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• #33

  Japan is a horrible place to live. It’s best that you just vacation there and get out with great memories.

• #54

  >>33
  Japan is like a different planet like in those Star Trek: TOS episodes...

• #61

  I'm a nippon citizen. Japan GDP is #4!

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• #51

  >>50
  Thus “How Do You Live?” is more elliptical than bluntly instructive. Considered a classic today, it’s about a teenage boy named Koperu (a reference to the astronomer Copernicus) who struggles with change in the wake of his father’s death, while his uncle writes letters offering advice on the challenges his nephew encounters. The novel concludes with the narrator posing the title’s provocative question to the reader, making us a part of the story, instead of just an onlooker.

  Though the film isn’t explicitly based on the novel, elements of Yoshino’s story surface throughout, including a rather Copernican-looking character late in the film. But the clearest link comes early, when Mahito finds a copy of “How Do You Live?” in a stack of books. He discovers a note on the flyleaf from his mother, addressed to him. He reads the book and weeps before setting out on his journey.

  The references give the serpentine plot fresh meaning. “The Boy and the Heron” has few straightforward lessons to teach. Mahito learns he cannot save the world single-handedly, and shouldn’t try. Love and art, balanced together, are how a person can manage to exist without malice or fear. With that, it’s easy to imagine Miyazaki, whose life and work have spanned so many decades, implicitly turning to his audience, a single question in mind: How do you live?

  The Boy and the Heron
  Rated PG-13. Sharp teeth, sharp terror and even the cuddliest creatures menace. In Japanese with subtitles, or dubbed in English. Running time: 2 hour 4 minutes. In theaters.
  The Boy and the HeronNYT Critic’s Pick
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  Director
  Hayao Miyazaki
  Writer
  Hayao Miyazaki
  Stars
  Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Aimyon, Kô Shibasaki
  Rating
  PG-13
  Running Time
  2h 4m
  Genres
  Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy

• #59

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• #60

  Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Japanese: チ。―地球の運動について―, Hepburn: Chi: Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite) ~ medieval astronomy gets the Vinland Saga treatment. Copernicus and Galileo can relate to this.

• #58

  thanks

• #55

  More like everyone buying stuff to keep the boredom away...

  >>1
  Video about vidya gaems
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t61jfWxWHII
  360 in da hood

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• #41

  Play jap games & draw jap art
  https://youtu.be/y9NU10a-pgI
  https://twitter.com/TrinketEric/status/1145183942028533761#m

• #52

  I always prefer eating out locally; it creates a comforting illusion of village living and it makes getting home so much more affordable after a few glasses of wine - or sake, as the case may be. So crossing the bridge for a meal is not taken lightly. But, encouraged by friends' rave reviews of this long-standing Mosman restaurant, we take the plunge and head north.

  The door opens to an unpretentious room; it is a warm, comfortable space, with soft-yellow walls and perfect lighting, accentuated by flickering tea lights. There are wooden tables and chairs - with padded seats - and a hanging wooden grid on the ceiling.

  We are here for the house speciality, the six-course set menu or kaiseki, a food experience that embodies Japanese culture and is traditionally served at tea ceremonies. In essence a tasting menu, each course is made up of several small dishes that balance flavour, texture and appearance.

  One of the joys of kaiseki is it speeds up ordering when dining with a group. There are two kaiseki menus: mino (regular) or goshu (seasonal), with a choice of mains and dessert flavours. Many of the kaiseki dishes are available a la carte in larger servings.

  The restaurant is full at 7pm but our friendly waitress seats us quickly, takes orders and delivers the sake, along with a basket of sake cups for us to make a selection.

  Then the parade of lacquered trays begins. The opening salvo is an aperitif or amuse - a shot glass of plum wine, surprisingly delicious, and not at all cloyingly sweet, offset by a mouthful of tart pickled mackerel.

  An appetiser follows on a green-glazed plate with a bonsai serving of octopus and cuttlefish salad sitting in a puddle of sweet miso. Just enough to whet the appetite, it gives a false sense of what lies ahead.

  The waitress delivers a third tray, a knockout presentation of three pieces of plump sashimi - tuna, salmon and kingfish -

• #53

  >>52
  plus two pieces of sushi with a stripe of addictive Japanese mayo and a fresh Pacific oyster raised on a pedestal and bathed in a bright vinaigrette. All four diners agree the kingfish sashimi is a knockout.

  When tray No.4 arrives, I start to worry. There are five entrees in individual pottery bowls and plates, all presented like edible art. Included is a strip of grilled ocean perch with a dash of citrusy ponzu sauce, a zucchini flower stuffed with minced prawn and lotus root, and a piece of crunchy deep-fried soft-shell crab beside a tiny mound of green-tea salt.

  As the tray is cleared away, I notice the growing pile of small dishes waiting to be hand washed at the far end of the room. Exquisite ceramic plates are not dishwasher friendly.

  My main is a piece of Atlantic salmon, grilled to succulent pinkness, with a sweet walnut teriyaki sauce and salad. Others choose the light-as-feather assorted tempura and a spicy miso hotpot of mixed seafoods.

  No one thinks there could possibly be room for dessert. Of course, we are wrong. Tray No.6 bears a small dish of ice-cream or sorbet chosen from a range of knockout flavours (blood orange is the table favourite), alongside slices of kiwi fruit and rockmelon. There is also a pot of green-tea panna cotta - comforting and addictive - and a square of soft, dark chocolate dusted with a nutty soybean powder.

  Definitely worth crossing the bridge for.

  Menu Japanese, specialising in kaiseki, but also a la carte.

  Value Very good. Entrees, $14; mains, $24; dessert, $8, six-course kaiseki, $59.

  Recommended dishes Kingfish sashimi, grilled salmon with walnut dressing; blood-orange sorbet.

• #25

  Carol of the Old Ones (Japanese cover)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1a5cu7LRJM

• #47

  Check out Shigure Ui’s Goddess Requiem

• #46

  Mushoku Tensai

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• #14

  My quick guide to forwarders/proxy services:

  - Tenso is reliable, but a bit expensive for forwarding. For some retailers you may experience phone number or address blacklisting. Buyee (affiliated with Tenso) is great for auction sites, e.g. Yahoo Auctions, Mercari.
  - BigInJapan is dirt cheap and offers barebones forwarding, but if anything goes wrong you will not be able to reach someone for support. To my recollection it's also forced EMS, which is a problem right now. Avoid for proxy service.
  - Goody-Japan is my longtime go-to for proxy service. They aren't the cheapest, probably something of a middle ground, but they are quick on support and are willing to keep packages in their warehouse for longer so you can consolidate on international shipping. They've also added pretty good auction site support.

• #23

  >>10
  What happened? Did he leave Japan?

• #40

  >>23
  yes, sadly...

• #29

  claps

• #30

  guess im not the one who, minimize the world either.

  ...is hope, elsewhere indeed?

• #16

  n th