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Buying clothes in Japan is tricky for me because I'm tall with long arms and long legs. T-shirts, polos, socks, boxers, those are fine. But shirts? Forget it. Trousers? Uniqlo jeans and chinos usually fit ok but they can still feel a little short.
But it suddenly occurred to me yesterday that my company doesn't manufacture clothes here. It imports them from our UK warehouse so they're all in UK sizes...
Just bought some nice trousers with a 34" inseam for 20 quid(after 75% staff discount).
And hell yeah I'm eyeing up the catalogue looking for more stuff
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Originally posted by randombs View PostBuying clothes in Japan is tricky for me because I'm tall with long arms and long legs. T-shirts, polos, socks, boxers, those are fine. But shirts? Forget it. Trousers? Uniqlo jeans and chinos usually fit ok but they can still feel a little short.
It said medium, but didn't fit. It was like a crop top or something.
Do you find yourself taller than average out there randombs?
I remember catching a train in Tokyo rush hour and I was a head above the sea of business people.
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Oh definitely. I've seen a few freakishly tall Japanese people(one was about 7') but I'm in the minority here at 6'. Older buildings usually have doors that are 5'11" so I bash my head if I'm not careful.
Generally, Japanese sizes are one smaller than the UK. So that medium shirt would've been a UK size S. I've made that mistake on occasion, too.
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Went out walking on Tuesday night across the fields and found a suitable rock to sit down on and meditate. When I was done I opened my eyes and saw a cat in the grass, turned my head to get a better look and it was actually a little fox cub. I sat there watching it for a spell; it was aware of my presence but was definitely more curious than frightened. I got up hoping to stroke it (what I really wanted to do was hug it ) but whenever I got close it scooted off and always maintained a few meters distance between us as it scooted around me playfully. Man, it was beautiful.
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There are absolutely loads of foxes in my area (Peckham). Like, LOADS. I see them wandering around every day on my road. The problem is that at night they have sex incredibly loudly, it sounds like a human screaming in pain. Goes on for bloody ages sometimes.
It was never the case where I grew up, which was very rural. Back then a fox was something to be pointed out and admired - they were red and bushy tailed. The ones in London are far more plentiful, far less frightened of humans, and look pretty clapped out and dogeared most of the time.
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Found a lovely antique brass Tibetan singing bowl in a local charity shop and couldn't resist parting coin for it. Expensive, even second hand, but it's a beautiful musical instrument. One good strike will have it ringing for up to 3 minutes and rubbing the striker around the rim changes the frequency and sound. So cool:
Last edited by Zen Monkey; 06-07-2018, 12:24.
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Originally posted by randombs View PostGenerally, Japanese sizes are one smaller than the UK. So that medium shirt would've been a UK size S. I've made that mistake on occasion, too.
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