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Been eating a spinach salad for lunch and dinner so made a Greek yogurt sesame dressing to go with it. Healthier and tastier than the store bought dressings

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I’ve wondered what time limit the 放置 (abandonment) in 自転車放置禁止区域is. Answer: depending on the city, it can be anywhere from immediate to three days! Meguro at least makes it clear that even short term parking is 放置. Now if they only enforced it…

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She turns into a demon AND a raging hornball in the span of four pages, best yuri ever

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Gonna start using 厠 instead of お手洗い just to feel something

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Buldak ramen with chicken thigh for lunch

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Simple Japan supermarket lunch of nishin (herring), udon with men tsuyu and onions, egg, and gobō kinpira

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I hate stuff like this about Japan. It makes it sound like people are violating some mysterious, unknown rule dating back to the Nara Period when the people making headlines are idiots whose bad behavior wouldn’t be acceptable anywhere

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Casual reminder that it’s illegal in nearly all cities in Japan for someone to try and coax you into a store (客引き, kyaku-hiki). If someone tries to pull you into an izakaya or “gentleman’s club,” ignore them - you’re about to get ripped off!

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This post is 100% unadulterated bullshit. Japan has more mosques than it ever has due to a burgeoning Muslim population, as well as 11 Islamic burial sites. As for burqas, just look up how Japanese women protect themselves from the sun during the summer 😂

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Didn’t wanna cook so it’s a Dean & Deluca dinner night

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tales from living in Japan as a foreigner: our building's 清掃員, whom we've known for years by this point, randomly stopped me to ask if I like natto. I gave him the only correct answer:

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Got a Thermos cooler backpack for grocery shopping in Tokyo. Don’t have to lug a bag with my arms and it keeps everything cold. A great purchase for about $27

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I thought THIS was 大雨 but apparently that’s hitting just in time for everyone’s commute home. Fun!

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We introduced a British-Japanese friend to Black Thunder (aka Japan’s best chocolate bar) this weekend because she’d somehow never tried it. Blew her mind

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I don’t often cook chicken lettuce wraps in Tokyo bc it means a trek to National for kuwai (water chestnuts) and the dish just isn’t the same without them. Cooked it last night and it turned out great

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Love working for hours on an article only for some know-nothing to pipe up and claim that the multiple examples cited *in the article* don't actually exist

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7 Fresh Food is the brand that provides me a delicious “freshly-cooked” taste. 7 Fresh Food is the brand that provides me a delicious “freshly-cooked” taste. 7 Fresh Food is the brand that provides me a delicious “freshly-cooked taste”. 7 Fresh Food is the brand that provides me

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Everyone: Japan is so health conscious Japan: Please enjoy your chocolate brick croissant

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Had a great time showing a customer around Kabukicho last night, then checked out Made in Heaven, which is run by cosplayer Amase Riona. Beautiful and fun con cafe - highly recommended! Today: a relaxing (or...not so relaxing?😚) dip in a private onsen w/ friends

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This review I just received on my guide to Tokyo nightlife made my day! "The author clearly spent a considerable time putting together all the information provided....These are the types of independent publications that truly deserve to be supported."

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Kushner has no elected position in government. There was no reason to meet with him. And Jeffries' follow on statement shows he's delusional and thinks this is politics as usual. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

People accuse ME of hating Japan, meanwhile here's this dude over here actively trying to destroy its traditional religions and blaming his colonialist actions on God

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Curry udon at my fave place in Meguro, Kompira

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Thought that Atelier Lilium would be crowded and there’s almost no one here. Y’all in Tokyo need to come out and support this gorgeous little yuri manga cafe

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“You’re stoking controversy for engagement” bruh im just tying to get peeps to read Vampeerz

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Wifey got me addicted to Samyang buldak carbonara ramen. Hella spicy. Ate for lunch with kushiyaki chicken thigh, egg, and fresh veggies

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