>>1
test

>>1
What is your plan for ikouchan?
What is your vision?!

I support your plans for world domination ofc

>>104
Vision…!!?
I want Ikouchan to be a fun comfy place.
I’m interested in adding enjoyable features and currently focusing on painting more emojis.

I hope a few more posters will frequent this place, but having too many posters may corrode post quality and I’m hesitant about advertising this place.

>>107
>Vision…!!?
Vision is everything imo. It sounds trite and businesslike, but it works and its true.

>adding enjoyable features and currently focusing on painting more emojis
Thanks for the emojis, they add color to one's response.
Makes ikouchan feel distinct and comfy, so it works toward your goal

>a fun comfy place

hmmm...
A. Well, what's fun to you?
B. Or what's comfy to you?

>fun
To make a place fun online, in my opinion, requires two attributes: collaboration/engagement and excitement (read: things to look forward to).
The best way to accomplish the above is through mutual goals/interests most likely.

1. What is the general profile of someone that goes to ikouchan?
2. What are they interested in?
3. What can they get out of abiding by the law of Japan and visiting ikouchan?
4. Does one learn more about making art, for example History? History of art?
5. What drawing software do you use to make the emojis?

>comfy
When I think of comfy, I think of a consistency of some sort.
For example, although I never go to https://twitch.tv/ there's definitely a feeling of "comfy" because of the consistent schedule streamers follow.
One starts to feel like they're a part of something.
Dark rooms with a blanket is comfy.


>hope a few more posters will frequent this place, but having too many posters may corrode post quality
Your intuition serves you well.
The issue with the Internet today isn't the amount of content, but the quality of the content.
https://blog.discourse.org/2022/08/less-vs-more-the-battle-for-better-communitie
s/
Not necessarily advocating for structure by linking this blog post.
Just referring to its main point: we don't need more content necessarily, just content that adds value to users of ikouchan.

1. What value are ikouchan users seeking?
2. What incentivizes quality content?
3. What's quality to ikouchan?

In terms of seeking quality, the hardest to figure out will be number 2.
(It's really a hard problem with no clear answer, or a lackluster one. A one where you decide that, well, perhaps an imageboard wasn't it after all.)

I think a good metric of quality for any system, any community, any interest, any website is *how it makes participants feel alive.*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Timeless_Way_of_Building
>There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which man feels at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way. It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are.

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>>110
Difficult questions...but thanks for your advice!

>general profile
Anime fans? Or anyone who likes to post on imageboards....

>What can they get
Posters can use emojis and I may help someone learn about Japan or the language...?

>comfy
>consistency
Hmmm I try to paint stuff myself to make the art style consistent and hope posters can feel they are a part of this place using the same emojis.

>What incentivizes quality content?
As long as I delete spams and toxic posts, I hope the posts left may motivate posters to join the positive conversation

>What's quality to ikouchan?
I just want this place not to be full of spams or where people curse each other

I couldn't come up with good answers

>>115
Admin!
It's time to DREAM!

You are ETCHING in your part of the world!
What do you want to see??
Ikouchan stands testament to your POWER!

There's no reason for Ikouchan to NOT be of eternal bloom!
The cybergarden of Ikou it shalled be named in the neo-proto-Testament of the Good Ikou Word!
Museum tapestries in the year 3000 shall mark Ikouchan as the resolute turning point in the global media machine, and a binding artifice that topples all governments.

A new power rises.
So a stadium of millions sit on edge, waiting for your next word.

"PEOPLE of Ikou! Do NOT falter! The spam menace SHALL BE NO MORE!" you may burst out.

Feel the grip of time and crush it...
Look down upon your enemies and let them bow...
Bolt up, swing your cape, and waltz over to the balcony overlooking Ikou-city, a post-accelerationist hotspot to ward off the mutant parasites along the border.
Your biosoldiers will rise and salute the everlasting motto: "Comfy!"



...Humble wishes work too though.
May ikouchan prosper!

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

ikouchan is about half a year old now

>>267
I didn't realize it was so young.

>>268
Ikouchan is a baby!

Sticky this thresd

>>276
>Sticky this thresd

>>276
Thank you!

Greetings from Junkuchan.org, I would like to link to you if that would be okay.

Happy new ear!

>>283
Educational picture!

>>283
Nice to meet you!
>I would like to link to you if that would be okay.
Okay!

