/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>41215079
for trains and webcams use the other general:

>>40960606

Breakfast of champions.

Ekiben is good.

>>41215709
>>41216685
Love me some gyudon ekiben

>>41219438
I especially love that the sandwich package reassures me that it is indeed “delicious sandwich”.
And it was.
And damn if I didn’t enjoy having 3 different half-sandwiches in a package.

>>41221622
These old storehouses are pretty kino.

>>41219672
I love onigiri so much. Too bad the only place I can get it is a specialty Japanese grocery store an hour's drive away.

Sorry for no picture contribution, I'm going in November though so I will take something cool then to make up for it.

>>41215079
>Pictures of Japan
prints are ok too

Tsuchiya Koitsu’s “Summer Moon, Miyajima” (1936)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/realtime/

>>41224478
>I love onigiri so much
And you haven’t been to Japan
Holy shit bro you’re going to be in heaven. Like your body literally isn’t ready.
Rows and rows of fresh delicious onigiri of various flavors at every convenience store.
I can’t tell you how many times my breakfast has been onigiri and a can of coffee on a train platform. Which I’ve been told many times is really weird. As in apparently native Japanese think coffee/onigiri is a weird ass combo.

click

>watch a video of people living like dogs in tiny 5m2 apartments in Tokyo
WOW SO QUIRKY AND COOL!
>watch a video of Japanese Wagie working 12 hours a day in factory
OMG OMG SO FUTURISTIC AND EFFECTIVE!
>watch a video of Japanese using vending machine meals instead of cooking
THAT'S SO HECKIN' INNOVATIVE AND YUMMY!
>watch a video of congested traffic and trains packed like sardines in Tokyo
DUUUUDE LOOK AT THE NEAT DESIGN AND ORDER!!
>watch a video of Japanese prisons where they borderline torture some guys who stole a pen, didn't bow to boss or something
YES! SUCH JUSTIFIED DISCIPLINE AND TIDYDNESS!


Why does Japan get pass by rest of world when other countries get shat on as authoritarian for tenth of what is normal in Japanese culture? ....

>>41238121
Because Japan is literally the most SJW resistant culture around.

>>41238967
Wouldn't that be Russia or most of the Arab states?

>>41239672
Maybe I wouldn't say Russia so much, but which of these have literal sexualized jk idols and open racism?
(don't quote me on that, I know its not like that)

>>41241576
Not quite sure what that has to do with sjw..

I’m sorry but I just found it amusing as hell that period pads would be branded “Happy Catch”.

>>41238967
Japan has encouraged LGBT rights in the past years compared to Afghanistan which executes them on sight

>>41252773
>encouraged
Anon, I…

>>41252773
Based Afghans making the world a better place

>>41253044
Imagine if the rest of the world followed suit. We'd be larping as the 16th century only with smartphones to post how creative we hung gays.

>>41254240
>Imagine if the rest of the world followed suit
You mean they’d be ruining a Japanese photo thread just as hard as you’re trying to?
Please, fuck off.

>>41254265
Just for you, let me ask. How many blacks and gays did you take pictures of in Shibuya?

I miss it like you wouldn't believe bros

>>41215709
>>41219438
>>41219672
Strong Zero is truly the finest beverage ever invented by man. Good job.

>>41254240
Cast into the dark age because people are more concerned with fairytales like religion instead of science. That's why the Middle East is a shithole, anon. Accepting LGBT rights is just a third world country's transition into a first world country.

>>41254984
Clearly you haven't encountered the wonder that is umeshu.

>>41246634
wouldn't that be something that literally triggers the sjw the most?

>>41256007
Not that anon (actually I posted the strong zero & food pics) but we will have to agree to disagree. Umeshu is way too sweet for me.
However I absolutely friggin love umeboshi chuhai. Especially when freshly made at a bar/izakaya.

Some very decent takeout sushi

>>41265570
Wow, that is lovely, and also I'd imagine a incredible fire hazard.

Restaurant photos incoming.
Pic is 磯丸水産 (Isomaru Suisan); it’s an izakaya chain that focuses on insanely fresh seafood.

