From A Perfect World For the last few months many people (mostly AOL "lusers") under the mistaken belief that this site has some sort of affiliation with MTV's "Pimp My Ride" have been leaving their ride pimping requests in the comments section of th… more »

I better get over to Rokkasho right away and collect some "Future site of ITER" signs before they are all gone. Sorry Rokkasho, but I guess you'll have to find a different expensive and potentially catastrophic project to add to your collection. Upda… more »

Click here to watch (Windows Media, 15 megs) Yeah that's right, it's a new video blog! As a result of computer problems, but mostly just my abject laziness, this video has taken a long time to do. It's actually been in the works since February, but… more »

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http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=341602 I can already see all the pedophiles and kidnappers rubbing their hands together. more »

Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf seem to be a good analogy for the teacher student relationship in Japan. As I mentioned last time, for months I've been dreading my school visit to Yokohama branch high school. Yesterday the fateful day arrived, and I c… more »

Sorry for the lack of updates for the last few days, but my all my free time has lately been consumed by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Because my laptop's graphics card is crap the game runs really slow, which means it takes much longer to play than it… more »

Here's a small gallery of random photos from the last couple of weeks... Assamushi has lots of exotic food for sale at its hotels that I'm sure PeTA members would just love. In addition to minke whale, you could also get deer, seal, sealion, bear a… more »

Wow, there's even one in Canada! Sorry if my last few postings have been kind of negative. To make up for it, I thought I'd talk today about one of my favorite things about Japan... namely Daiso! I've whored a bit for Daiso before but I thought it… more »

Dear newbie Aomori JETs, In my continuing effort to help inform you about life in Aomori (and in my secret effort to discourage you from coming at all) I would like to present to you important information that they won't be telling you at the Tokyo o… more »

This is the time of year when we get our first taste of the summer heat, and it becomes easy to forget what it was like in Aomori just a few short months ago. This past winter Aomori saw one of the heaviest snowfalls in recent history, or in the case of… more »

This post isn't about the mysterious, seldom seen 2000 yen note. An investigation into where all these bad boys have all been disappearing too might not be a bad idea though. Today however I want to bitch about something else... taxes. Friday I got a bi… more »

Watch out Eboshi! I'm back, and this time my car has snow tires. Regular readers of Avoidinglife may recall the story of my failed attempt to scale Noheji's Mount Eboshi. The journey sadly ended with a flat tire, a lost hubcap and a dejected Jamie. W… more »

This article has quite a few unkind things to say about my favorite restaurant in the world, but it redeems itself by providing us with lots of great classic McDonald's TV spots. Unfortunately the picture quality is crap, but it's nice to see good old M… more »

Since we're on the topic of race today. Here's an interesting profile on famed Japanese TV personality and token white guy Patrick Harlan. more »

A while back I wrote this post about the controversy surrounding a plan by Japanese book publisher Zuiunsya to re-release the turn of the century children's book 'Little Black Sambo' in Japan. Despite calls to halt its publication, or at least tone… more »