Another eyebrow dog

Forget about that last dog with eyebrows. Here’s Ran, a dog in Osaka with really thick eyebrows:
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In the second clip, they check out the tunnel under Tokyo Bay:
At the end of the clip, they walk up a lot of stairs and get to walk around on the artificial island created as a ventilation shaft for the tunnel. (Warning: There is an absolutely stupid pun in the last few seconds of the video.)

The couple got to have this unique wedding because they had submitted the prize-winning entry to a contest celebrating the 400th anniversary of the castle. A local tourism NPO helped set everything up, so the ceremony only cost 30,000 yen ($337).
For tourism info about Matsue, check out this page.

Of course, this will have little effect on those who are buying and wearing these masks. Even when confronted with evidence that the masks are probably ineffective, people said they were going to wear the masks anyway because they need any protection they can get.

Nothing nightmare inducing about this.
Aw, I didn’t ruin your post-beauty-queen-sex-scandal spirits, did I?
If this product has convinced you that you need an ultrasonic ion brush, you can buy it here, but I think the sound will melt your brains.
I could go on about the infamous dentata of the Japanese archipelago, but I am sure the comments will take care of that.



The creature was found on October 6 at a depth of 161 metres (528 feet) in Manado Bay off Sulawesi Island, where the Indonesian coelacanth was first discovered, according to the researchers.
Video footage showed the 31.5 centimetre (12.6-inch) coelacanth, coloured blue with white spots, swimming slowly among rocks on the seabed for about 20 minutes.“As far as we know, it was the first ever video image of a living juvenile coelacanth, which is still shrouded in mystery,” said Masamitsu Iwata, a researcher at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, northeast of Tokyo.

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Thousands of commuters pass through Kyobashi Station in Osaka every day. For 600 of them the singular highlight is a sausage.

In the specific case of which Shibuya is accused, he registered his address as that of one member of the group between September and October last year, and received two items of mail addressed to her. The deception was uncovered in May this year after a member of the group reported to police that her mail wasn’t being delivered.
An ensuing investigation found that he had registered his address as that of 11 members of the group in total, after getting their addresses from other fans. There are over 40 members in the group. He said the post office never asked him for the pop group members’ ID.
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Police say Shibuya managed to get his hands on around 200 pieces of mail in total, including mobile phone bills and training schedules.
“I just wanted some of their stuff, I didn’t care what,” he said.