Mondays can get crazy busy
Get ‘Papa’ on a good night at our local izakaya and he’s the most charming man. Get him on a bad night and...
Frog's Glen
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Only foreigners ask why something is done like that
In giving a tip for learning Japanese, I realize there's one phrase never uttered.
The PM puts a fork in the ministries. I put a fork into a vanished soul food.
Some political 'stabbings' recently dropped in Japan, and I give thoughts on a vanished soul food.
She said nature's great until it's not
Marauding pigs come to destroy my friend's garden. We plan revenge.
Grey settles over the Glen
(Is this one of those Japanese microseason things?)
Review: Self Checkout at a Family Mart
I’ve never in my life used self checkout for any shop.
Like ice cold sea water and urine
Some 'foods' should never reach a dinner plate.
Does he come in a fridge magnet?
The other day I was on a routine visit to the Frog’s Glen hospital. There I learned that I have been in Japan decades too long.
The boars will think twice next time
Glen'ers grapple with a band of marauding boars. And almost come to blows themselves.
Note: There are no dragons in Japan on December 31
New Years here is different.