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Grand Fromage posted:There's multiple situations all being conflated. Ding ding ding. I was talking about A) here before. Pegnose Pete posted:I live in the inaka so if I travel to a big city grabbing a real burger is one of the first things I think about tbh. Also this is definitely a real feeling too. If you’ve been surrounded by 100% local stuff, than even seeing something lovely from home is reassuring or at least more novel.
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Martytoof posted:I went to McDonalds just to try the shrimp burger patty or whatever it was and when I was done I was like — it was good but it was very McDonalds and I didn’t bother trying anything else “exotic” there or any other chain I had at home. I guess I still kind of want to try KFC to see if its any different but I’ll feel very stupid if it’s not. Crawling out of lurking to encourage you to pass on KFC. The main difference I noted was they punch loving holes through the biscuits for some godforsaken reason. I haven’t had KFC in forever so I’m not the best person to give a proper comparison, but I can tell you it was not good.
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Aug 1, 2021 03:42
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Good enough for me! It wasn’t on my itinerary before and now it definitely won’t be  I’m not in love with north american KFC anyway.
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Aug 1, 2021 18:44
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i think people who live in japan and dont eat raw horumon every week are basically barbarians who are wasting a great opportunity
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Aug 1, 2021 19:35
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KFC at Christmas is a definite exception, if only for the novelty.
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Aug 1, 2021 20:14
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My standards are low. Everything is pretty good everywhere.
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Aug 1, 2021 23:41
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Also just eat what you want whether it's super expensive local delicacies or a mixture of McDonalds (their chicken burger with teriyaki sauce is great and I can't get that one back home) and convenience store snacks. Anyone who gives a poo poo what you eat while on holiday isn't worth worrying about.
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Aug 2, 2021 00:05
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7-Eleven tamago sando with some fried chicken and a strong zero is just as Japanese as like soba and green tea imo.
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Aug 2, 2021 00:33
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Shibawanko posted:i think people who live in japan and dont eat raw horumon every week are basically barbarians who are wasting a great opportunity Call me crazy but I think we're beyond eating intestines at this point
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Grand Fromage posted:There's multiple situations all being conflated. My first real meal in Japan was a BigMac meal at a McDonalds in Sapporo because I too intimidated to order from any of the other restaurants in the area. You should judge me for this.
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Aug 2, 2021 03:33
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AHH F/UGH posted:Call me crazy but I think we're beyond eating intestines at this point What do you mean beyond? I still don't see it regularly on menus in the west so we definitely haven't even gotten there yet, much less "beyond".
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Aug 2, 2021 03:57
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totalnewbie posted:What do you mean beyond? I still don't see it regularly on menus in the west so we definitely haven't even gotten there yet, much less "beyond". Every true red-white-and-blue-blooded American restaurant will be glad to server you scrapple and chitlins, I tell you hwat.
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Pegnose Pete posted:7-Eleven tamago sando with some fried chicken and a strong zero is just as Japanese as like soba and green tea imo. Hell yeah. I ate so much konbini meals because for riding food it's really good and they make for perfect rest stops when taking a break from being in the saddle for a couple hours. It's one of the main things I miss since convenience store food here is trash in comparison. I only went to actual restaurants a couple times on riding days but it was really awkward whenever it turned out to be a nice place and I was all kitted up in spandex bike gear. I saved the sit-down restaurants for rest periods when I could be dressed in normal clothes.
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Aug 2, 2021 04:41
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Am I still allowed to eat Tempura without scorn if I was born in the Antipodes
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WarpedNaba posted:Am I still allowed to eat Tempura without scorn if I was born in the Antipodes no youre only allowed to eat natto, red beans, and curry bread. the three japanese foods.
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Aug 2, 2021 06:47
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I wonder what I should I eat after I complete my two weeks of quarantine.
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AHH F/UGH posted:Call me crazy but I think we're beyond eating intestines at this point pig uteruses, and no
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Aug 2, 2021 09:15
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I've always wondered if Chitterlings are any good.
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Does anyone know how detailed I need to be in itemizing for customs declaration? For example, one of the boxes I'm shipping consists entirely of clothing (especially my winter clothing). Do I just need to put 'clothing' on the form and then just provide the number of individual articles and spitball the value? Another box will contain miscellaneous items such as bicycle parts/tools, so is that where I need to be a lot more specific for each individual item or could I get away with labeling it all as 'bicycle parts and tools' and again just provide the number of individual articles and overall value?
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Shibawanko posted:pig uteruses, and no ah yes kobukuro. I remember first leaeninf kanji and trying to read an izakaya menu like "pig....child....bag?? No it couldn't be..." I asked the owner "Hey what part of the big is this?" and he got uncomfortable like "Uhh well uhh lemme ask my wife." She politely told me what it was and we lost our minds. I like to imagine her answer was something like "Well when a mommy pig and daddy pig love each other very much..."
