Billy Madison where Billy acts out Shakespeare.
How could anyone take a man seriously when he has a poster printed that makes it look like someone is dangling a doughnut in front of him? Is he going to defend our [...]

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Going to Hokkaido (北海道へ行っています) part 1

June 18, 2009 – 10:54 am

I went to Hokkaido (北海道) over Golden Week, which takes place over the end of April and the beginning of May.
In this first installment I want to talk about getting there.
I took the long route. Also know as the ferry. I left from Fukushima City (福島市) to sendai (仙台) and from Sendai I took [...]

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Giant Japanese Bee

May 11, 2009 – 2:14 am

Don’t mess with bees as big as birds.
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