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an englishman in osaka
http://anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com/
a tongue-in-cheek look at life in osaka and japan through the eyes of a man from england
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quackers?
I think I've been hallucinating; maybe something got in the water supply....So I was swanning about by the Yodogawa the other day when suddenly, across the way, I think I see a massive great rubber duck floating along by the river bank.....I do a dou...
futenma decision decided
please mind the step
Design flaw?I don't know.Perhaps the road used to be higher.Or maybe the house was once lower.Or did the builders simply get their calculations wrong?Then again, I suppose it's possible the architect was just having a laugh........
fart song
As fart songs go, this is one of the better ones, and has a well choreographed dance video accompanying it.The song encourages womanly ladies of the female variety not to hold in any build up of gas that might be knocking on the emergency exit door.T...
S.O.G. (save our gyoza)
In the Umeda district of Osaka, in the shadow of the Hep Five shopping centre, you'll find Gyoza Stadium. It is, as the name suggests, full of gyoza. However, unlike most stadiums, this one has no one in it.If you like gyoza and you find yourself in ...
toilet talk
As you can imagine, I often receive emails asking me about Japanese toiletry concerns - from people who are into that kind of thing.In response, I spent some time researching nearby public toilets with my camera - although I'm really not into that ki...
