the inga show!
ah, screw stella. who needs her and her japan-lovin' self?
and speaking of japan, agatha sent this to me this morning. interesting. also in japan related news, on NPR this morning they talked about the opening of japan's version of the dollar store, though you can get things for roughly 85 cents. according to the guy they interviewed, since the stores sell flip-flops, shirts, and pants, you can dress yourself real cheap! but then they interviewed a customer, an old man, whose cart was filled with single-serve meals - seaweed and peanuts, tofu, rice. then the story just got depressing. oh, and then they interviewed a woman, 'past her flush of youth' (no shit, the reported actually said that! on NPR!) still living at home, what the japanese call a parasite - a young adult still at home. ouch. i mean, i don't want to live at home - and don't - but youch. a parasite? uh, isn't japan terribly expensive in live in?
and speaking of japan, agatha sent this to me this morning. interesting. also in japan related news, on NPR this morning they talked about the opening of japan's version of the dollar store, though you can get things for roughly 85 cents. according to the guy they interviewed, since the stores sell flip-flops, shirts, and pants, you can dress yourself real cheap! but then they interviewed a customer, an old man, whose cart was filled with single-serve meals - seaweed and peanuts, tofu, rice. then the story just got depressing. oh, and then they interviewed a woman, 'past her flush of youth' (no shit, the reported actually said that! on NPR!) still living at home, what the japanese call a parasite - a young adult still at home. ouch. i mean, i don't want to live at home - and don't - but youch. a parasite? uh, isn't japan terribly expensive in live in?
posted by lynda at 10:35 AM
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The 100-yen shops are kooky. I somewhat afraid of a certain overstuffed aisle look so never dared enter these shops.
It's interesting that Japan can have those alongside super upscale things, though. They don't have so much of the American division of the malls where you don't mind being seen and the plazas and strip malls you dart into and hope no one recognizes your car. (This is usually where you'll find the Radio Shack.)
-cK
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