Jerry Johnston

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Jerry Johnston

Jerry Johnston

@jerryjohnston

American living in Japan since 2007. Husband, father, teacher, Christian. Higher English education. 日本に住む米国人 高等英語教育 2人幼児のパパ クリスチャン

大阪 Katılım Ağustos 2008
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谷野バル楽しすぎw
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Finally went here
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@Msamalam Got some nice practice getting the children (1 year + 1 month) under the table.
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When the young guy in the office says, “My Japanese girlfriend isn’t like that”
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@CacheThatCheque How it feels to die in battle rather than get yelled at about the seven categories of garbage again

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Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド
When I first came to Japan, these tours were free, and they gave you an all-you-can-drink session at the end (also free!)
NyanChuu🔮🇯🇵🍭@tanpukunokami

PSA for beer lovers visiting Japan: this is the move. Kirin's Yokohama Brewery does a 90-minute tour for ¥500 ($3.30) where they walk you through how Ichiban Shibori is made — and then pour you THREE different beers at the end. I've been THREE times. Each time it hits different. The language thing — don't worry: ∙ Videos have English subtitles ∙ The brewing process is genuinely visual (you smell, taste, touch) ∙ You don't need to understand every word to get it Things they don't tell you upfront: ∙ You taste the first-press wort vs second-press wort. It explains everything. ∙ You eat malted barley. (Sweet. Like a cracker. Who knew.) ∙ You smell hops. Like, cup them in your hands. ∙ The beer is poured by a "Brewery Draft Master" — an actual in-house certification. ∙ You can buy the official Ichiban Shibori glass in the gift shop. The 3 beers you taste at the end: ∙ Ichiban Shibori (the standard, freshly brewed) ∙ Ichiban Shibori Premium (a premium edition mainly sold as gifts) ∙ Ichiban Shibori Black I've had Ichiban Shibori a hundred times. Tasting it freshly made, poured by a certified specialist, in the official glass? Different beverage entirely. 10 min walk from Namamugi Station (Keikyu Line). Online booking required. 20+ for the beer tour. This place turns 100 years old in 2026. Go.

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@Karai_Dan Yes. Absolutely, my dude. I had the same thing when my now 23-month-old was about the same age. It sucks, but kids are stronger than we give them credit for. I hope she feels better soon (and you too).
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Karai (辛い) 🌶🐹🌶
My 9.5 month old daughter has been sick all week (as have I). She’s been inconsolable. Crying on and off all day. I feel a deep sadness that I can’t help her pain. Now that she’s asleep, my ears are ringing with hallucinations of her cries. Is this common among other parents?
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Real conversation I had with a prospective American client 5 months ago: “We have to shoot in Kyoto, obviously.” “Why?” “Because Kyoto is the only place in Japan with big temples and shrines and old architecture.” This was a documentary filmmaker, btw. Completely clueless.
Emily@writerofscratch

The only reason Japan has an "overtourism" problem is because y'all keep going to the same four of five places in a country that has so much more to offer. Earlier this week I was at a beautiful lake with beautiful cherry blossoms. I saw only five tourists in my 3 hours there.

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180円です!114514
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Rokko🇯🇵🌐💻 ✈︎
Black nikka special highball and making pork curry with my repaired aritsugu knife. Fml why did I ever leave Japan
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This is wild. Japan had less than 680k births in 2025. As recently as 2015, Japan still had a steady 1m births per a year.
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@GearoidReidy “You’re right to push back on that one. It was definitely my mistake — I forgot about the merger into 滋都.”
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@bunburyoudoujp If your post said “EVERYTHING IN JAPAN IS RACIST” I’m sure he would have interacted positively.
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Bunburyōdō (文武両道) (Bun)
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Debido San is getting very angry over a light hearted post because it’s not serious enough for his taste.
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@OliverJia1014 Where I grew up it was not necessarily kinder, but it was certainly less polarized than it is now. If you had differences you could talk/reason it out. Cancel culture was not a thing, and I think that made all the difference in the world. Wrongs forgiven and apologies accepted.
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Oliver Jia (オリバー・ジア)
Question for those alive during pre-internet or nascent internet days. Were people actually kinder to each other overall before social media? I've always wondered if that was actually the case or just rose-tinted nostalgia talking considering how every era has social problems.
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@GearoidReidy @StoneBrewing Absolutely zero marketing, impossible to find outside of import supermarkets… did they just not think about bringing it to Japan?
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Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド
Aaaaand it's gone. Sapporo is selling the @StoneBrewing brand to Firestone Walker less than four years after purchasing it. The Japanese firm will take an impairment loss of $80 million. Sapporo, who is running your craft beer business? Contact me next time!
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WOW -- Japan's Sapporo is buying @StoneBrewing, an absolute pioneer in craft beer and one of the largest craft beer makers in the US, the Nikkei reports nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

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