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Jay Allen

@gaiaslastlaugh

Writer on Japan specializing in social issues and nightlife. Living my best life in Tokyo. Yuri fiction connoisseur. Occasional mahjong addict. Bisexual. 日本在留アメリカ人男性 https://unseen-japan.com

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That sounds lit

10.03.2026 05:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I do love Yokohama…

10.03.2026 05:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the price of oil surging means you can burn your shein clothes, extract the oil, and make more money than you paid

07.03.2026 02:03 👍 8746 🔁 996 💬 74 📌 29

Why does every cover of “Helter Skelter” low key suck

08.03.2026 00:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

金髪 is pronounced kinpatsu (on readings) and 黒髪 is pronounced kurokami (kun readings) because Japanese is evil and it hates you

06.03.2026 12:29 👍 27 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Yep part of a line of 限定 snacks! Need to try the others before the promotion is over

06.03.2026 03:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This was my treat for the week. As a resident I gotta pace myself lol

06.03.2026 03:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

05.03.2026 19:22 👍 29712 🔁 4025 💬 367 📌 161
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Idk who needs to hear this but there’s a Black Thunder monaka out rn and it’s gooood

06.03.2026 01:18 👍 61 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 1
Radiation counters handed out to measure levels while standing on top of reclaimed soil

Radiation counters handed out to measure levels while standing on top of reclaimed soil

Post image Post image Ukedo Elementary School - devastated by the tsunami, now a museum

Ukedo Elementary School - devastated by the tsunami, now a museum

Recovering from an exhausting, whirlwind two-day trip to Fukushima sponsored by the JP gov to discuss recovery efforts from the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami

05.03.2026 22:23 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

How did I do 3+ hours of travel yesterday and still not complete my daily Pimsleur Spanish what’s wrong with me 😭

05.03.2026 01:26 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Press gaggle to Fukushima got thrown into disarray thanks to the Tohoku Shinkansen snafu. They ended up putting us on the Joban to Iwaki. Will cut the tour short but 仕方がない

04.03.2026 03:10 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The trains are always on time in Japan*

(*unless a tree falls due to snow and cuts power, then you’re fucked)

03.03.2026 23:26 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

i feel strongly that anyone that thinks that there is a nefarious cabal of surgeons and doctors Transing people should be forced to try and schedule one (1) transsexual procedure

03.03.2026 15:50 👍 3983 🔁 656 💬 11 📌 11

We'll see if conditions are even right. I have to be there super sickeningly early 😭

03.03.2026 19:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LOL I might! Got a new camera that would be perfect for that

03.03.2026 10:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Going to Tokyo Station tomorrow for what I believe is the second time in two years

03.03.2026 10:07 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

They commit them all at home I guess 😅

03.03.2026 07:58 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Speaking of that arch-right-wing figure I recently interpreted an interview with, this was something else he insisted: that while foreigners in Japan are inherently criminal, Japanese people abroad commit exactly "no crimes."

03.03.2026 03:49 👍 101 🔁 18 💬 5 📌 0

I was like "wow the recording from the TASCAM has a lot of noise" and then I realized it's just recording every little sound in the environment 😅It's a pretty amazing device

03.03.2026 07:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Next journalism goal: Scoring an interview with Tani Takuma

03.03.2026 06:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tweeting this out on the same week as the Shogakukan controversy involving two Japanese rapists sure is a take

03.03.2026 03:17 👍 35 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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A clip from the moment Hillary Clinton found out Lauren Boebert took an unauthorized photo of her deposition: 'I'm done!'

02.03.2026 21:44 👍 14670 🔁 3894 💬 856 📌 618

I'm also not convinced there's a huge divide between Japan and the US here. Yes, there's a fierce debate in the US over AI. But also 40-50% of the population uses it. So.

03.03.2026 02:52 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Japan's AI Affinity The reasons many Westerners despise AI explain why Japanese don't

Idk, I think there's a much more straightforward answer to why Japan is investing in AI: its population is plummeting, and it would rather run the country with robots than with foreigners

blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/japans-ai-...

03.03.2026 02:48 👍 23 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

sooo the claim that it takes 5-6 months for a human to translate a manga is bullshit.

It only takes me a few days--then ideally I wait a few days to reread the translation with a fresh mind and fix any errors and tweak the wording. So like, a week total. For quality, human work.

02.03.2026 02:46 👍 135 🔁 47 💬 4 📌 0
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Hard days garden graft deserves a winter warmer.

Chicken with beef pho and all the veggies.

So healthy I can obviously eat an entire pack of biscuits for pudding, no guilt attached.

#food #foodsky #pho #soup #broth #cook #cooking #comfortfood #healthyfood

28.02.2026 22:53 👍 1304 🔁 62 💬 54 📌 6
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“Hey Tanaka, you translate the text on that workout timer to English yet?”

“Yeah 店長, real nice and literal just like you asked”

27.02.2026 05:34 👍 61 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

I think it’s called killing capitalism. We must kill capitalism

22.02.2026 17:02 👍 36 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0

Someone needs to invent a weekend that’s not all about getting ready for the next workweek

22.02.2026 05:46 👍 32 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1