Comments on: Takarasagashi: Nose-Picking, Japanese-Style

By: Raul

Raul — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:40:32 +0000

hey I came across ur blog…its really funny….I live in Kyushu but I never had the opportunity to see the Jap picking their nose…..interesting….lol

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:06:52 +0000

I read this article before my recent trip to New York City. I thought it was funny, and I didn’t doubt it at all. However, while I was in Chinatown I really saw this phenomena first hand. So many asians picking their nose. One man stood outside of his shop with, I swear, his finger in it so high that all I saw was the first knuckle.

Also, on the ferry to liberty island I saw three Japanese tourists sitting together, all guys. The one on the very end, closest to me just sat there in a crowded ferry picking his nose…he then proceeded to wipe it on his pants.

Oh Dear.

By: Anna Trouble

Anna Trouble — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:06:54 +0000

It’s happened to me as well, on a dinky local train that was crowded to the max in the morning hours. I simply vomited. All. Over. That. Dude.
Sorry, but whenever I see stuff like that my gag reflex just goes into overdrive. LOL!

By: Barbara Ann

Barbara Ann — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:05:03 +0000

You are absolutely correct. But how can you expect them to be educated as to proper public manners when the parents are guilty of the same thing? How about all the snorting and spitting they do, too? I was going out with a Japanese man who has lived in the U.S. for close to 25 years, but still did not pick up any meaningful English or ANY proper etiquette. I still have to remind him not to pick up his restaurant napkin, blow his nose in it, then put it back on his lap. Eeeewwwwww. But then, I’m not going out with him “romantically” any more, either

By: Billy W

Billy W — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:56:28 +0000

@Jamaipanese:
Too sick. Haha.

@GTA:
I hope he’s not doing it in class when you’re not looking, and then swiping them onto the underside of his chair.

By: GTA

GTA — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:17:30 +0000

Fuck, had to comment: I mentioned the nose-picking epidemic to a student today and he was like, “Oh, yeah, I do that all the time.”

I need to quit my job.

By: Jamaipanese

Jamaipanese — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:06:10 +0000

not been around many Asian guys but this post is hilarious.

PS I voted for the treasure expedition option ^^

By: Billy W

Billy W — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:33:15 +0000

Aww, shucks… Hugs

By: Jessy

Jessy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:34:30 +0000

Just featured this post on my blog. I don’t remember the last time I both cracked up and dry heaved from the beginning of a story to the last comment… or the last time I was intrigued enough to read someone’s comments. Thanks for the awesomeness.

By: Billy W

Billy W — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:03:07 +0000

@Mr. Penguin:
Yeah, I don’t get it. How is it that blowing your nose into a tissue is worse than picking and flicking or picking and licking?!

@Erizabesu:
Yeah, it’s funny you say that about the birthrate because Japanese women absolutely detest the takarasagashi; it’s one of the complaints you’ll often hear from women about their husbands’ digusting habits. Never been to China, but I’ve heard and read that women over there do it in public quite a bit. And, we know about their birthrate. Maybe couples there pick each other’s honkers.