Posts made by nurunuru

Yeah, looks spotty dog.

Pretty sure I've yet to meet a flannel that didn't shrink at least a little.

@Asger-Ebdrup Great stuff!

Anyone else subjected themselves to this? It is, for the most part, competently written. The unpleasantness is so unrelenting that one becomes pretty much inured to it by the last third or so. I don't regret reading it, per se, but it is a miserable bloody thing that I am glad to be done with. I don't know why it exists and couldn't really recommend it.

Now I'm reading some Jeeves and Wooster. Way better

@FOXY Life on a Scottish isle sure has a certain allure to it, as one who has never visited a Scottish isle.

I mean, I've watched Danny MacAskill do his thing on the Isle of Skye, which I assume covered pretty much all of the bases...

@EdH I bet that'd look kinda like a classy Western version of jinbei. Sounds pretty cool!

All spring I was thinking I'd go orange, and now they're nearly here I'm thinking sax might just suit me better (independent of which shirt I just happen to prefer the look of). Though I'm lucky enough to live near BlackBlue, so I can try 'em both and see which I prefer.

Nice. I am waiting with utmost patience for a 2-buttoned indigo sashiko blazer restock

...or keep going till you hit the inaka

I loved living in the countryside there.

@Giles That's a shame. Hope this is pretty much confined to the big cities.

@denim-dawg I've got the Lefty OD Type III. I like it a lot.

@Giles That's crazy to me that foreigners wouldn't typically be welcome there. I lived in Japan for over 6 years and never felt like my ethnicity/nationality would've stopped me getting into a business or activity. Quite the opposite, really. I got to join in with a lot mikoshi-carrying shenanigans and felt pretty much welcome wherever I went. I was certainly treated as something of a novelty where I lived, but seemingly not an unwelcome one.

As someone who's been visiting Japan for a long time, I'm curious as to whether you feel like the vibe has shifted recently. Do you feel like xenophobia is on the rise there? Maybe it would be tough to tell with shorter trips, especially if you already have a local to vouch for you, or at least give your presence an added layer of "acceptability." Still, you could maybe pick up on a shift in the vibe, if there is one.

@Giles Man alive. Bet the ōtoro was good.

@Giles said in Giles and Alex hit Japan - May 2026:

The guy in the photo of the Sushi joint, was not the chef

Dang... His chef cosplay was on point, though.

@catdad1 That's the one. Cheers!

Remember that thread from a few months ago where someone was talking about seeing a (light blue, sax-looking) flannel shirt in an old Japanese movie, and they were wondering whether maybe it was a super-old Works/IH model? If someone knows where that thread is and could post a link to it, that'd be cool. I've been searching using various related keywords and can't seem to find it.

@denim-dawg Looking great. The IH Lefty denim really is something special.

@sabergirl That they do.

@gwarren333 Go to the website at this time: https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//post/964263 Have an account already made and be logged in ready to go. Buy it. Done.

Yeah, I noticed that bug yesterday and figured it was just because the inventory hadn't been added yet. Apparently not.