Recording summary · April 2018
My problem with living in japan [1ObYcm_JqPw]
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Overview
Living in Japan presents recurring daily annoyances, including crows damaging street garbage left under nets, elderly pedestrians obstructing walkways, and stores taping plastic bags shut.
Authorities send hawk handlers to drive crows toward mountains, but the birds return weeks after the raptors leave.
Children kick footballs against Daniel's apartment exterior wall despite an adjacent park being two minutes away, and local mobile phones enforce an unmutable camera shutter click to prevent secret photos.
Daniel prepares a makeshift English fry-up incorporating tomato, mushrooms, egg, hash browns, and salted uncured ginger fried pork as a substitute for British bacon.
Themes
Urban crow management and waste disposal methods in Japan.
Everyday public irritations, including pedestrian congestion and taped retail bags.
Neighborhood noise from outdoor ball games and phone camera shutter regulations.
Cooking an English fry-up with local ingredient substitutions.
Developments
A crow defecated and landed near Daniel during a video recording.
A group of children kicked a ball against Daniel's apartment wall for more than an hour.
Daniel cooked a breakfast fry-up using salted uncured ginger fried pork, tomato, mushrooms, egg, and hash browns.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether the crow intended its droppings to hit Daniel deliberately remains uncertain.