Tokyo just dropped a whole slew of new fines for bike infractions, and while I heartily wish platoons of patrolmen would be standing by to levy massive fines on all the mamachari ebikes bombing down the sidewalk from behind… while ringing their bells to make pedestrians jump out of the way (why yes, this isContinueContinue reading “Bicycle Fines of Japan”
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Pay your respects like you’re living in 2050
Q: How do you pay your respects to the ancestors without burning down the house? A: Plug in a stick of electronic incense, of course! The fear of fire still runs strong in Japan, because within living memory, everyone still lived in houses built of wood and paper. Incense burning before the ancestral name tabletsContinueContinue reading “Pay your respects like you’re living in 2050”
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