This particular one is in Osaka on “Tenjinbashi-suji”, which claims to be Japan’s longest covered “shopping street”, which I don’t doubt because it’s massive. Went here to meet my wife’s BFF from grade school and it’s the only time I’ve been.

>>41268663
Here’s some menu pages because I’m one of those weirdos who photographs menus

>>41268679
Sorry, having to split this one in two because 4chan is being a bitch about image size

>>41268708
Other half of that menu shot

>>41268708

>>41268735
Quoted wrong post with that one.
Oh well.
Here’s the booze page.

>>41268663
>Went here to meet my wife’s BFF
3P?

>>41268760
Here’s their full “general” (non store specific) menu if anyone wants to check it out. Site seems to be having issues though, I had to reload the menu several times. And sorry for the retarded link but kanji and katakana in it.
https://isomaru.jp/archives/menu/2022_%e9%a3%9f%e5%a0%82%e3%83%a1%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc

Anyway, one of the appetizers was umibudo (pic) which some people call “sea grapes” or “sea caviar”.
First time having it and holy shit it was good. Nice and cold/refreshing.

>>41268839
More umibudo.
The kind of yellowish stuff is a cold rice vinegar you dip them in before putting them on your plate. Apparently it’s a particular rice vinegar for this purpose.
But yeah, super good.

>>41268763
Not just no but hell no. For one, her boyfriend is bro-tier. Also, she’s apparently mean as fuck to him. Even my mother in law said “She needs to be nice to him. No other man is masochist enough to tolerate her”.

>>41268922
Another appetizer, one of their signature ones. “Grilled crab miso shell”
Basically it’s all the meat/guts/innards of a crab mixed with miso paste and a few other things, and you grill it in the crab shell at your table

>>41268956
Squid, some sauce, assorted mushrooms, and large chunk of butter, which you also simmer at your table until desired level of cookedness has been reached

>>41268970
Left: “spilling seafood donburi”. Normally looks overflowing but was ordered with light rice. Has egg, shrimp, tuna, salmon, crab, roe, eel, and some veggies.

Middle-left: shima sushi - the fish is marinated in onions sauce and this place tops it with a bit of that karashi hot mustard

Middle-right: menu name is sort of “luxurious sushi”. Green onion, fatty tuna, salmon eggs, sea urchin, and topped with “sea grapes”.

Right: hadn’t finished the first sea grapes yet.

>you will never go to japan

how to cope with this?

>>41269699
Are you a Filipino? Otherwise, you can eventually.

>>41269706
i fear i'll be too old (over 25) by the time i make it

>>41269706
what did the flips do now?

>>41269758
>i fear i'll be too old (over 25) by the time i make it
Too old for what?

>>41268679
Man there is some truly disgusting stuff in there, is that a squid?
>>41268708
I don't even want to know what those little fellas are.
>>41268724
Now this looks somewhat decent.
>>41268760
Forgot how expensive drinking is in japan.
>>41268922
Looks very slimy.
>>41268956
>meat/guts/innards
ehhhhh, the exact reason why I don't like eating crab


Also, scale down your fucken images.

>>41269758
You think life ends at 25?

>>41269758
Nah bro. Seriously nah.
I was in my early 30s the first time I went, later 30’s when I moved.
And yeah I had been envious of people who made it a lot sooner but in the end I was glad my first trip there wasn’t constrained by being a broke ass student, or even worse, going on some guided trip like some of my classmates did in college (as did my younger brother).
I mean it’s not like it’s that or nothing, and I was glad to be able to do/try/see/eat the things I wanted to (within reason) and have the freedom/budget to do so.
I mean hell yeah I would have been happy to go there at 20 if I was some rich kid who didn’t have to worry about that stuff, but I didn’t win that particular lottery.

