Japan's smell......

[(1VB)freels]

I am drunk.... but that doesn't keep me from my one sense that doesn't go away. I am at home smelling the smells outside of my home. I smell all sorts of goodness. I didn't smell this kind of thing in the states. I only really smelled this here in Japan. May be a good thing. May be a bad thing. I don't know. I am drunk. Can you as a person that can stop and smell the roses, so to speak, tell me what you smell when you are in your most vulnerable drunken state. I put this as a testament to all of you here, just take a few moments to stop what you are doing and take a sec and "Smell the roses". Not literally. Just smell your environment. It may be one of those things. I only have about 2 more months here till I go back to the states for my last 4 years of military service. i want to take it all in as much as I can.... i think that if you are here in borrowed time, breathe it all in.... You will not have a chance to feel like this ever again.... Hope you all can see where I am coming from... I am going to miss Japan. I love you all and will miss it here. *tears forming now*

[cstaylor]

Since you're over in Negishi, have you tried walking through Shinrinkoen at night? Especially when the sky is clear?

[American Oyaji]

I am drunk.... but that doesn't keep me from my one sense that doesn't go away. I am at home smelling the smells outside of my home. I smell all sorts of goodness. I didn't smell this kind of thing in the states. I only really smelled this here in Japan.

Yeah, I noticed that too, but I only noticed it after I was drinking and ONLY in Japan!

[Typhoon]

No matter how drunk I am, the smell of rancid urine along what otherwise is a lovely street such as Oike dori somehow does not evoke the same feelings.

Although tears also almost come to my eyes, although in my case it's the fumes.

[6810]

How about that methane-y smell the day after rain? No Japanese seems to notice it, but I do. I think it might be the result of sewage treatment interacting with new water churned up through the movement of this water through the system...

Or am I the only one?

[ChargerCarl]

Smells like...victory

[Samurai_Jerk]

How about that awful sulfur smell that comes out of the drains in Tokyo during the summer?

[American Oyaji]

I lived in the inaka, so I had none of that.

[Catoneinutica]

Smells like...victory

Appreciate the AN reference, but Japan these days reeks more of...ma-ke...

[GomiGirl]

teen spirit?

[Mike Oxlong]

It's just the whiskey, cigarettes, and natto that give Japan its unique scent.

[Doctor Stop]

It's just the whiskey, cigarettes, and natto that give Japan its unique scent.

That, and that bitch Noriko.

[Hikonejou]

Japan Smells:

Steamy Miso Sippin, Gooey Natto, Cold Fish Chewing, Bubbly Beer, Calm Sake, Cigarette Smokey Streets, Fresh Shampoo Smelling Hair on a crowded train, New Car Interior Taxies...late night Drunk Eating HOT Takoyaki Smells...