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Weekly Praise Thread – 10 October 2025

  • October 9, 2025

It's that time of the week again. Please boast and share about the good things that have happened to you this past week!

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  1. Yesterday the train line was stopped for the second time in a row. I decided to walk 2 hours home instead of waiting an hour and a half. On the way I picked up a 500 yen coin on the ground.

    Finally starting to see really good scores on my pre 2 Kanji Kentei practice tests. Can’t rest yet though. There are 9 days left and I want to do the best I can until the end.

  2. Was 10 degrees when I got up this morning. It’s the time of year I can sleep in more and not die of heat exhaustion when doing farm work. Hopefully we’ll still stay above freezing for a while as there is no such thing as “too many jalapenos” and the plants are still going strong.

  3. Semi-doxxing myself here but Costco Japan recently started carrying boxes of my favourite craft beer from my hometown in Canada. It actually blew my mind when I saw it, I thought I was hallucinating. You can hardly find this beer outside of the city where it’s brewed so to see it in Japan was incredible.

    If anyone likes craft beer, look for the Phillips box set in Costco. It’s 12 beers, three each of a pilsner, lager, IPA, and ale. All of them are fantastic and despite being imported from Canada the cost works out to 250 yen per can which is amazing for craft beer.

    I’ve been in heaven this week drinking all my old favourites.

  4. On the train yesterday I gave up my seat for an older lady.  At the end of the line she taps me on the shoulder to tell me my bag is open (my zipper is bad).  Thank you lady for being the only person on the train to say something.  Saved me a lot of trouble.

  6. * Got a last-minute ticket to Expo courtesy of an embassy. I’ve already been a few times, so nothing is pressing. I’m just planning to meander around without expectations and see what I can.
    * The 7-11 near work is now selling baked goods. Nothing spectacular, but a nice option to have.
    * To get into my gym, you need an app that generates a QR code (or pay extra for a physical card). Well, my app stopped working, so they had to manually check me in every time I went. I had two managers try and fix it, and they even called people at their corporate office. No one could figure out how to fix it. Lo and behold, after about a week, a young part-time staff member said she thought she could fix it, tweaked some settings on her end of the system, and within a minute got it to work. Quite surprised, actually.
    * A young college-aged guy on the train chastised a row of salarymen in the priority seats until one of them got up to give their seat to an elderly man with a cane. Good on that young man.

  7. climate is awesome. bit sunny bit cloudy, Sapporo stays between 5-18°C. can’t wait for the winter.

  8. An old man who is always tending to his garden when I walk past everyday with my dog came to my front door today with a cardboard box of produce. He was very shy and was surprised I could actually say more than ‘hello’ to him. I’ll cook up the veggies and give him some back in the form of lasagna to say thank you.

    But what do I do with this goya?

  10. I saw cars stop and let an ambulance through. The whole road was at a stoplight and without hesitation the ambulance hopped in the wrong lane and blasted past everyone and through the intersection. I have only seen this behavior in my super inaka area. Kudos to the local drivers as well as those ambulance drivers who clearly meant business.

  11. I got my hair dyed for the first time in forever and I love how it turned out! Not many coworkers noticed but those who did complimented it too so that was nice

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