>>285
Nice to meet you too and bless

>>286
cringe

>>286
💪

So is it worth hosting your own imageboard admin?
How's been your experience?

>>310
>So is it worth hosting your own imageboard admin?
I think it is!
At least for people like me who are predisposed to talking to themselves.

>>315
Do you think you would talk to yourself without the imageboard?
I've tried journaling but it doesn't seem to stick.

>>323
I’ve never managed to keep a journal.
I’m prone to talk to myself but sadly that neither mean I’m content with what I say nor what I say is quality.
it’s just tormenting to me to remind myself how so bland my life is….

>>331
Maybe we make a pack to try journaling once more despite the torment!
I think making an imageboard shows something not-so-bland...
What would a non-bland life look like?

I don't see the point of:
- going out to eat
- clubbing
- concerts
- cities
- dates
- shopping

It all seems like a hassle.

>>334
I like to stroll in a park, see flowers, listen to birds chirping and sometimes go to a zoo or an aquarium.
But I don’t think I need to keep a diary only to write "I took a stroll today." every day….


>concerts
>clubbing
I’m not blessed with the ability to enjoy something with strangers together irl.
At such places, I tend to feel like I’m forced to fit in and forced to enjoy the stuff precisely the same way others do.

>dates
I wanna go out with a deer.

>>349
Your reason for not keeping a journal makes a lot of sense.
It's likely the same reason I don't keep a journal either.

>>349
Also, that video is crazy.
Is it the same pack walking back and forth as the video elapses?
I've never seen so many deer before.

>>352
I guess it’s all Nara Park or the periphery. I’ve been there once on a trip.

>>359
Nara Park seems like it's filled with pretty portraits.
How was your trip there?

>>372
I went there when I was a student but now I realized I don’t remember almost anything…this made me start suspecting not keeping a dairy was a mistake!

>>375
only now exists, no need to hold onto memories :~)
(is what I say to myself as I forget everything)

>>389
Thanks!

I really love these emojis you added to your site.
You drew these?
They add so much character, and they're extremely cute.
Thank you for adding them!

>>465
Thank you for appreciating my works!

>>472
The pleasure is all mine!

admin I missed the prompt saying threads need to be approved and made a double thread, please don't approve one of them thank you

>>512
You did nothing wrong!

>>512
I’m sorry I was late to realize your thread!

hallo new friends !
can you a new friend use this place to blog about his schizo ramblings ?

>>579
Maybe?

>>579
I made a mistake on my very first post here already
>can a new friend use this place to blog about his schizo ramblings ?

>>581
Excellent!

>>579
Hallo!

>>581
>can a new friend use this place to blog about his schizo ramblings ?
Probably It depends on what your schizo ramblings would turn out to be like, I guess?

Would it be possible to have floating box replies?
Pic related

>>619
Thank you for the bottom right option!

>>634
It's a relief to know it works..

you WILL join jakparty soy

>>670
Amazing!

>>670
not a real website doe schizo

>>672
Great!

ikouchan will be one year old soon.

>>685
What have you learned from this undertaking?

>>687
Hmm I learned that hosting an imageboard isn't so difficult if I don't try too hard?
And I learned that I don't need tons of posters if I just want to have a comfy space.
Of course I learned PHP, English and foreign cultures too.

>>691
You've conveniently bypassed uncomfy potentials it does seem.
Yeah, not trying hard seems to be a requisite, otherwise one will wonder why their site isn't "succeeding" — we don't even know what "success" is, or if it even exists in the context of imageboards

>>693
It's sad that many comfy imageboards decide to disappear, apparently because they're ""dead""

>>2
I think there is a bug, it counts every post as reply when it quotes any post whose number is starting with 2

>>711
Good guess!

>>711
Thank you for telling me about that!
I knew something is wrong but I was reluctant to face it.
I should fix it soon.

>>700
in some cases, dead imageboards (like 22chan) get revived out of nowhere by the community so i don't think all hope is lost.

>>873
Good to hear!

Thanks for updating the banners on occasion. The variety is most welcomed

>>1199
Thank you! I took many pictures of flowers I can use for banners!
I've been pondering what I can add to this site constantly (with a minimal effort!)

>>1220
Nature is always a good choice for pictures.
Is there a particular aesthetic you're aiming for with ikouchan?
I never really thought about it until today.

