japan

Ex-Nova Boss Gets Jail Time! from silentjim ^Pro 84 days old

Just a quick one this time, but wanted to post some happy news Monkey Bridge (my old boss at Nova - the head honcho embezzler) has finally been sentenced ...

Gaijins to be electronically tagged? from silentjim ^Pro 139 days old

[ ... ] crime in Japan unfortunately, - mind you the same thing happens in Britain, so that's not a criticism of the Japanese particularly - but usually you ...

Swine Flu in Kobe from silentjim ^Pro 186 days old

Panic seems to have set in in Hyogo, as 8 High school students were diagnosed with Swine Flu over the weekend. They're from a school just 2 train stops ...

Sake tour of Kobe from silentjim ^Pro 250 days old

The other week we took a 15 minute ride on the train to our local sake brewery area, and did a very pleasant tour of some of the breweries and their ...

Free stuff from silentjim ^Pro 258 days old

Haven't updated in a while and lots to tell, but lets start with the bizarre free stuff you get given in Japan. I may have mentioned this before, but ...

Lucky Bags! from silentjim ^Pro 288 days old

At New Years shops, etc sell what are called Lucky Bags. Basically a closed bag containing who knows what, which you buy for a set price and hope to ...

No! Not my ear again... from silentjim ^Pro 353 days old

Doh! Got hit by a cold last week, and then woke up Friday morning with a muffled right ear, again! One week before my Japanese exam which includes a ...

Are you sure you need 12,000Yen? from silentjim ^Pro 365 days old

Some developments have been occurring over the Japanese Governments free handout of 12,000Yen. Basically they've been squabbling over it in the Diet ...

Global Financial Crisis and the Japanese Answer from silentjim ^Pro 384 days old

[ ... ] there's Japan what are they doing? You got to love this country In amongst the proposed tax cuts, interest rate cut from 0.5% to 0.3% and other ...

Hobgoblin Mistake from silentjim ^Pro 430 days old

When I find an error it's only polite to correct it we went back to the Hobgoblin in Sannomiya last weekend and discovered to my shock (at having told ...