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paperwind posted:Does anyone know how detailed I need to be in itemizing for customs declaration? Is this into Japan or out of Japan, and where to? Apparently the U.S. has gotten much stricter on the labeling. I used to get away with “gifts” or something similar, but now they’re making me itemize how many and rough per-unit cost. Coming into Japan I’m not sure they care as much.
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harperdc posted:Is this into Japan or out of Japan, and where to? Apparently the U.S. has gotten much stricter on the labeling. I used to get away with “gifts” or something similar, but now they’re making me itemize how many and rough per-unit cost. Coming into Japan I’m not sure they care as much. I'll be moving into Japan sometime this month via Haneda or Narita. Visa gods willing (I'm in processing purgatory right now).
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paperwind posted:I'll be moving into Japan sometime this month via Haneda or Narita. Visa gods willing (I'm in processing purgatory right now). Wait, visa or COE? The visa shouldn't take more than a few days. If COE, you really shouldn't set a date until you've got it in your hands.
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skull wall posted:Wait, visa or COE? The visa shouldn't take more than a few days. If COE, you really shouldn't set a date until you've got it in your hands. Well, I have the visa now so it's all moot. For reference it took 23 days.
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Aug 13, 2021 02:55
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Goongrats
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Anyone ever gone to see sumo? I'm pretty into watching it lately but I'm wondering if it's cool in person
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AHH F/UGH posted:Anyone ever gone to see sumo? I'm pretty into watching it lately but I'm wondering if it's cool in person I have! But because it was a semi-organized JET thing (one of the regional reps handled getting tickets from the Sumo Association) I haven’t had to fight for tickets, and went with a big group I knew. We sat up in the fixed chairs and not in one of those boxes, but it’s still close enough you can really tell what’s happening. I haven’t been in Tokyo but it’s something I definitely want to get to as well. Sumo Hall is nice enough (I’ve been for pro wrestling) and the Sumo Hall exit at Ryogoku Station is really done up.
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Stringent posted:iunno, if you're a tourist from the us or aus and eating burgers in japan you wasted airfare imo I dunno, I'm glad I went to Mos Burger.
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I ate here once and it was p good. https://www.google.com/maps/place/I...MTkxVm5OUlJSQUI
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Sumo is cool and good. I've sat in cheap seats and tatami box seats and so can you!!!
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peanut posted:Sumo is cool and good. I've sat in cheap seats and tatami box seats and so can you!!! This the goon forum. 1/2 the guys here could do sumo.
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I went to the May tournament in 2019 and it was a lot of fun but I also really care about, and follow sumo regularly. I probably wouldn’t take someone who had never seen Sumo before, but if you watch it on the reg then it’s worth the effort to get a seat IMO. At least you know what to expect, and it may be different enough from what you see in the 30min highlights to make you say “oh cool”. There’s a LOT of time between bouts so be prepared for that, especially if you plan to arrive and watch a bunch of matches throughout the day instead of just showing up for Juryo/Makuuchi. You can also leave and re-enter once on your ticket (at least you could when I saw it) so you can go watch the baby wrestlers and if it really sucks and you don’t care then just leave, do a bunch of stuff and come back at like 2pm for the good stuff. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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Waltzing Along posted:This the goon forum. 1/2 the guys here could do sumo. One of my coworkers was a former pro sumo and it takes a lot more than fatness to succeed! Goons could not endure the extreme sempai/kohai caste system.
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peanut posted:One of my coworkers was a former pro sumo and it takes a lot more than fatness to succeed! Goons could not endure the extreme sempai/kohai caste system. Most of those guys can do the splits, which is a challenge for anyone who hasn't trained up, including the standard issue North American fattie.
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Aug 16, 2021 13:55
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Wow, was Google smartphone interpretation a thing like 5 years ago? I know it's not perfect and probably a bit dogshit still, but since I haven't needed to really use any of my Japanese since 2015 I feel like it's gonna come in handy until I can remember poo poo again.
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Aug 17, 2021 10:38
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I was able to have google translate conversations in 2017. No idea how bad it is, but it's certainly good enough to get by and talk with the drunk salaryman at the izakaya.
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Aug 17, 2021 17:39
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My own Japanese pronunciation is still apparently "good" enough, because it seems to actually recognize what I'm saying if I speak Japanese at it.
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Aug 17, 2021 21:27
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Can the translate app even pick up on voiceless sounds?
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Aug 17, 2021 21:43
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It tells me my japanese is very 御上手
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I’ve actually never used Google translate before but it picked up everything I said in Japanese perfectly just now, pretty good
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