>>1245
>Is there a particular aesthetic you're aiming for with ikouchan?
I'm trying to use photos I took and pictures I drew for banners!
I want banners of this site to be something original.

Also these days I think taking care of an imageboard is similar to gardening.
So I feel like adding many flower banners.

>>1277
I'm surprised by how many flowers you come across.
They seem a little rare around here... or sparse when found.
Do you have a favourite flower?

I created a website on neocities.
Is it desired to advertise this place or no?
There are always pros and cons to increasing traffic.
I leave that decision to you admin, since you're the one that has to deal with the consequences of more users.

>>1288
>I'm surprised by how many flowers you come across.
What flowers do you come across most often?

>They seem a little rare around here... or sparse when found.
I heard these pink flowers, Philadelphia fleabanes in English?, came from North America.
Have you ever seen them?

>Do you have a favourite flower?
I love all flowers around me
If I needed to choose one, maybe garden pansies? I can't decide

>>1299
Sounds nice!
Could you advertise if you don't mind?

>>1306
ok I put a link

>>1305
>What flowers do you come across most often?
The most memorable are gardenias.
Other than that, can't really say, quite easy to forget all of it.
I will take more care in remembering the flowers I do come across...
>Have you ever seen them?
Nope! Too north I suppose. Wonder how they ended up in Japan, if you're the one who took that picture.
>garden pansies
Quite the saturated petals looking at google images

>>1310
>ok I put a link
Thank you!
I guess your website is so successful that you can no longer have time to pay visits here

>>1311
>The most memorable are gardenias
Beautiful
I suppose I can find them or related species of them here. Seems like they bloom in summer tho

>I will take more care in remembering the flowers I do come across...
What amuses you most when you go out?

>Nope! To north I suppose.
I hope you will meet them someday

>Wonder how they ended up in Japan, if you're the one who took that picture.
I heard they were brought as garden flowers.
I took the picture! They are everywhere in spring!

>Quite the saturated petals looking at google images
You've never seen them? They are one of the most popular garden flowers here

>>1349
I've been heads-down in some work recently, so I banned myself from any websites to focus.
Was able to get a lot done, more to do...
I hope you're enjoying the cold!

>>1350
>Seems like they bloom in summer tho
Yep, though since it's hot where I live you can see them more often than not
>What amuses you most when you go out?
Hmmm... it's a good question.
Maybe three things: other people, trees, and landscapes/meadows/hills.
There's a certain portion of a park I often visit that feels like its own little idyllic "isle" – something you'd see as the title sequence to a video game with flower petals flowing through the air. Evenly spaced trees, a simple playground, and the sun casting long shadows.
Forests, and being within forests, I suppose are most amusing.


But other people, too. Sometimes you come across certain "archetypes" and I can't help but laugh/smile about it. I love coming across people.
>I hope you will meet them someday
>You've never seen them?
Thanks! Seeing as there are so many flowers where you're from I'm surprised and thankful to know there is so much waiting out there.
There just aren't that many flowers around here and you get used to it.
The photos you share remind me there is a lot of beauty in nature.
You get used to simple forest, essentially, straggling vegetation. It has its own charm.
Though I won't see any new flowers anytime soon, seeing what you post is close enough for now–thanks for sharing your photos!

>>1365
>I've been heads-down in some work recently, so I banned myself from any websites to focus.
Your willpower is strong!
I don't think I can force myself not to use the internet for more than a day

>I love coming across people.
Nice! I guess it is rare for imageboard users to love encountering people irl.
I can't even imagine myself enjoying coming across people irl

>Forests, and being within forests, I suppose are most amusing.
>You get used to simple forest, essentially, straggling vegetation. It has its own charm.
True that! It's fun identifying trees and focusing on the difference between them like leaf shapes
What plants or trees do you see most often?

>I won't see any new flowers anytime soon, seeing what you post is close enough for now–thanks for sharing your photos!
My pleasure! I thought you were more likely to find flowers than I now because it's winter here.
Currently sasanquas are the flowers I see most often. They bloom in winter and I took the picture recently.

I can't imagine coming across people at all

>>1378
cringe

>>1373
>don't think I can force myself not to use the internet for more than a day
I would agree! Though with some stipulations–maybe I am a robot, but when you sit down and really consider what's available to do online... the options shrink rapidly
On my hiatus from YouTube, here, other places–only work and doing-nothing, walks–what surprised me the most is how little things changed.
That's the sorcery of online, I guess.
It has this strange deception that A LOT IS HAPPENING but nothing happened at all.

