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Richard Simmonds

Originally from Sussex in the UK, Richard came to Japan for the first time in 2011 to teach English. Deciding that only one stint as a student wasn’t enough he returned to go to university in Osaka where he still lives, working slowly towards his inevitable destiny of being killed in an avalanche of manga and textbooks, surrounded by the discarded wrappers of assorted matcha-flavour sweets and biscuits. Whilst continuing his love-hate- hate relationship with the Japanese language he works as a translator, writer and sometime bar pet gaijin.

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Japanese capital to move from Tokyo to Okayama…according to a “time-travelling” Twitter user

Richard Simmonds
Jan 18, 2018
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The first question to a visitor from the future who could tell us about medical and technological breakthroughs? That’s right, it was about boobs.

Japan
(funny • future • Okayama • predictions • time travel • twitter • weird)

Starbucks opens its second Roastery, the biggest Starbucks coffee shop yet, in Shanghai

Richard Simmonds
Jan 18, 2018

Shanghai, already home to more than 600 Starbucks, is now only the second place to get an extra-special Starbucks Reserve Roastery.

China
(cafes • China • coffee • COK • Roastery • Shanghai • Starbucks)

Finally, a chance to cuddle up to Japan’s “No. 1 Cosplayer”, Enako

Richard Simmonds
Jan 4, 2018

Fans of cosplay star Enako will now be able to get their hands on her, or at least her new dakimakura cuddle pillow.

Japan
(beautiful women • Comiket • Comiket 93 • cosplay • cosplayers • dakimakura • Enako • huggy pillows • kimono • pillows)

Get US$442 for four hours of having football star Shunsuke Nakamura kick balls near (or at) you

Richard Simmonds
Dec 20, 2017

New collaboration between part-time job hunting app an and Soccer King means you can fulfill your childhood dream of being a wall when you grow up.

Japan
(an • football • part-time jobs • Shunsuke Nakamura • soccer • sports • weird)

Get your favourite page from Shonen Jump manga on a T-shirt!

Richard Simmonds
Dec 20, 2017

Publisher of One Piece, Naruto and other hit manga launches new phone app which lets you choose any page to have made into an awesome T-shirt.

Japan
(anime • fashion • Haikyu!! • manga • Naruto • One Piece • Shonen Jump • t-shirts)

Funeral home in Japan offers drive-through funeral services

Richard Simmonds
Dec 19, 2017

When you want to mourn the loss of someone and wish them eternal happiness in the afterlife without getting out of the car.

Japan
(drive-thru • elderly • funerals • Nagano • services)

We brave the should-be-abomination of raw egg and coffee, is it a taste sensation? 【Taste Test】

Richard Simmonds
Dec 18, 2017

Is mixed raw egg yolk and espresso the answer to our morning prayers? We find out.

Japan
(coffee • drinks • eggs • espresso • food • raw eggs • taste test • weird)

Turns out even Japanese people aren’t sure how to use Japanese-style toilets

Richard Simmonds
Dec 13, 2017

Japanese Twitter user reopens debate on Japanese-style squat toilet etiquette, but is it just a flush in the pan?

Japan
(Japanese style • squat toilets • Toilets • twitter • washiki • washlets)

Hands-free holidaying: Robotic suitcases that follow you around unveiled【Video】

Richard Simmonds
Dec 8, 2017

The world of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, or maybe Pixar’s Wall-e, comes a step closer with the demonstration of suitcases with a mind of their own.