I'm pissed when I buy a product from Japan and there aren't English instructions on the package. Like today I got some mugi-cha and I tried to make a pitcher, but the instructions are all in Japanese! How much water should I add to how many packets? I don't know well enough how exactly this stuff is supposed to taste, so if I make it wrong now, how will I know?

The problem is that I want the Japanese to preserve their culture by not incorporating so much English into their language and to keep the gaijin guessing.

So it really is a paradoxical situation.

@BoC: count me boggled, I never questioned the fact that diamond was the "hardest" material in the world. I need to think outside the box more.