>it is rare for imageboard users to love encountering people irl
It is an opportunity to grow and learn I suppose.
I am not sure how well I would get along with you and the cast of Ikouchan, but as long as the activity makes sense I think we could manage.
The most amusing premise I could think of is forming some sort of non-profit that creates maps of all the flowers in the world, something like that.
>enjoying coming across people irl
It can be hard to find mutual ground and mutual objectives where we both benefit from one another.
I think the above is the secret to lasting relationships.
>What plants or trees do you see most often?
Bald cypress trees, along with some oaks or pine.
I've attached a bald cypress from google images.
What type of trees do you come across most often?

>>1373
The leaves look so sturdy underneath it.
I wonder if you can eat it.
Reminds me of Mushishi for some reason
Thanks for the photo!

>>1378
It is hard to imagine good reason to interact with new people.
The conveniences of online I suppose – though it's worth questioning the quality of the online relationships you have. Can they match something in person? Only you can answer that.

A popular YouTube channel reviewed a long study on happiness.
Unfortunately for most ikouchan members... a key metric to lasting happiness is having strong relationships.
The other key metric is staying healthy through diet, exercise, sleep, and drug-free living.

>>1387
>It has this strange deception that A LOT IS HAPPENING but nothing happened at all.
Yeah it's important to take a break from social media
But when I'm curious about something and wanna learn about it, it's agonizing not being able to google!

>The most amusing premise I could think of is forming some sort of non-profit that creates maps of all the flowers in the world, something like that.
Hmm it's nice if we can encourage outdoor activities.
I never talk to anyone when I go to parks tho

>Bald cypress trees
You enjoy seeing those beautiful trees? I envy you!
I see ginkgos or zelkova trees most often, not to mention cherry blossom trees!

>I wonder if you can eat it.
I did a little research but sasanqua leaves don't seem edible.
Also, they are known to harbor dangerous hairy caterpillars!

>>1398
>it's agonizing not being able to google!
Makes you think about how those who bemoaned writing in fear of losing the merits of memorization


https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0174%3Ate
xt%3DPhaedrus%3Apage%3D275
Plato, Phaedrus:

>and now you, who are the father of letters, have been led by your affection to ascribe to them a power the opposite of that which they really possess. For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom, for they will read many things without instruction and will therefore seem to know many things, when they are for the most part ignorant and hard to get along with, since they are not wise, but only appear wise.

>never talk to anyone when I go to parks tho
Sometimes silence is the best part about the park if you think about it. There's a lot of white noise everywhere.
But a hearty conversation does brighten a walk depending on topic

>not to mention cherry blossom trees!
I think this alone can well compete against the cypress autumn I get to experience. I've never seen a cherry blossom... I don't think.
Perhaps one day. Do cherry blossoms hold any significance to you?

>but sasanqua leaves don't seem edible
Interesting, I wonder. I guess it's for the caterpillars

>>1408
>I've never seen a cherry blossom
I knew cherry blossoms were rare in US but didn't think they are that rare

>Do cherry blossoms hold any significance to you?
Cherry blossoms are quick to fall. That tricks me into believing that I must rush to see them
I happened to see this meme (pic related) and it made me curious about foreign blossoms.

>I guess it's for the caterpillars
I didn't see it that way but you are right
It's fun learning how stuff inedible to us is eaten by other animals

>>1447
>I knew cherry blossoms were rare in US but didn't think they are that rare
Something to always keep in mind in the US is that it's massive, and contains a huge variety of biomes within it. Regardless of how widespread cherry trees are many people will live in an are where they just don't grow. I found this wonderful set of maps (https://databasin.org/galleries/5e449f3c91304f498a96299a9d5460a3/#expand=12211) that show the ranges of a whole bunch of trees in the US. I also found this (https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/pdfs/Little/aa_SupportingFiles/LittleMaps
.html) database of even more types of trees, though it only describes the ranges textually, much harder to follow.

That's a lot of emojis.
(in the rules section (one for every line))

>>1472
Excellent!

