Hi! I'm writing a story about rhythmic gymnasts (one of whom is male--chalk that up to artistic license), and so I need to know the typical structure of a rhythmic gymnastics class (e.g. how much time is devoted to stretching, ballet, modern dance, gymnastics, and apparati manipulation; the stuff that is typically taught to beginners; what's taught ( Read more... )

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Setting: Osaka, Japan ( Read more... )

I've pulled up several sites with lists of Japanese saying/proverbs and their English equivalent but I can't find the one I want.

Does anyone know if Japan has an equivalent to "Cut from the same bolt of cloth" as in two different people who are very similar in behaviors and tastes.

Thank you!

How long would someone generally need to be missing before the police would file a report? Or does that vary between prefectures? Also, what - other than the name and description of the missing person - would go into the report? I tried Google, but all I got were US police pages, and some action movies, believe it or not ( Read more... )

I'm working on a fic and one of the plot points is that the main character is going to be attending a family reunion. He is a teenager, attending with his parents ( Read more... )

Would it be something out of the ordinary for a house to be rebuilt on the site of one that had burned down, particularly if people had died in the fire? Would it be more or less likely to happen if the son of the people who'd died in the fire was still alive ( Read more... )

Modern day Japan. Urban but not any specific city, if that makes a difference ( Read more... )

This is an easy one, I hope ( Read more... )

Setting: Japan, late 1990s ( Read more... )