h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

>> Just before and during WWII Japan attempted to take over China and joined the Tripartite Pact in 1940. What year?

can't find the year so should I remove this?

I hope you don't mind Anoldgreymoonraker but I'm going to add your comment on the American in my entry. At the moment people will be viewing it where buildings is written but this will change to being put to an area on customs. Unsure where to put it yet. Also realise that getting there needs expanding.

I asked my wife and she said never show the bottom of your feet to the host

I cant help thinking that some of the customs are also used in the west such as the business card swap and wasn't it the Victorians that used to leave the bath water for others to splash about in?

Over here everybody has business cards even if they don't have a business .
All of the family will use the same bathwater all famillies all over the country.

...and then the bathwater is used to wash the clothes!

Don't forget our washing machines come with a pump and hose attached to take the water from the bath.
My bath is 100cm x65wx50h I put the plug in and press the pink button 5mins later my bath tells me the bath is half full 5mins later the bath tells me it is full summer the temp is set at 40c winter its 43c I then remove my clothesdrop them in the washing machine and enter the bathroom ,sit on a low plastic seat ,take water from the bath with a bath bucket and drench myself wash hair swill from the bath or shower head put soap on my ,scrub my body with MY SCRUBBER thats what I call it its the best thing to have been reinvented here in japan just put some soap on it and enjoy .I fell in love with 25 yrs ago . swill and repeat you should wash twice, then you can get in the bath half laying half sitting and soak in the water, sitting, willcover your nipples lay back bend your legs and the water comes up to my neck .
after about 10 mins I stand and using a flannell I pat dry my body get out of the bath and pat dry my feet and exit the bathroom ,
Their are towells washbasin mirror and washing machine in the changing room dry with a towell put on nigtclothes and exit the room .
next is my daughters turn after she has finished my wife will take her bath when she is finished she puts the powder in the washing machine puts the hose in the bath presses the button .
Next morning the clothes are taken out of the machine and hung outside the hose is rerolled onto its bracket on the side of the machine and the plug pulled to let the remaining water out .

The water temp is preselected and the amount of water is preset but we just turn it up in winter then each day its the same ,the water will stay the same temp until you press the pink button for off , the green button will reheat the water .
The bath floor and bottom20c of the walls is all one piece quite a hard ivory plastic ,the floor is tyle pattern so the bath itself has a dimple pattern, both are slip proof .
Hope this may help but I do love my

And so do I
Thank you for a brilliant description of a Japanese custom, Arnoldgreymoonraker
Think you can manage that in a blockquote, Opti?

I always carry lots of them when I travel for presents to give to my friends back home they like them too .
They should be exported to england.

any better?

My spelling nightclothes other than that

so whats left to make this entry into the guide?

Entry: Japan - A12590462
Author: Opti-- U231227

As you've included a lot of Arnoldgreymoonrakers work/assistance/ with this entry I'd suggest you add him as contributing researcher, it's already a collaborate entry after all.

Have a look through PR and find others who have submitted chunks, and add them too, then everyone gets an email the day it goes live

In the language section are you using konnichiha ? for hello , shouldn't it be konnichiwa?

One other thing only tatame style restaurants do you take off your shoes , most restaurants here are american style

Added Anoldgreymoonraker now hands up who else have I missed?

If your interested in this bit
I have a washlette ( toilet] can't find that key , with a light sensor and my swiss american friend with a new house has a washlette with a flush sensor too
Sorry but we do like having the latest good stuff when we go shopping.

This is a test ok /Users/stuartparsons/Desktop/BBBQ04.05.06.JPG

Surely this is ready for the EG now?

A12590462 - Japan

It's almost there, please don't withdraw it from PR


whale culling = should be whaling


Blue Peter = needs to be in italic tags

I'll go through this more thoroughly tomorrow Opti