Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 13, 9:59?am, mtfes...@netscape.net wrote:
> > chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 12, 4:45?pm, JimBreen <jimbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Oct 12, 6:23?pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
> > > > wrote:

> > > I only visit the site for the comics. ?Roger Dahl can be pretty
> > > funny. ?Gwen Muranaka, not so much.
> > > I used to enjoy JT as a physical paper when I had access to it even if
> > > most of the stories tended to be about a day late and a dollar short.
> > > The wide range of coverage of stories from around the planet was
> > > really nice.
> >
> > The restaurant reviews are decent (they'd be great, if it weren't for
> > reviews of so many YYY shops, and if they'd review places outside of
> > Tokyo and Osaka), and the job section on Monday and Thursday is pretty
> > good.

> What are "YYY shops" btw?

As opposed to "$$$" :-)

>  Also is there anything particularly good
> about the reviews? I need to update the Okazaki guidebook restaurant
> section, and according to a friend, my writing style is as boring as a
> windy weekend in shikoku, so I need to pick up some hints.

Well, their writing style is likely no better, but the places they
review are all pretty good, and they give you a good breakdown of menu
selections, prices, crowd expectations, etc.. The places that aren't good
apparently don't make it into the paper, so   when they review a cheap
place, you've got a gem.

UnFORTUNATELY, I told my wife about their review of Kin-no-Saru in
Inogashira, which is one of the YYY places. A good place, to be sure.

Oh, and VERY occassionally, they have an article about cheap (for
Japan) wines.

Mike