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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

This neighbour has 2 cats and their unit faces the playground. So the cats like to check out who is in the playground and I like to look out for little feline busybodies

A cute tabby cat watching through the safety grilles of its owner’s balcony. You can only see its head

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

While we now get frightened by our phones for earthquake warnings, I recalled learning about this seismometer from the Eastern Han dynasty that would elegantly drop a ball in the mouth of a frog directionally indicating that an earthquake had happened ~somewhere over there~

Replica of 張衡 Zhang Heng's seismoscope Houfeng Didong Yi

From Wikipedia

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Kiss Ketchup’s chubby head for stress relief #CatsOfMastodon

A slightly grouchy white and tabby cat. He has been waiting to be fed for a while now

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Musuko looks like he knows what he is doing (creatures on the right side are his) while I seem to have come from the failed school of kawaii artists Also I am being lectured on mandibles Also also why are these insects fighting like pokemon!! (As dictated by musuko)

An ikea whiteboard covered with various hand scrawled insects arachnids mandibled creatures

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Call me stupid but I am quite keen to try these wired noise cancellation earphones cos.. it looks like Bose has finally figured out how to make them without a chunky box attached? Or is this a marketing gimmick

Bose Noice Cancelling Wired Earbuds. Now without funny boxes attached SO THEY CLAIM

Basically they look like nondescript usb-c cable earphones

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Other calicos - elegant and grace. But because calico - 30% kooky Our Summer, oh 100% on the batshit mad scale:

A calico cat stretched out long like.. an upside down swoosh. Her underside is mostly white but you can see her bold black and brown patched on her shoulders and definitely her pretty tiny head

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

[Spousal praise] Ok since I complained about my husband I should also broadcast something he did that I am very glad about today Specimen here - 1 suitcase. I think he got it during covid from American Express. It is the largest we have so I tend to bring it […] [Original post on famichiki.jp]

A very fat expanded large suitcase filled to the brim with all the stuff I bought in Kansai a week ago. If you zoom in you may see the worn out crappy original wheels. The luggage is dark purple and covered in random stickers

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Ketchup is doing blood test now but a photo from just 5 mins ago where he was grudgingly letting me scratch his chin while he made tiny grouchy meows post examination #vetvisit

A white cat with tabby marking curled up loaf like in top of a indigo towel in the vet clinic

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Brought back so many Jagarico for musuko (got the 4 normal ones on the left then picked up unusual ones whenever I saw them in the combinis) #OsakaFuud

9 containers of jagarico lined up for photo

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

The City Bakery’s drip coffee has a design I prefer cos it fits larger cups, and the coffee turns a nice colour after I add (too much) milk too #Coffee #OsakaFuud

A large mug with a drip coffee perched above it. Next to it is the distinctive blue packaging from City Bakery for their house blend coffee

Nice milky coffee colour in the same large mug. The mug has the Lewis Chessmen printed on its side (got it from Edinburgh Museum)

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Am home and Ketchup. I an unpacking here.

A rather large suitcase, half unpacked. A cat has climbed into the empty space and appears to be giving the camera the evil eye

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Humbly request Japan to stop punking foreigners trying to have some rice 🙇‍♀️

A menu in a restaurant in Kobe last night;

Rice (Small) ¥680
Rice (medium) ¥550
Rice (Large) ¥450

It makes no sense until you read the fine print and realise they mixed up 小，大

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Friend suddenly tapped me on my elbow to show me something she’d found. Somebody lost their baby in the theme park.

Not an actual baby, but a toy plastic one that is pretty tiny (probably the size of my first finger joint). The “baby” appears to not be wearing any clothes and besides his eyes and mouth has a little tuft of hair painted on

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Friends, beside this any other recommendations for similar “learn Japanese” DS games?

