As I said this is just a very basic idiots guide for people who are going in completely green. Hopefully this helps a few people out! If you have any questions myself or others will try our best to help you out!
- didnt come with ETC card, so had to pay tolls with cash. its a pain.
- google maps is better than it used to be for japanese roads, but its still unclear instructions and confusing as f**k for multi-layered roads.
- a bike rider and car driver were pissed at me once: I was in the middle road of a T-intersection (tight local streets) and car +bike approached from my left. So I gave way to them. Apparently I needed to go first, coz otherwise the car wouldnt fit? I dunno, i tried to wave them through but they looked at me puzzled so i drove off to the right... it was confusing.
This has an equivalent in French, where Coryza is commonly known as "Rhume de cerveau" (brain cold), which people without a brain obviously can't catch. The English phrase "too slow to catch a cold" may or may not be related. If there is any Real Life explanation, it may be that idiots are too stupid to realize they even have a cold, then ignore it until it goes away. Another possible explanation; only an idiot would do the things that Japanese conventional wisdom says cause colds; when they don't catch the cold they should have, it's because they're idiots.
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We\u2019d wandered past a sliding wooden slatted door with a fluttering noren curtain: the standard signifier of a Japanese restaurant. Excited about whatever gastronomic adventure awaited within, we\u2019d slid the door open and poked our heads inside to be greeted by a flustered looking, kimono-clad woman who had hurtled towards us, arms held up to form a cross- the Japanese symbol for NO. Bewildered at this unexpected rudeness we\u2019d tried, in broken Japanese, to ask for a table, while the lady continued to cross her hands in front of her face and squeezed her eyes shut as though wishing us into vanishing. When she finally opened her eyes and saw us still standing there she spoke slowly, as if to idiots. \u201CNO SUSHI,\u201D she said. \u201CNO TEMPURA.\u201D To her visible dismay we\u2019d shrugged our shoulders and said we\u2019d eat whatever they had to give us.
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