re: Meanwhile in Japan...

Some random musings on Japan:

Pocari Sweat tastes delicious.
Their canned coffees and teas are on another level.
You can't beat Mos Burger and Hokka Hokka Bento.
Love Hotels are the shite.
Onsens will change your life.
Sumo is a blast and easy to get into.
Japanese festivals are the best.
Real Japanese life is found in the countryside.
It is hard not to be seduced by Japan.
It is easy to fall in love in Japan.
The roads are great.
The most polite people on Earth.
They drink with the best of them.
A lot of people try too hard.
Avoid anger at all times. Never show anger.
Yaki Tori is better than sashimi/sushi and better than anything in America.
Don't give gifts or you will enter a cycle of eternal gift-giving.
Everything is individually wrapped.
The sex trade is generally closed to foreingners in most cities.
There are blowjob bars in Tokyo.
Host bars are a great place for Westerners to pick up girls.
Most wife's don't ask too many questions.
Wives rule the home.
There is a vending machine approximately every three feet.
Most kids go to school after school.
Many kids also take classes on Saturday.
Don't ever refuse an invitation.
White people are a bucket list thing for many, many Japanese.
Japanese salarymen work long hours but their production can be shite.
Karaoke bars are where Japanese girls can act like themselves with friends.
Established girls might want to keep you on the "down-low".
Do not refuse the food "challenge". Eat or else.
Tatami mats and Japanese futons are more comfortable than beds.
You can buy beer from vending machines.
Don't try to be Japanese if you aren't. It doesn't work and you look stupid.

Ozzy Man reviews of the dudes in the jumpsuits climbing the staircase had me in tears

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Japan looks like a fricking awesome place to get drunk.

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It was. Oh the good time I had.