>>41270572
>Man there is some truly disgusting stuff in there
Well it’s seafood.
>those little fellas
Ha, you’ll need to be a bit more specific, my friend
>somewhat decent
Yup the eel was quite good
>how expensive drinking is in japan
Mind if I ask where you’re from? Every drink on the menu is cheap as hell (aside from the “domestic” draft beer) compared to US bars/restaurants, but US establishments charge retarded prices anyway.
>Looks very slimy
Not at all. They’re just cold/wet and dipped in vinegar.
>why I don't like eating crab
Yeah it’s not for everyone. I wouldn’t have ordered it myself, but I felt obligated to try it and was pleasantly surprised.

>scale down your fucken images
Trying to keep the menus as readable as possible for the people on this board trying to learn the language. Also I’m lazy.

Wow some of you guys are senior citizens

t. 20 y/o zoomer

>>41270709
>Trying to keep the menus as readable as possible
I appreciate that, but most people still have 1920 screens, and you could read it fine in a larger screen anyway.

>little fellas
I mean the bottom left corner >>41268708
Like cut up sausages, they show up a lot in nip things.

>>41271668
>but most people still have 1920 screens
Sorry man, but the only actual pc I have is for (belongs to) work, so I don’t put personal anything on it. I just phonepost and crop when possible.
>Like cut up sausages
Yup, they are quite literally that. You can cut a hotdog a certain way, and the “legs” will curl up like that when you cook it.
Japan friggin loves “wieners” (I get corrected when I call them hotdogs). But they’re almost always pork, and taste much more like a brat than a typical American hotdog. The casing always “snaps” too.
Heck I’ve even seen them served on top of scrambled eggs and advertised as “American style breakfast”.

>>41269876
Nothing. It's the Viets that do the criminality nowadays.

>>41273021
Can you give some context

>>41270718
It's the pension money, mate.

>>41273058
Just google up Nguyen in Japanese and you'll see some headlines.

>>41268663
Gonna post some random odds and ends.
This is some big ass toast.

I can’t help but find “engrish” as much endearing as it is humorous.
>EXPRESSION OBSERVATION AND REASONING
>The fastest person {the fastest person}
I’m a fan of Norton motorcycles and I fucking loved this shirt

>>41286116
I saw a student wearing a T-shirt that said "The Prime Minister returned to Japan on Tuesday."
I have no idea why. The English was fine, but it had no context.

>>41270572
Seafood is one of the greatest joys of life. Also,
>scale down your fucken images.
You're a normalfag. Get the fuck off /jp/

>>41269699
>>41269758
I was 27 when I went there for a month and basically lived out of a tent in the countryside to save money.
Moving there is another matter, but you're free to go any time and you don't need a lot of money to do it. In fact, I think a big issue a lot of japanophile anons have is this mental barrier that prevents them from getting over it and just doing it.
Literally all you have to do is save a little bit and spontaneously book a cheap plane ticket whenever you see a deal pop up. No planning required.
Just go; it'll change your life.

>>41288692
>I think a big issue a lot of japanophile anons have is this mental barrier that prevents them from getting over it and just doing it.
For me, it's not so much mental as it is socio-economical. I'm a goddamn SEA monkey. No prizes for guessing which one.

>>41286116
>>41287686
This is, quite literally, the finest piece of engrish-apparel I’ve ever seen in Japan.
It’s not just glorious because of the wall of text, but also because the name of the “hip streetwear” itself is “Rodeo Crowns”, which is obviously meant to be “Clowns”.
What makes it even better is that the brand has been around for a while, and now often incorporates a crown (like an actual royal crown) into their logos/branding.
Which seems to indicate they became aware of the “mistake” in their brand name, and decided to just go full “lol nah we did that on purpose.”

>>41255206
Men like Newton and von Braun were heavily religious. Remove that and you don't get Star Trek, you get drag queen reading hour at the local public library.

>>41287686
I have a shirt I got from old navy years ago that has some Japanese phrase on it, I have no idea what it means and have never looked it up. It could be something like that where you have a shirt with an English phrase because "it looks cool" and it translates to something nonsensical.

>>41296913
If you post a pic there seems to be at least several people in this thread who could tell you what it says.
Assuming it says anything at all; I’ve seen a lot of shirts/accessories/etc in the west with “Japanese writing” that’s literally just random characters thrown together which I’m guessing the designer picked because he thought they looked cool.

