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After two or three consecutive long days of summer hiking, I develop an extremely itchy rash on the tops of both feet and, to a lesser extent, around my lower ankles. It usually lasts about a week.

It seems clearly related to prolonged heat and sweating. I don’t experience it after equally long multi-day snowshoe trips in winter. It has also happened with different socks, including merino and synthetic blends, so I’m not sure the sock material itself is responsible. It tends to affect both feet, more or less symmetrically, but not always.

I’m an experienced hiker but this problem just started last summer and this is becoming a real problem on multi-day trips. Has anyone experienced someth

Call it a seagull.

(鴨ー＞鴨め）

Traveling to the other side of the planet with a 14-hour time difference generally takes me a week or so to adjust to, and I generally get incredibly sleepy in the middle of the day and then wake up at 2am, and am unable to get back to sleep.

BUT - with a rather minimal microdose in the morning, I'm wakeful and alert all day, and able to sleep through the night! Seems to have actually completely adjusted my schedule, without any struggle!

Japan Post has blocked EMS and Small Packet Airmail (with a tracking number) to Canada. Via the Post office you can only ship to Canada with a cheap untracked service that has no insurance or confidence in an expensive or precious package arriving. This started around the middle of the pandemic...
Yamato (Kuroneko) will only allow business to business shipping to Canada, so even if you have a company, you can't ship to private indvididuals.

Could anyone tell me a way to ship something to Canada with insurance and a tracking number?

I've gotten into volumetric microdosing LSD over the last 6 months. (Roughly 10 -15mg, 1 day on 2 off, 3 times in a row.. with breaks) I am not sure on the numbers but sometimes (not every time) I get the nice stimulant effect that boosts my productivity with work and just feels great. It's just like an energy boost tinged with positive feelings. I love that.

But is there any downside anyone has ever read to continuing this regiment long term? Just wondering, as people are posting all this stuff about only using it while necessary, etc. I'm a "healthy normal" insofar as I'm not using it to combat anxiety or some mental issue. I just loved LSD back 20 years ago in university, and ha

So I've had the　通知カード for quite some time, but now for some work related stuff I need a proper My Number Card. And it is surprisingly difficult to get it. At my 県庁 they just said they didn't know how to get one...??! This site has instructions: https://www.kojinbango-card.go.jp/kofushinse/index.html

But I need some 23-digit 申請書ID that I supposedly received in a 交付申請書 ... but I have no idea how to get this nor can I quite seem to figure it out.

Anyone been through this or can point me in the right direction??

Much appreciated!

So all AirBnB hosts just got an email with this at the top:

"The law requires hosts to apply for a notification number for each of their listings in Japan. To continue hosting you’ll need to apply for a notification number and add this number to your listing page by June 14, 2018. Listings without a notification number will be removed after June 14th until this process is complete."

I'm just starting to wade into the official Japanese websites detailing the new requirements and processes. Thought that a thread where hosts share the main points and help each other out would be helpful.

I've heard that to drive people that are basically paying you for a service, such as your customers in an AirBnB Experience tour, etc. requires a special permit and insurance. I was wondering if anyone with superior Japanese legalese googling experience could point me to a link (Japanese is fine) where I can learn the details of this and how to do this in a legal way. Thanks!

Duskin (and the like) offer housecleaning services, but just to have your shower/bathtub room cleaned it costs around 17,000 yen or so. In the States a lot of people I know will pay less than $100 to have someone come through and do a decent job of cleaning the entire house. (I'm not picky.. just rough vacuuming, dusting, bathroom cleaning, etc.)

Anyone know of a similar service in Japan? (Don't mean to sound like a lazy or entitled ass, just really busy with work and it would be nice to pay someone else to do a simple housecleaning once a month or so.. don't need the moving-out level thing Duskin offers.)

Would love to hear any personal stories or anecdotes on this topic. I've been a permanent resident for a long time, and someone asked me why I don't just get citizenship. My reasoning was not wanting to give up U.S. citizenship. But I've also heard that you don't actually have to do this in practice. Any actual experience is appreciated!

Would love to touch base with other all grain homebrewers based in Japan. Because of the legality issues it's easy to get a bit isolated from others that share the the hobby.

Just thought I'd ask in case I could touch base and maybe start a conversation among other enthusiasts here about alternatives to the two main ingredient sourcing sites in Japan and just share ideas for DIY equipment, recipes, stories, whatever.

With the new XP update on July 7th, does that mean from now on at each server wipe, we'll all go back to level 1 and lose all blueprints? So we really start fresh each wipe?

That would be quite a departure and would make server hopping each wipe more common I imagine. Couldn't find this info and was hoping someone could tell me. Thanks!