Most Helpful Comments on Surviving in Japan - May 11

We're back with another around of most helpful comments from the past couple weeks. Received a few suggestions regarding where/how to get spices and herbs in Japan, a deodorant tip, one idea to repel mosquitoes, several resources for Japanese law references in English and one place to get eclipse glasses in  Hokkaido.

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From Living abroad, on deodorant in Japan:

"I found a Recycle shop in Minami Gyotoku carries several deodorants including Old Spice, Secret, Suave, Speed Stick and OMG even Teen Spirit!  There is also a Men's liquid deodorant in a green bottle here that works really well."

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A few of you had some things to add to the post on spices and herbs in Japan.

Djinnwired recommends the following resource:

"www.ambikajapan.com is amazing... It's an Indian online grocery store. They do bulk spices and rice (most of the Indian restaurants around here buy from ambika) as well as smaller sizes, instant curries, stacks, frozen vege and lentils/dried pulses. If your oder goes over a certain amount (I think 10,000?) you get a free Bollywood DVD!"

Laurel

"I agree that ordering online is the way to go -  my No.1 stop for (organic) herbs and spices and nuts/seeds/dried fruit, etc. is this Rakuten shop."

Aussieontheizu

"I can find the basics even in my local 100yen shop (Lemon House) which stocks a decent selection. They had tumeric, paprika and garlic powder too."

Editor's note: You can find Lemon House in Tokyo, Shizuoka, Kanagawa, Aichi, Saitama and Yamagata. You might want to check the 100 yen shops near you to see what they have.

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New: Most Helpful Comments on Surviving in Japan

So many of you have offered great advice, additional tips, or other useful suggestions in response to posts here on SiJ and even on Facebook and Twitter. So, although I often add helpful comments into the posts themselves, I've decided to give those comments more eyes and also just to say thank you by regularly highlighting them.

To start things off, I've gathered some feedback from the past few weeks:

Hay Fever Tips

Cee C mentioned local honey would be helpful for hay fever symptoms:

Lost in Ube suggested some special glasses to help block out pollen, along with shaking jackets before heading indoors:

Comments originally appeared on 15 Ways to Survive Hay Fever Season in Japan.

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