06-07-2026, 03:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-07-2026, 05:22 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
You sure? Positive? Guarantee?
It can’t be guaranteed, but you can’t guarantee safety anywhere. In general, (very generally) what Olohana 1790 said about Japan compared (or as he says 180 degrees) to Hawaii is accurate. The American student had a beef with his American mom because she used high carbon Chat GPT for directions, he took off on his own and became lost on a hiking trail. In a non-urban forested area (as Olohana mentioned also exists in Japan), near urban Kyoto, easily accessible by train. He started out a day or two before the recent typhoon, so lots of wind, 5”-10” of rain, and probably not many on the trail to ask for directions or help. No definitive autopsy report yet though.
It’s hard to find a dented car, crime is exceptionally low, if you lose something it will be turned in to police or hung prominently from something near where it was found. Even money. I feel safer here than in Puna. There are yakuza, an elderly woman sat next to me yesterday and started talking quietly, cordially to her bag, but generally I have a greater sense of well being. Another woman, 87 years old, went missing in the neighborhood around 12:30 PM. An announcement was made on the district public address loudspeaker system, where she was last seen, her name, etc, and updated when she was found safe a few hours later. At 5:00 PM every day they play a short cheerful song which is usually the only time the system is used.
If you go north though, watch out for KUMA! Bears. One poor guy was caught on video last week, chased for a minute by a kuma in a parking lot and building entrance, the bear caught up to him and partly pulled his pants down. It’s been shown over and over on the national news every night. Hopefully it’s earned the victim (who survived) free beer for life every time he walks into his local small town izakaya to offset any possible residual embarrassment.
Which is one of the great things about Puna, no bears.
Not sure what this would cost at Maku’u Sunday Market, or Malama Market, or the Natch, but 2 corn picked that morning, 2 cukes, big box of mushrooms, spinach, edamame (fresh soybean), and lettuce also picked that morning, bought at the local grocery for under $8.
It can’t be guaranteed, but you can’t guarantee safety anywhere. In general, (very generally) what Olohana 1790 said about Japan compared (or as he says 180 degrees) to Hawaii is accurate. The American student had a beef with his American mom because she used high carbon Chat GPT for directions, he took off on his own and became lost on a hiking trail. In a non-urban forested area (as Olohana mentioned also exists in Japan), near urban Kyoto, easily accessible by train. He started out a day or two before the recent typhoon, so lots of wind, 5”-10” of rain, and probably not many on the trail to ask for directions or help. No definitive autopsy report yet though.
It’s hard to find a dented car, crime is exceptionally low, if you lose something it will be turned in to police or hung prominently from something near where it was found. Even money. I feel safer here than in Puna. There are yakuza, an elderly woman sat next to me yesterday and started talking quietly, cordially to her bag, but generally I have a greater sense of well being. Another woman, 87 years old, went missing in the neighborhood around 12:30 PM. An announcement was made on the district public address loudspeaker system, where she was last seen, her name, etc, and updated when she was found safe a few hours later. At 5:00 PM every day they play a short cheerful song which is usually the only time the system is used.
If you go north though, watch out for KUMA! Bears. One poor guy was caught on video last week, chased for a minute by a kuma in a parking lot and building entrance, the bear caught up to him and partly pulled his pants down. It’s been shown over and over on the national news every night. Hopefully it’s earned the victim (who survived) free beer for life every time he walks into his local small town izakaya to offset any possible residual embarrassment.
Which is one of the great things about Puna, no bears.
Not sure what this would cost at Maku’u Sunday Market, or Malama Market, or the Natch, but 2 corn picked that morning, 2 cukes, big box of mushrooms, spinach, edamame (fresh soybean), and lettuce also picked that morning, bought at the local grocery for under $8.