How often is the advice we give of the uncalled-for sort? Here are people who want our advice. They explicitly seek it.

The Tokyo Metblog counterparts will soon increase in number. Austin’s full of folks who have lived in Tokyo or in other parts of Japan for one reason or another. Freelance translation seems to be one of Austin’s cottage industries. If you’ve lived in Japan or are a seasoned traveler, or if you’re neither of those, check in at Tokyo, read some of what’s posted there, and leave a comment to let people know what’s not there that you’d like to see there. And please always feel free to do the same for Austin.

And if you know who these guys are, that would be welcome information as well. They’ve been Warding Off Evil on my desktop for eons, even though the Silver-Surfer-resembling guy lost his sword and his gun long ago. I’m always meaning to check in at Atomic City to see what the experts know but I always forget.