Today I watched a bit of one of the more entertaining shows on Japanese TV, Shimura Doubutsuen (Shimura Zoo). Every week this show features animals in situations that would probably piss of the humane society in the USA. Luckily, this is Japan and it is 100% OK to let wild animals loose in houses and [...]

From the laundry hanging on the next balcony..

Most Japanese hang their clothing outside to dry, but women usually hang their underwear indoors. Why? Because there are legions of perverts prowling the neighborhood in search of some panties to steal. Panty thieves are too lazy to search their neighborhood for hanging laundry can always hit up the local coin laundry and steal some [...]

Here’s a great article from The Age(Aussie newspaper), about Japanese overtime work:
Overworked Japanese feel the strain
By Deborah Cameron, Tokyo
March 6, 2006
IT’S not green tea and sushi that power Japan, but dyspepsia medicine.
Terrible bosses, lack of sleep, bad work habits, salty food and stomach ulcers are why.

Guess what? Razor Ramone Hard Gay isn’t actually gay! What a surprise! Apparently to a few Japanese entertainment news outlets it surprising. They’ve been hounding poor Hard Gay about his rumored relationship with bikini model Anna Suzuki.

Anna Suzuki is a member of the “Mini Skirt Police”, a group of Japanese girls who have a tv [...]

According to recent articles citing reports by the Ministry of Health, over 26% of children born in Japan were probably accidental pregnancies. The stats show that in the cases 26.7% of babies born in 2004, the parents got married after the mother became pregnant. In Okinawa Prefecture the figure was 42.2 percent. Is this figure [...]

If you like old gadgets and electronics, Japan is the place for you. There are thousands of “recycle” shops across Japan that deal in various used goods. Gamers can shop for retro video game systems and games, musicians can buy the equipment they need, and poor gaijin can buy TV’s and household appliances. Recycle shops [...]

Not every hamburger in Japan is pathetically small. Check out this baby:

Here we have the giant burger compared to an average burger. A true fatso of a burger.

This ungodly creation seems to contain an egg, some lettuce, a couple burgers, some big katsu-looing thing, and some sauce. And all for the low cost [...]

Anyone who has been to Japan knows that most of its scenery is absolutely ugly. Most Japanese cities are a hideous mess of concrete, wires, and poorly-maintained buildings. Even in relatively unpopulated areas, there are wires and concrete everywhere. The level at which the Japanese have managed to destroy the beauty of its scenery and [...]

A small video update for the morning:two videos of Japanese oyajis shocking/scaring people on the street!
The first vid is pretty old. Don’t let the shitty korean text on the video fool you; it is actually Japanese. It features an old guy randomly screaming at people and animals. Watch it here!
The second video is pretty recent(I [...]

From Asahi.com:
Japanese high school students less motivated than overseas peers, survey shows
03/02/2006
The Asahi ShimbunJapanese high school students are less motivated than their peers in the United States, China and South Korea to improve their marks, develop relationships or do anything constructive in their daily lives, a survey showed.
In fact, the survey released Wednesday showed [...]

From google video:
“Japanese performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu takes her robot for a crawl in downtown Sydney, Australia. Crowds watch the bizarre sight of the life-like Japanese businessman in suit and tie slowly crawling on all fours along the pavement. The robot is a symbol of the Japan’s rigid Salaryman culture. ”

Watch the video here.
Looks like [...]