Even the Buddha has to pick his nose

Let’s talk about snot.

Fellow f’ed gaijin “Harvey” posted this picture of Buddhist “priest sitting at the counter all alone in a ramen shop at like 10:30 am with a bottle of beer to himself, and smoking a cig” on his blog at japannewbie.com

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But hey, even the Buddha has to pick his nose.
Buddha nosepicker Saitama, Kawagoe City (太田道灌名城ツアー第二弾：川越城と城下町散策).

The hojihoji-zoku (ホジホジ属) the nose picker tribe rule Japan. Nose picking on the trains and public is common in Japan. One of my favorite Japanese phrases is: “Hana tsumamare temo wakaranai hodo kurai: “It is so dark that you can’t tell who’s picking your nose.”

And be sure to watch the silly YouTube video in Japanese of , “Nose picking fortune-telling” (鼻クソほじり占い)

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