Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better
by ericd on Sunday April 13, 2014 @06:36AM
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Have you ever had steak in Japan? In my experience, it was uniformly excellent, much better than what you can find in most places in the US.
And the same parking spot issues apply in Manhattan as well. But it's moot because you don't need to own a car in either place, and you probably don't want to, because it's a huge hassle.
Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better
by deciplex on Sunday April 13, 2014 @06:17AM
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You can get excellent steak in Japan. The best steak I ever had was at a teppanyaki restaurant in Ginza. You pay for it though (~¥50K for two people, at that place).
Re:How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better
by mahranch on Sunday April 13, 2014 @01:57PM
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> These people live in shoe boxes
So "downtown Tokyo" = all of Japan now? I lived in Japan for 14 months and I can tell you right now they don't all "live in shoe boxes". Hell, my rental flat in Japan was bigger than my 2 bedroom house here on the outskirts of Sydney, oh and it was cheaper.
> and you can never get a straight answer out of a Japanese person.
Let me guess, you got all your information on Japan from Debito or that Gaijin forum?
If you're a foreigner there are still a lot of landlords who'll refuse to rent to you. The cops are famous for beating confessions out of suspects.
And local protestations to the contrary, you can't get a good steak in Japan, as if you could afford it anyway.