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Oh, look! You get to eat combini food in the Japanese section of the ISS. They even get Kwepie! 😂
Ok, where do I sign up?
#space #japan

Can foreigners also become Japanese astronauts? Asking for a friend.
#japan #space

And this is a full-scale model of the Japanese ISS module. The thing looking like a trailer is really attached to the ISS and it's some sort of particle detector.

I didn't know the Japanese section also had an arm. I guess that's why the other one is called Canadian Arm and not just Arm 😄
#space #japan

The back of the Hayabusa 2 reveals the sample collector and the spherical sample return capsule which will be shot onto Australia in December.
#space #japan

And this is a full scale model of the famous Hayabusa 2, which just finished exploring Ryugu and is currently on its way back to deliver its precious cargo of asteroid samples in a re-entry capsule by December 2020.
I thought Hayabusa 2 itself would disintegrate in our atmosphere after completing it's mission, but apparently it has enough propellent on board for an extended mission until 2029. Go on and explore, Hayabusa!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa2
#japan #space

The upcoming LE-9 engine, with its expander bleeding cycle, has worse specific impulse than its predecessor LE-7A. So... why are they even making it? 🤔

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LE-9
#space #japan

The first-stage engine of the H-II (right) and the second-stage LE-5 engine shown inside the inter-stage section.
#space #japan

A lineup of the Japanese launch vehicles. The largest one is the upcoming H3, whose maiden flight is scheduled later this year. It is 63m tall, weights 570t and... still not reusable :-(

This is the H-II transfer vehicle, which resupplies the International Space Station. They're planning to launch another one of these in May from the Tanegashima Space Center, and I'm planning to go watch it.
#japan #space

Even the early satellites of the '70s and '80s were enormous. I can't convey their true size with these shots.

JAXA Tsukuba Space Center is pure porn for space nerds.
#japan

Nice breakfast at the hotel in つくば with japanese pickles, tamagoyaki and natto (packaged natto this time, hopefully I can try the real deal in Mito).
#japan @globalc

Is this the weather forecast for tomorrow or... for 1970?

You know why it's Asakusa-shi rather than Asakusa-chan or Asakusa-chan?

~shi (〜氏)
A very polite and general suffix that is often used in formal writing and very often heard on the news. The stereotypical otaku will refer to their otaku-comrades with ~shi.

#eizouken #anime

So many places I want to see in #Japan, yet so little time for travel 😲

Those who want to become United States Citizens, must go through this indoctrination and then take an exam.

Japan's Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) has an information booth to introduce us to their the friendly drug sniffing dog mascot Kasutamu-kun (Custom-boy).
#japan

You can see the Golden Gate back in the distance. What an amazing city...

Flying over the San Francisco Bay.

Headlines wildly disagree on how much the TSLA short-sellers have lost exactly, but it's billions.

Fuck you cynics and skeptics, the future is going to be electric cars and renewable energy! 🖕