>>1472
I 🫃 look 🫡 forward ➡️ to 20XX when every 👏 sentence 👏 has 👏 an emoji 😃 🎉

Is censoring or otherwise not mentioning copyrighted names or brands (even when it's appropriate) a cultural thing in Japan?
I've noticed on the About page that the character names are censored. I've been seeing that quite a bit when browsing Japanese media. For instance, ExtremeQTE doesn't mention the company names of the different controllers it needs on its page and just calls them 'company N' or 'company S'.

>>1448
>I found this wonderful set of maps
Many trees! Thank you!
I can't translate tree names from English to Japanese but I guess many of the trees don't exist in Japan

On the first website I can't find tree species that can be seen throughout the US. No such tree species I guess?

Though I think most cherry blossom trees in parks or along roads here were artificially planted. That's why I thought cherry blossoms could be anywhere

What tree species are you attached to?

>>1472
>>1506
I thought emojis could make the rules look more friendly

>>1508
>I've noticed on the About page that the character names are censored.
I did that just for no reason

>I've been seeing that quite a bit when browsing Japanese media.
Yeah it may be a cultural thing.
I guess we do it in a futile attempt to mitigate legal risk or perhaps an attempt to use the vague description to avoid being corrected over trivial errors?
By doing so we can pretend there is a possibility that the "references" are just lookalikes

Is it true there is a ghost poster who haunts /lounge/?

>>1552
I've always wondered about that!

>>1552
I don't know how to tell ghost posters from posters who aren't ghosts

>>1556
They're not dangerous though right?

>>1559
Off course!

>>1560
T-they are!!!

>>1579
Big if true!

I use to work at the intelligence sectors. Why is the USofA got a different flag?

>>1599
Good question!

It seems like there was server migration ( I didn't do anything myself)
I hope everyone can make posts without a problem

>>1734
Looks like the illegal spambots can at least.

>>1737
Holy based!

>>1737
I'm a little grateful to spammers for notifying me every week that my site is accessible outside Japan

>>1739
Why would the site be blocked outside of Japan?

>>1740
I've always wondered about that!

>>1740
>Why would the site be blocked outside of Japan?
I don't come up with any reason for now

But I'm afraid of the possibility that there might be a problem I'm not aware of
I haven't seen a single post from US for a month and I don't know which they are just not in the mood to make a post or something is barring them from making a post

Ikouchan is now 2 years old 🎉

>>1751
乾杯！
>>1750
There's a few US posters here.
As the bi-monthly resident schizophrenic, been busy with ranting and studying and sleep deprivation

Not sure what happened to the other posters.

Imageboards are hard to maintain & sustain... thank you admin!

>>1750
Not a burger but...

Signal is clear, sir! Can report successful contact, sir! Everything is okay, sir!

Anyways, yes, the Czech Philharmonic posters are getting out of hand, there were recently days when I banned 8 of them in an afternoon. In the afore-mentioned US-centric services most of the spammers were EU-based VPS users posting shortened links to shady Telegram channels and pastes. All of them seem to be (sadly) still humans, no kind of CAPTCHA stops them, even testing them in anime girl knowledge is of no use.

>>1751
Ganbare! Is m pronounceable in Japanese? I've seen some people use "Gambare" instead...

>>1750
I still visit regularly, but I don't often have anything to post. I much prefer lurking and only occasionally contributing to image boards.

>>1758
Excellent!

>>1752
Long time no see!
>been busy with ranting and studying and sleep deprivation
I missed you but it's alright if you were having a great time

>>1756
>the Czech Philharmonic posters are getting out of hand
Are they? I know nothing about them

>Is m pronounceable in Japanese? I've seen some people use "Gambare" instead...
Pronunciation-wise, gambare is correct I think
The Japanese language lumps all nasal consonants into one letter (ん/ン) so nasal [m] sounds in Japanese are often automatically translated into N like ganbare
I can't tell the difference between the [mf] sound of "comfort" and the [nf] sound of "confer"

>>1758
>I still visit regularly
I'm happy to hear that!

>I much prefer lurking
Tbh I understand the feeling
But if I myself join the team that could mean nobody posts anything here. Difficult problem to solve

>>1760
>But if I myself join the team that could mean nobody posts anything here. Difficult problem to solve

This is an interesting point.
Those who search far enough for obscure imageboards usually are lurkers.
There doesn't seem to be a solution...

