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husler · Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Hi all, just read a post further down about what we think Japan needs. I can think of a few things from my own experience but was also wondering, what does Japan have that the rest of us could do with back home??

I'm thinking:

1. Those electric toilets with lots of gizmos. Don't know why that hasn't taken off anywhere else.

2. High class love hotels. Seriously, the one I used to go to with my gf felt like a brief slice of heaven at times. Sauna, jacuzzi, Plazma TV in the bedroom and jacuzzi. Not sleazy or run down at all. And the fact that you never had to meet or talk to a receptionist was awesome.

Anyone else think of things from Japan they would like back home?

mrjohndub · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 198 Location: Saitama, Japan

Kancho.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

I'm sure beer vending machines will make the list, as will ATMs where you can remove several thousand dollars at a time.

How about deep bathtubs in the home with water recyclers?
Onsens?
Barbers that massage your shoulders, clean the wax out of your ears, and shave/trim your eyebrows.

0 yen smiles at McDonalds? (Ask for 2 and see the reaction.)

Bozo Yoroshiku · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:36 am Post subject:

- black sesame Pocky

- food on a self-service conveyor belt

- menthol eye drops so cool they freeze your eyelids to the eyeball

- salt and vinegar Doritos

--boz

Tom Highway · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 11

The legal right to consume alcohol in any train, bus, subway, sidewalk, orphanage, shrine, temple, hospital, dolphin sanctuary, aa clinic, children's playground, graveyard, endangered stork hatchery, snobby boutique...etc.

Love Hotels. Especially the themed ones.

Toilet seats where "you can get spray"

PingPong Buttons. And the social right to scream at wait staff from 50m away.

Kaitenzushi.

Horrific, mascot-esque abominations on every street corner advertising anything from beef on rice to low-volatility mutual funds.

Game shows were people actually get hurt.

I really wanna say "Nomi-ho-dai", but such a concept in Canada would leave bars bankrupt and barroom floors scattered with broken teeth and vomit.

Anpanman. A superhero who's head is a replaceable regional confection. That little tart Dokinchan gets me going too. Those eyes... Razz

moot point · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 441

kotatsu, with a couple of mikan oranges and a hot cup of sake.

womblingfree · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 826

Decent shop service.

Decent shops.

Onsen.

Cheap, good quality sushi.

Love hotels.

Shabu-shabu.

Izakaiya.

Good, private karaoke boxes with all you can drink until 5:00am.

Decent ramen.

Safety.

Working trains.

Vending machines where you can get nice drinks like Kirin Green Tea, or Mugi-Cha, instead of just Coke or Sprite.

Heathy snack food. Onigiri and salmon maki YES. Mars and Snickers NO.

Green tea Kit-Kat.

I wanna move back now.

Sad

khmerhit · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject:

womblingfree · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 826

chirp · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 148

womblingfree · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 826

Oh yeah and...

Cherry blossom parties, big tax free bonuses, bonen-kai, funky rotisserie style car parks, the ability to affordably live by yourself in a comfortable self-contained apartment in the heart of the city, Shinkansen, Don Quixote, noodle sandwiches, the ability to visit a tropical beach/ski resort/alpine mountain range without leaving the country, rice cookers as standard, nabe pots, the ability to make uninteresting suburban men appear exotic.

Wink

Lynn · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 696 Location: in between

The name of the artist(singer/band) in the bottom corner of the screen for commercials.

good customer service

the ability to be quiet

onsen

a deep bath tub with separate to wash

a place to hang the blanket outside

phone ettiquette (the rule is japan is not before 9am and not after 9pm, American need to learn this)

vending machines with hot drinks

Bozo Yoroshiku · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

Willy_In_Japan · Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 329

Pocky and Heated carpets.......I want to take mine back home with me, but Im not sure it is CSA approved.

bshabu · Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Kumagaya

I know a few have already been said but..

Heated and multi-optioned toilets seats

Vending machines that take large bills

A reliable train system

A separate room for the toilet

Automated tubs

Genkans

Taxi drivers that know where to go

Drunken parties under blossoms

Loud obnoxious trucks selling everything from Yaki imo, to laundry poles, to politicians....JUST KIDDING