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Why they would have this on a Thursday and not a weekend I have no idea, anyway: http://sdramenfest.com/?fbclid=IwAR3ZZR9eY-N26c5JQ90CpUdguJdqpvPJJI1-z1Av1SmkRgbRZovK6MOyfN0

If you've got $45 to spare and want to get a little bit of a buzz on: http://alljapannews.com/page/sake-tasting?fbclid=IwAR0LAKXekqDu6wrYnRkyg5uPBZWrZT6kzqHBFbPbYdwqv6APntModbqho4c

gaijinmark wrote:If you've got $45 to spare and want to get a little bit of a buzz on: http://alljapannews.com/page/sake-tasting?fbclid=IwAR0LAKXekqDu6wrYnRkyg5uPBZWrZT6kzqHBFbPbYdwqv6APntModbqho4c

The ad says "All sake can be tasted free of charge."

$45 doesn't sound very free to me. :bleh:

Japanese silent films? "Sounds" interesting: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2019/art-of-the-benshi?fbclid=IwAR1wL54ElE8R8UR2mPVXtEPKu24SXqTjcF37GSTH40t7QWYXKcuh7dduQ8U

As a public service announcement to JDorama members in the SoCal area:

Tired of the lines and the lunatics? I was over at Tokyo Central Market in Gardena this morning and it was business as usual. Parking lot 3/4s empty, no lines, I was able to get everything I usually get with no fuss. As far as I could tell, there was only one item they were out of - Tofu. :doh:

gaijinmark wrote:As a public service announcement to JDorama members in the SoCal area:

Tired of the lines and the lunatics? I was over at Tokyo Central Market in Gardena this morning and it was business as usual. Parking lot 3/4s empty, no lines, I was able to get everything I usually get with no fuss. As far as I could tell, there was only one item they were out of - Tofu. :doh:

I went to the Mitsuwa in Torrance yesterday. Not busy at all, just a normal day. Shelves were pretty much full, except for the ramen aisle. :beaten:

A week from this Saturday, Japanese car/motorcycle show at the Automobile Driving Museum (it's down by LAX): https://www.automobiledrivingmuseum.org/event/jdm2021/

Another place to see opening next week. And it's right across the street from the Petersen Automotive Museum: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/

Put up $700 million and you can get pretty much whatever you want:https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32650662/staples-center-become-cryptocom-arena-rich-naming-rights-deal

Since it's only going to get up to about 900 degrees this weekend, might as well go get drunk: https://www.tasteofjpn.com/ssgmatsuri

This weekend, Japanese Classic Car Show in Long Beach: https://japaneseclassiccarshow.com/