>>41287686
>>41296913
I particularly like this one.
I choose to interpret it as
>… huh? Oh, my bad, I stopped listening to your inane bullshit after like 5 seconds to think about my cats; something I actually care about. My life is great, sorry about yours.

Japanese Panasonic tower

Inside Japanese water museum

Japan town miniature

Japanese water treatment plant

How to fix old sewer pipe Japanese style

Japanese recycle their fecal sludge

Japanese use robot for checking up the sewer

Japanese recycle concrete pipe after 30 years, can be used up to 80 years

Japanese metal pipe, this is the future

>>41215709
Raw steak for breakfast? hell nah.

>>41216685
Damn I'm hungry

>>41299493
Here you go

>>41299493
Here you are

>>41302282
Empire State Building.

>>41302285
Kind of disappointing but it makes sense. At least it was actual words lol

>>41215079

>>41308922
Where was this?

>>41301993
That explains how every river is incredibly fucking clean.
Its a neat idea too, kind of insane to think on the surface it may look like nothing, but underground there are massive processing plants.

>>41308922
not indicated:
https://itsmarjudgelove.tumblr.com/post/693876177691148288

>>41309642
was for >>41309018

>>41308875
this was from:
https://cascadr.co/blogs/araiwatal

Saw this thing at a mall in Tennoji. I’m guessing it’s supposed to be cute or something, but it struck me more like lovecraftian nightmare fuel

>>41309061
There're flood control system too, about as big as this

click

>>41231745

>>41319834
I find it's strange the Jap have some mountain but they rarely build terraces

>>41321254
Because those things are typhoon deathtraps.

>>41321254
>rarely build terraces
There’s agricultural terraces all over the place though.

More Tokyo, please!

>>41326350
I’ve only ever made day-trips to Tokyo and haven’t explored much aside from Akiba (and I’m usually going there to buy things for other people).
But I can at least dump some Akiba pics from over the years.

>RIP Sega Tower ;_;
It’s so weird to not see them

>>41332164
Sorry, wrong pic

>>41332173
First trip to Akiba, first gatcha I saw in the station after getting off the train.
Literal shit-flinging.

>>41332173
>>41332230
As always sorry for the sideways pics.

I love the soul of these tiny little electronic shops. They’re what really made Akiba.
They’re usually super-specialized, like how this one is literally just various testers.

>>41332247
HAM radios/accessories
…and anime figs.

>>41332260
Some cooler stuff at the HAM shop

>>41332266
Another specialized component shop

>>41332303

>>41333219
Place where you’re massaged/cuddled by a girl in lingerie.
The catch is, your eyes must stay covered.
Didn’t do it.

>>41333327
Did go to a maid cafe my first time there though, because you have to at least once. It’s a rule.

>>41333341
I have never been to a maid cafe and I'm never going to because it is very much cringe.

>>41333327
That image is even suggestive that his hand is grabbing on her tits.
Weird tho, I'd be suspicious of not being able to look too.

>>41335057
Nah bro, theme cafes like that are good fun once in a while. It isn’t cringe unless you’re legitimately going there just to experience female interaction.

If maids aren’t your thing, you could always visit a Succubus cafe like pic

>>41335561
This. I went for the experience. Depending on the place, food can also be decent to good (RIP Granvannia).

>>41335561
That looks even worse.

>>41333341
>>41335124
inb4 they send in the 4 tits sumo wrestler to """massage""" your body

do I need to wear hood, mask, black glasses and glove in order to not look like a gainjin?

>>41301986
I love small town model so much

>>41338244
Just get a new head, bro.

>>41338268
I just don't want to let people know that I'm subhuman garbage but I still want to visit japan.
Maybe I been thinking of doing some cosplay to hide my identity and walking around would be fun.

more pics from the guy who's in japan right now

>>41338942
Which one?

