There are #$#$%ing Gigantic Hornets

I went scrolling through other blogs/sites about Japan and whenever the Japanese Hornet gets mentioned I tend to agree with most of what is said. For instance:

"These hornets are not to be messed with. They’re huge, deadly, and wipe the floor with weak European bees. I fear."

"Seriously. Those things can KILL you. I can understand how like the 1st level enemies in RPGs are steroid ridden bugs like that now."

"you just blew my mind. About fifty things pertaining to RPG's just clicked into place"

"From what I've heard, the weird part is not that they have hornets from hell, but how calm they are about it.

I knew some friends who were out in the countryside in Japan, and the locals said "If you get stung, you need to get to the hospital within an hour!" "OK, where's the hospital?" "About 2 hours away...""