Comments on J-List side blog: Japan, Conformity and Thanksgiving

oh god, a bucket kfc. do want..

2011-04-01T17:07:57.781+09:00

oh god, a bucket kfc. do want..

Moeru sounds like a moe anime. Wow. I'm a anim...

2010-03-06T06:25:33.791+09:00

Moeru sounds like a moe anime. Wow. I'm a anime fan myself and even I think That's both super geeky and kind of sad.

Jim, yes, at least they have KFC here. Mockingbi...

2009-11-26T15:40:09.564+09:00

Jim, yes, at least they have KFC here.

Mockingbird, there are ways to get stuff of course, shops that sell import foods. We're in Gunma so we're far from all that, but there's one supermarket in my city that even has turkey. It's so difficult to make it in Japan (where people usually don't have proper ovens, although I do have one.

MissJessica, thanks for the info. Might have known Japan was imitating Britain again, just as they did with the whole "make a big world empire" thing. ^_^

Meroigo, I'm sure there are shades of grey in the gomi department. Like apartments where people live only for 1-2 years than move on, they can't have the same proper community spirit as a place like where I live, where everyone has been here forever and I'm "the new kid" because I've only been here for 16 years.

Timo, Happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone. God bless!

well, Peter, to the part of you that is still Amer...

2009-11-26T12:12:19.948+09:00

well, Peter, to the part of you that is still American, I wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! It's still Wednesday here on the East Coast, but Thanksgiving has reached you, for sure.

Haha, I live in Kyoto and we don't have to use...

2009-11-26T11:10:42.796+09:00

Haha, I live in Kyoto and we don't have to use clear bags or write our names, and people doesn't seem to care to mix everything, even though there is one container for PET etc and one for the rest. Maybe because the place where I live is 90% "stupid" gaikokujin like myself. ;>

Round our way in the UK, we have a similar rubbish...

2009-11-26T06:56:39.604+09:00

Round our way in the UK, we have a similar rubbish collection routine. We have a "non-recycleable" pickup every other week, and in between those we have the recycleable pickups, where you have to seperate cardboard, paper, cans, glass, plastics etc into seperate bags.

What is the availability of wild rice (genus zi...

2009-11-26T00:32:41.089+09:00
What is the availability of wild rice (genus zizania--called "wild rice" even though it is not rice and, unless one is willing to pay a premium, not wild) and cornmeal there? Sweet potatoes? (I mean ipomoea batatas, not African yams). How about wines made from so-called "fox-grapes", i.e. American grape species, rather than from vinifera, the European wine-grape? Are there no "American shops" even near the Navy base on Tokyo Bay?

I think a bucket of KFC for Thanksgiving sounds do...

2009-11-25T23:38:11.190+09:00
I think a bucket of KFC for Thanksgiving sounds downright civilized!!