If anyone remembers reading that essay last month "Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore", this week that author wrote a reply.
Apparently he got a lot of e-mails of people going "well, then why do you still live in Japan?"
The bit about messing with the guy on the train is hilarious. Also, apparently people in Japan like to talk about pooping a lot - I could probably get behind that. More food for thought, I suppose.
