(Amidst all this, I actually wonder how much stuff I’m *missing* because I sadly know so very little about the language and the culture.)
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83. American hotels often have bibles, this is what I found in the new one I’m in. (However, this is not typical. I just learned, post factum, that by visiting this hotel I put money in the pocket of a person who’s looking like Japan’s Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Motoya … :·/ )pic.twitter.com/k14QOntT86
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84. A 100 yen shop! I wonder how similar it is to dollar stores in America…pic.twitter.com/lz5bLYek0Z
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85. A used electronics store where everything’s shrink-wrapped, which was… eerie. (Also, not an expert, but I haven’t seen this type of PlayStation before.)pic.twitter.com/ZIVM9e5QHk
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86. If you told young me “you’ll lose some of your hair and some of your ideals, but you will one day spend some time going through boxes and boxes of Sony remotes,” I would be like WHERE’S THE EXPRESS LANE.pic.twitter.com/dcgkndLXvt
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87. Super cute little 1980s electronic watch in the shape of a Japanese personal computer.pic.twitter.com/efYkh1OGjc
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88. Speaking of which, who challenged the gaming store clerk to a game of Mario Kart… and won!? Of course not me. Jesus. It took me like 20 minutes to work up the nerve to press Oscillate.pic.twitter.com/rDRLCybDqH
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89. Spotted this a second after I finished a hot shower with my door open. (There must be a name for this kind of a situation, as it happens to me all the time…)pic.twitter.com/Y7vQ47enek
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90. Spotted a few semi-automatic sliding doors that open, but only if you press the button located in the middle (and sometimes the buttons are only on one side, and the other direction is fully automatic).pic.twitter.com/dm1jqnaOW1
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Replying to @mwichary
Sorry to reply a month later (have a lot of RSS feeds to catch up on), but usually the reason for this is to conserve energy. When the A/C gets turned on during the summer, people passing by won’t accidentally cause the door to open. Same for heating during the winter.
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Thanks! No worries about a late reply. They’re always welcome.
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