I was interested too so started googling. It was probably a comment by mikekchar: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mikekchar https://news.ycombinator.com/u

I was interested too so started googling. It was probably a comment by mikekchar: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mikekchar https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mikekchar According to this response by CaptainZapp (the GP) on one of his comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17004877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17004877 ): Hi Mike, About six month ago you helped me through the "minefield" of eating as a gajin in Japan. Let's call it a rousing success (it helps if you even like natto, but I digress). Let me state for the record that your posts are shear awesomeness in contents and the amount of information provided. Thanks!" I couldn't find the original comment by "mikekchar", but when you google "site:news.ycombinator.com mikekchar japan" you find many interesting comments about Japan.