A DS cartridge (test your Kanji? I guess it roughly translates to)

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I am in love with this Elegant Saloon 8000 series on the Keihan main line :gosh: #Trains

Outside of the train, in maroon and gold

The train staff holding us all while they cleared the train for the SEATS TO CHANGE DIRECTION (just back of the seats but still)

The inside. I feel like I have time travelled

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

YES all the DS owners still hanging out around Osaka #Nintendo3ds #streetpass

Photo of a Nintendo 3DS. Exchanged streetpass tags eith 2 new persons

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

A conductor rightly pointed out that I had reservations on the NEXT train so I started food sampling 3/5. Kind of too sweet? #KansaiFuud #OsakaFuud

Bottle of vitamin C. One of those stuff instagrammers tell you to try here. Too sweet meh. I won’t have scurvy at least?
In the background is my train. The actual one I reserved lol.

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Handed my 3DS to musuko on the bus and he was like.. what’s this? Travesty. Remediated now anyway

Top down view of a little boy holding a Nintendo 3DS. He’s playing super mario

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I had a hard time assembling my 9 manga (I can remember the first 2 that left a deep impression on me, and the recent 3. But in between?) #9koma #9coma #My9Manga

From top row to bottom, left to right
1. Dragon Ball
2. Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)
3. まじっく快斗 (Magic Kaito)
4. Kimi wa petto (きみはペット you’re my pet/Tramps like us)
5. Goong (궁 aka Princess Hours in the drama)
6. Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩)
7. Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦)
8. Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと)
9. Yakuza Fiancé (来世は他人がいい)

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

GUYS SOMEONE IN THE QUEUE FOR TEA WAS CARRYING THE IPHONE DUO STOP HALLELUJAH STOP

Some hands holding what definitely looks like an iphone duo

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

The 2nd school (let's call it school B) has also gotten musuko's approval as it has the 3 sports he wants. I've tried to explain it to him that even if he gets selected, he will only be able to specialise in one, not all three, but. I guess it is a bit hard for […] [Original post on famichiki.jp]

Screenshot of a spreadsheet
- it's a fragment from the list I have made, the row labelled "sports"
school A has the following - Badminton, Table Tennis, Wushu, Basketball (boys)
school B has basketball, football, floorball. The cell for school B has been highlighted in yellow.

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Musuko’s music school has a very impressive duplo pile so we find ourselves stuck here after class for extended periods while musuko builds stuf

3 big duplo surfaces, 2 green and the middle blue, with various duplo animals lined up on them

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

“Buddhism is a peaceful religion” Also kungfu monks (Shaolin, anyone?)

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

@Haikyoneko omg it is a reflection! This is Haru in the silver cat bed. Fyi Apple warned me about posting this photo which is hilarious

Very dark corner of the picture where the void is hanging out. Quite certain now cos that’s the cat head shaped silver pan Haru has been reported sleeping in before

Apple warning me
“It's your choice, but make
sure you feel safe.
You don't have to share any
photos or videos that make
you feel worried or scared.
You can message or talk to
someone you trust if you feel
pressured to share photos or
videos of your body.”

Options given:
Cancel
Message Someone
Share

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

@Haikyoneko hmm i just realised this seems more cat like (there is also thar car bed against the window which was originally my 2nd choice but.. i think this pic shows a cat?)

Screenshot from a corner of the picture. On a mat there appears to be something furry partially captured by the camera

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

If this was a console with d-pad i would be filled with less scorn. :sickos1:

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

New pen Tuesday Ok I need to STOP buying now :pakidge: #fountainpen

A navy blue brushed aluminium Kaweco sport piston fountain pen in its fancier than usual packaging (round tin can)

The pen comes bundled with INK. Yes! I really wanted this ink.

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Not kidding when I say this is exactly what the Ministry of Education subtext it wants to achieve with all the tweaks to primary one registration in Singapore #singapore

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

I grabbed this from the library cos it looked cool - husband sampled it and tells me it is creepy :sickos1: :sickos2: I should read it soon

日本の都市伝說大事典

A book with black borders and green panels depicting various Japanese folklore monsters

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Solsetur @solsetur.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

WAIT STOP YOUR FORGOT THE STOP STOP

The same book in a later chapter.

There’s a telegram again this time quoted as
“GREAT HOUSE BURNED TO THE GROUND”

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