>>41339338
who ever

>>41337044
Unironically the best wood-fired pizza I’ve had in Japan is at a “chubby maid cafe” in Akiba called Shangrila
Looks like this is the current cast list
http://shangrila-akiba.jp/cast/
The girls are color coded by size. Green -> purple -> pink-> orange is increasing order of fatness.

>>41338244
>>41338293
Even if you conceal everything, your mannerisms and behavior will give you away.
I don’t mean behavior like you being a rude asshole, I mean trivial things that just show you haven’t lived in Japan your whole life.
Don’t worry about it. They don’t hate gaijin, they just don’t like assholes who make for shitty guests while visiting. If you’re western and behave you’re fine. If you’re Asian but not Japanese, things will be a bit more difficult but still fine if you behave.

>>41338942
Here is a truck which sells not only the best kebab, but also the best long potato.

>>41339765
And a nearby truck that offers FLESH JUICE FROAT

>>41333219
Holy shit, so many gaijins.
kuso.

>>41340622
Yes. That was pre-coof. It will soon be like that again.
They’re easy to avoid if you mostly go to smaller shops in alleys and whatnot, and you can avoid them entirely if you speak enough Japanese to stick to establishments that don’t have any English signs or English-speaking staff.
You can also avoid many of them just by going to Osaka. Here’s Dotonbori within a few weeks of when I took that Akiba pic. Yeah there will be a noticeable amount of them in places like Dotonbori, but there will *always* be significantly fewer western tourists in Osaka. Though there will often be *more* Korean/Chinese tourists there than in Tokyo. They come to Osaka to shop for Japanese goods cheaper than they can get in China/Korea.
Protip: you don’t gotta add the “s”, friend. 1 gaijin or 100 gaijin is still just “gaijin”

>>41340715
I suck at Japanese, so.
I'm just here for the nice images, but thanks for the tip.

I fucking love the Taito Stations in Nipponbashi, Osaka. 7 floors of goodness. Though right now 7F is blocked so I guess they’re changing it around.

>>41340863
Initial D The Arcade “Season 2” (2022 ed)

>>41340935
Massive DenshadeGO cabinet.
It’s actually more of a small room into itself than a “cabinet”.

>>41340952
A Lawson (near the Taito Station) in Nipponbashi; the store is DQ-themed.
When you walk through the front door, the “jingle” that plays is the DQ1 “level up tune”, for lack of a better title.

>>41340715
Kyoto is gaijin death trap too. If you really want to avoid them and still feel like you're still in a big city, I'd go for Nagoya and maybe Sapporo.

>>41341092
Good point about Kyoto.
If someone wants “Kyoto but less gaijin”, Nara might be good. Like how Osaka is “Tokyo but less gaijin”. Especially if you want to experience “Akihabara but less gaijin”, Nipponbashi in Osaka is your only real option.
You just don’t see a ton outside Dotonbori. Heck, I’ve only ever seen one other white dude in the district I live in, and he’s some old dude with a Japanese wife who lives somewhere around here.

Why do you guys care about seeing other gaijin when you're gaijin yourselves?

>>41342311
because this board is full of cultural fetishists who consider themselves above other foreigners when they're not

>>41340622
That's Akihabara.
It's where all the gaijins go.

>>41342657
Personally, I use “gaijin” interchangeably with “irritating tourist”; the exact same sort of tourist you don’t wish be around no matter where in the world you are. There are perfectly fine tourists, and there are shitty ones. Surely you can tell the difference. And of course it’s done tongue-in-cheek. Don’t be silly.
your weird notion of “cultural fetishism” is, well, weird. I have a gay friend who complains about obnoxious faggots because he can’t stand their behavior, not because he likes to imagine he’s straight.
>consider themselves above other foreigners when they're not
Maybe some do, I don’t. But if you live/work here for a while and it’s obvious you’re doing your best to assimilate, you absolutely will be told by friends/colleagues/in-laws/etc that you’re better than other foreigners.

>>41343265
No, they go to Shibuya, Shinjuku or Harajuku if they're not weebs. Got to distinguish sets of dirty tourists from each other.