I ended up thinking about all of the imageboards I've seen.
Was thinking about the meguca liveboard (you type and read others' responses in realtime with websockets)
Came across this site which details all the different forums software
https://namelessrumia.heliohost.org/w/doku.php?id=imageboard
And it had this footnote at the bottom:
"Why are textboards dead in the West"
https://bienvenidoainternet.org/world/read/1508604355/

>Textboards are only good for discussion. Sad, but Westerners just don't like discussing things. No, they like networking differently

Of course one could deny any generalization but thinking about, yes, discussing things is tiring.
Would rather just do things.
And when you do too many things then maybe you browse around for a break, but sometimes it's more exhausting

>>1763
I am a lurker myself, mostly because I don't feel like I can really add anything meaningful to the conversation.

>>1765
Cool!

>>1765
it's okay, no need to push yourself

>>1763
>Textboards are only good for discussion
Yeah it's hard to get along with each other on impersonal anonymous textboards

>discussing things is tiring.
True. It can easily turn into arguments or get too serious to be enjoyable. And many ESLs could be left behind

>>1765
>I don't feel like I can really add anything meaningful to the conversation
Many things in your daily life must be new to me!

I don't know what are ordinary cuisines in Europe. Clearly they aren't noodles or rice!
I can't name one single European supermarket, drugstore or bookstore chain

I'm excited to learn your local news, weather, food you ate, insects or flowers you found, what are printed on your T-shirt, which you are an early bird or a night owl....anything!

>>1779
>And many ESLs could be left behind
What are some phrases/sentences you ran into recently that were hard to comprehend?
The pervasiveness of English makes me forget that others have to learn it as their second or third language

>>1788
>What are some phrases/sentences you ran into recently that were hard to comprehend?
Thanks to English practice I've been having on this board, I feel like my comprehension skills in nuanced English language has significantly improved. Thank you all!

One phrase I saw recently is "must be killing you", probably meaning "it must be terrible for you to experience it"
I was able to guess the meaning but the verb kill is being used in many different meanings while I use the word only in the literal meaning like I killed a bug

>>1760
You don't have that served as the first thing you see when you log in? I am so jealous! How do you do it? We are now testing a brand new weapon of mass destruction (code name Secret Nerd Automated Firearm) to hopefully eliminate them from my affiliated websites. If you still think I am insane and schizophrenic, make a 2 letter abbreviation out of our philharmony and that's what we are dealing with

Now I am the one asking: What do you enjoy eating that a mere European would be able to source the ingredients for and prepare? There is a whole chain of cheap highly-rated anime-themed Japanese restaurants in Prague but I am scared of going alone into such an establishment.

I am not spilling where the photo is from but it's beautiful regardless.



What follows is a huge essay about European cuisine that might be off-topic. But I like food and here it is regardless

European traditional kitchen it's... very diverse to say at least. I only know Central Europe's cuisine a bit so that's all I could help you with. Very popular are potatoes (more so in the west of Europe), flour-based products such as Czech trademarked [not really trademarked] dumplings, German pretzels, some pasta such as halušky (usually as a replacement for the above but also by themselves with either cheese sauce or fried ham) or fried / baked dough in many variants. Usually sauces are expected to be a main selling point of the meal, such as the Hungarian goulash. But then you have things like the Schnitzel that's just a thin piece of meat that's been tenderized by beating it with a wooden hammer and fried in breading. Usually served with potatoes or a potato salad (boiled potatoes + pickled veggies, herbs, mayo and boiled eggs).

Another weird thing could be that many recipes call for cheese and cream and it might be hard to replicate without it getting overly expensive in Japan and without causing your stomach to hate you for a week. Cheese is being used to thicken soups, to fill pasta / dough, whole, grated, cut, melted, fried (putting fried breaded cheese into dill sauce is one of the absolutely awful crimes against Czech culture I thought would kill me if tasted. Tried it once and while it's not great it hasn't killed me ), baked, put on bread and used as spread on sandwiches.

Another distinguishing characteristic is having both sweet and "salty" (read meaty) variants of meals. It was hard to preserve meat for long periods of time (smoking and pickling was common) but it was comparatively easy and cheap to pickle fruit and obtain sugar from sugar beet (plant with roots that taste like sweet nothing). That's where things like Fruit Dumplings (Yeast Dough, boiled), German Strudel or Weihnachtsstollen come from. I remembered the last one as I almost passed out while trying it out from how awfully sweet and not-so-great it was, especially the store-bought stuff.

