"Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote ...
> Zzzz <lll> top-posted over the complete quote, so it's not clear which
> part of the previous message he's referring to:
> 
>> There used to be some gaijin selling home brew kits in Osaka, so I doubt it.
> 
> You mean those kits are on sale in Osaka, so they are unlikely to be in
> Tokyo? 

I thought he meant they are being sold /by foreigners/ so they are unlikely 
to be readily availble from local shops.