>>41345494
Na, everyone goes to Akihabara at some point.
Those are also common gaijin spots (and they're all walking distance, so you can hit them a single day if you want) but all those gaijins have been to Akihabara as well.

>>41344395
>Maybe some do, I don’t. But if you live/work here for a while and it’s obvious you’re doing your best to assimilate, you absolutely will be told by friends/colleagues/in-laws/etc that you’re better than other foreigners.
Shit, I get told I'm basically Japanese sometimes (or even more Japanese than Japanese people). But there's got to be a large serving of politeness on that.

>>41346378
Depends. How close are you with them? Get through the tatemae and they'll say whatever they think about you with no reservations.

>>41346378
>I get told I'm basically Japanese sometimes (or even more Japanese than Japanese people).
I get that occasionally and it usually seems like a bit of a self-deprecating joke with a touch of embarrassment
i.e.
>Wtf I can’t believe a foreigner just taught me something I didn’t know about my own country/culture
>>41349704
>Get through the tatemae and they'll say whatever they think about you with no reservations.
This x100. The bluntness is extreme. I used to be a fatass by Japanese standards. The husband of one of my wife’s friends cheerfully told me “Man you must love coke and chips! I bet you can eat a whole pizza!”
And it wasn’t an insult, just an observation. Dude is bro-tier and we go golfing together. But that’s the sort of bluntness you can expect.

Pic to stay on topic. I like the aesthetic of stacked beer crates. Probably because you see them in pretty much any alley with tiny bars.

Starting from left
>not so great
>pretty okay
>delicious. Because lemon strong zero.
>decent if you like whiskey highball
>ditto
>absolute god-tier beer holy shit it may honestly be the best beer overall that I’ve ever tasted.

>>41341092
Ive always heard Nagoya is a bit boring, what is there to do there?

>>41353638
Not that anon, but you can usually find enjoyable things in any city, or at least visit to get a feel for the city’s “vibe”.
As far as tourist stuff goes, Nagoya has a neat castle and the Toyota museum plus some other stuff

>>41353638
Not far from Nagoya is the oldest standing (not rebuilt into a museum) castle in Japan.
I day tripped out there when I visited Nagoya, didn't really do anything in Nagoya itself.

>>41353943
>>41354354
They have their own Legoland now.

If you’re in Akihabara and see this sign (which you probably will with minimal exploration)..
And your Japanese is at least “conversational”..
And you have ¥80k or more in cash..
Go in. Just do it.
I don’t think I can explain the specifics on a blue board. But if you’re an otaku with a thing for gym outfits and bloomers, I swear it will be the best money you can possibly spend in Akiba.

>>41354668
Sorry, meant ¥8k or more, not 80

>>41352378
Buy your favorite non-alcoholic beverage and some cheap 25% shochu and just mix them.
I use CC Lemon as a baseline, Dr Pepper is pretty good, but most drinks go well. Shochu doesn't really have a strong, obtrusive flavor and the hangovers are relatively mild.

>>41354937
I do exactly that when I’m in the US. But when I’m ‘home’ in Osaka, I’m fine with cheap canned chuhai, or equally cheap “fresh” shochu sours from a nearby izakaya.

>>41352378
Yeah had high expectations of the シークヮーサー only to leave me with a really nasty aftertaste. Haven't tried Master's Dream, but I've only heard good things about it. Damn, why they gotta be so small though?

>>41355142
>I've only heard good things about it. Damn, why they gotta be so small though?
Friend, I don’t know how to describe it without sounding like I’m flat-out shilling or gushing about it.
But it’s so rich and so complex, without any “heaviness”.
It’s like a beer equivalent of A5 or foie gras. You don’t want to drink a ton of it, you want to savor every bit.
That’s why it’s so damn expensive. At my local store, it’s far more than any import beer, which is weird for a Japanese domestic.
But apparently Suntory literally had their best brewmasters come up with this beer, and told them “fuck ingredient costs, use whatever is best”, and even developed a special brewing process they only use for this one product.
Just buy a can and try it. If you don’t think it’s great, you can kick me in the nuts.