The Wikipedia pages in English on this topic are plainly awesome, take a look, see if anything interests you and look online for recipes. The simpler and shorter the recipe the better! Some countries even have government-funded websites with said recipes and foreigner-relevant information for sourcing ingredients.

>>1815
I've always wondered about that!

>How do you do it?
I added many words to ban to this board, especially against url shorteners, and some of them are written in regexes

>What do you enjoy eating that a mere European would be able to source the ingredients for and prepare?
Hmmmmm
Tamagoyaki is simply made from egg but it may not be easy to cook. Rice balls would be easiest to make as long as there is rice

Frankly anything seasoned with shoyu soy sauce or teriyaki sauce is Japanese I think. You don't even bother cooking if you go with Cup Noodles which are definitely a Japanese cuisine

>I am not spilling where the photo is from but it's beautiful regardless.
Magnificent
Japan is mountainous but most of us live in flat areas and I rarely enjoy this kind of views!

>Czech trademarked [not really trademarked] dumplings
>Halušky
>Schnitzel
I've never heard of them before! They must be all expensive in Japan

I googled the dumplings. Do you often eat "Knedlíky"?

>>1812
To kill time, to kill the lights, killer app. There are many more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/kill

>>1857
Amazing!

>>1857
Thank you!

Hi there, Admin.
I'd dedicated part of the day to exploring links on cidoku.net, and eventually ran across your board. Now that I've had the opportunity to poke around some, I can say you've crafted a very charming page here.

I love your setup for the emoticons. Aside from adding color to blocks of text, it also displays and exquisite taste in anime girls.
Back when 8chan was operating, there were tricks with word filters and CSS one could combine to improvise a makeshift custom emoji setup... but nothing so elegant as your solution, with a spiffy menu in the post form!
Ahem... although, if I may make one unsolicited suggestion, it'd be to add Ruri Hoshino from Martian Successor Nadesico as a deadpan option. Heheh.

Thank you for the motivation to keep experimenting with my own imageboard!

>>1890
Welcome here and thank you so much!
I tried to choose happy girls from happy animes for the emotes in order to lighten up this place

>Ruri Hoshino from Martian Successor Nadesico
I've known that girl from the series for a long time but I've never watched it
I should take this as a good opportunity to start watching it for the first time
Thank you for your suggestion!

I guess I should have posted my first comment here. Hello admin, I found ikouchan after coming across junkuchan on 4chan. This place is very lovely. I love the aura that this messageboard has.

>>1919
Good guess!

>>1919
Welcome aboard!

>>1919
Hi! Nice to meet you

>This place is very lovely. I love the aura that this messageboard has.
Thank you so much!
I'll try my best to make this place as lovely as possible!

I wish you affiliated with Wapchan so there'd be more activity.

>>1966
Awesome!

>>1966
I used to be pretty active on here but I sorta stopped posting because I felt like I exhausted all "imageboard" topics and most conversation on the internet makes little sense in any capacity unless you're schizposting for relief -- and I'm not sure what to reply to if there was a reply chain.
My bad on any conversations that were left hanging in the previous threads.

If, perhaps, ikouchan had an overarching project, or anime nights, or any sort of group activity, then one would see more regulars.
I'm not sure what sort of group activity it'd be though, as even anime lately has been hard for me to watch.

>>1966
Ikouchan has a very-actual-bulletin-board kind of feel being rather slow

>>1970
I know the feeling!

>>1970
Also, an addendum, the restive pace ties in perfectly with the name "Ikouchan"
I'm a strong subscriber to "Nomen est omen"

>>1968
I know it's not true, but I often feel like every conversation has been had. Memes and hahas are so deified in the lense of nostalgia and so saturated in the conscious that no one (without brain damage) thinks anything they see is good enough to be memed, and will only get on with something if one person shills and shoves their meme down people's throats until it gets over with the other folks. Which is a shitty inorganic way to do it that disregards quality and produces a dysgenic morass of middling memes all coming from the subpar minds of 2 or 3 narcisitic obsessives. Twitch streamer Jerma used to do a New Years event where he would throw away all the running gags of the year to start fresh.

>>1970
Ikouchan is my favorite textboard with images.

>>1999
wtf

dear,
>>1971
please fix backend, so ikouchan could respect Anon & work without JS