Shroomism said:

Getting off the plane in Japan... I was picking up my luggage.. almost walked out the airport.. then I realized that I didn't have my phone..
I was freaking the fuck out... didn't know what to do.. was just standing there for like 10 minutes with my dick in my hand. It was a BRAND NEW samsung S5 that I had got like a week before.
3-4 stewardess came running down waving the phone around asking in Japanese who's phone is this??
I said it was my mine and they handed it to me along with 100 yen saying that was for all the trouble. I was like WUT..
In America my phone probably just would have been stolen... I dropped it in the middle of the aisle apparently. Or if they found it I highly doubt a stewardess would have come running off the plane to come find the owner.. 

Also when in Tokyo, we stayed at one of the fanciest hotels in Shibuya, (Cerulean Tower).. we had gotten a good deal online, but one of the cheapest rooms..
We asked for a smoking room and they said they didn't have any normal ones but could upgrade us to a high end luxury suite but it would be extra ~5,000 yen per night... (~$500 USD)

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I lost my wallet in Japan. It was mailed to my address, with money inside of it, less than a week later.

I lost my wallet in Philly. Guess how that one turned out?

Shroomism said:

I really like that little custom I think it's super cool. You pour someone else's alcohol into their cup for them. Or someone always pours yours.
If your drink starts to get low someone will grab the bottle and refill it for you. I dunno what's so cool about it but I really like it

And I'm not even a drinker. But I sure as fuck was in Japan.

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That's one thing that my friends notice about me, and comment about how Japanese I am. I always watch when my friend's drinks are getting too low, and pour drinks and refill them all the time. That is such a typical Japanese thing to do.


Did you go to any hostess clubs in Japan, BTW? The only time I get drunk till I blackout is when I'm at a host club. You get served drinks by hot guys (or girls if you're at a hostess club), and it's basically all-you-can-drink hard liquor for 2 hours for $30. I got banned from so many host clubs for being way too drunk and causing shit.

Gottaloveacid said:

kakashi68 said:

americans are hilarious. They think everything is evil SOCIALISM OOOOO OMG THE SOCIALISTS ARE COMING TO GET US AND TAKING OVER THE WORLD. The amount of times ive seen americans cry about something progressive and then labelling it "socialism" because there scared it, is ridiculous.

Japanese law is really strange and full of contradictions. eg gambling technically illegal but everyone play pachinko for cash in shady but legal side shops that everyone knows about, prostitution is the same to a lesser extent. but then they also have a 99% conviction rate with a terrible, horrible, human rights breaking prison system. Then theres porn, no genitals, but you can make cartoons with god knows what. But you also have a culture and society that is very advanced and progressive. I dont think you could really label japan. Its just doesnt fit with western politics.

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i have noticed this too. I don't normally like to talk about politics, but damn. Americans are really stupid when it comes to politics. Our government gets shut down because a politic doesn't like our president. When politics>citizen safety, you know your country is totally fucked.

Every extreme right winger I have talked to I can't even communicate to. They are delusional to a degree. They seriously do believe progressive movements are communist/socialist and therefore are evil. I do not understand.

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Redwood said:

Cat cafes look awesome.

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Crystal G said:

D.M.T said:

I learned this beign addicted to the tea hobby. I went to some black tea farms in Yunnan and then to a green tea farm somewhere either north of Tokyo I believe east of it as well some matcha houses in Sasebo, and the gongfu ceremony in China was similar to the matcha if Jahpan bvut they both told such contrastind stories.... There qwer ea lot of other things If I thought about it but the tea ceremony si the main one that comes to mind that they both really want to say it's theirs and the racist Chinese/Japanese copied.

Next on my tea hobby list is to visit some formosa tea farms in Taiwan. Still I have not done this.

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Makes sense that things such as noodles and tea started in China first. I mean come on, all Asians pretty much originated from China once upon a time...

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Crystal G said:

Shroomism said:

Agreed 100%. I was blown away by the customer service everywhere. Even at gas stations or 'fast food' they treat you with tons of respect. It took me off guard at first, I wasn't use to such a high level of service everywhere I went.

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I have a family friend who visited Japan 20 years ago, who to this day still swears up and down that the Royal Hotel in Tokyo is the best hotel in the world.

The reason? Apparently he left his jacket in the hotel room the day he flew back to the states. This hotel apparently had his jacket dry-cleaned, folded his jacket up neatly in a box, and shipped it internationally back to his USA home address completely free of charge.

That's Japanese customer service for you. That jacket would have been long gone or stolen by somebody here.

Shit, I've had Christmas presents stolen at the Hilton Hotel, probably by maids or other staff working there. That story would never happen in America.

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Crystal G said:

Shroomism said:

Getting off the plane in Japan... I was picking up my luggage.. almost walked out the airport.. then I realized that I didn't have my phone..
I was freaking the fuck out... didn't know what to do.. was just standing there for like 10 minutes with my dick in my hand. It was a BRAND NEW samsung S5 that I had got like a week before.
3-4 stewardess came running down waving the phone around asking in Japanese who's phone is this??
I said it was my mine and they handed it to me along with 100 yen saying that was for all the trouble. I was like WUT..
In America my phone probably just would have been stolen... I dropped it in the middle of the aisle apparently. Or if they found it I highly doubt a stewardess would have come running off the plane to come find the owner.. 

Also when in Tokyo, we stayed at one of the fanciest hotels in Shibuya, (Cerulean Tower).. we had gotten a good deal online, but one of the cheapest rooms..
We asked for a smoking room and they said they didn't have any normal ones but could upgrade us to a high end luxury suite but it would be extra ~5,000 yen per night... (~$500 USD)

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I lost my wallet in Japan. It was mailed to my address, with money inside of it, less than a week later.

I lost my wallet in Philly. Guess how that one turned out?

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Crystal G said:

Did you go to any hostess clubs in Japan, BTW? The only time I get drunk till I blackout is when I'm at a host club. You get served drinks by hot guys (or girls if you're at a hostess club), and it's basically all-you-can-drink hard liquor for 2 hours for $30. I got banned from so many host clubs for being way too drunk and causing shit.

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zappaisgod said:

my3rdeye said:

Conservative. If you get sick in those places your family takes care of you. They don't need same social safety net.

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Nope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_system_in_Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_South_Korea

In the future I would suggest that you get a fact before you express an opinion.

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Patlal said:

zappaisgod said:

my3rdeye said:

Conservative. If you get sick in those places your family takes care of you. They don't need same social safety net.

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Nope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_system_in_Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_South_Korea

In the future I would suggest that you get a fact before you express an opinion.

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So you base you opinion on their healthcare system?

That means every western country is on the left and, in that case, like I said many times, the US is on the far right.

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