Build your own Japanese aircraft carrier
Building a model Zero is pretty cool, but some might prefer creating a model of an aircraft carrier instead:
Like the Zero, this is a DeAgostini model set released in weekly sets, each costing about 1,390 yen. Once one obtains and completes the instructions for all 100 sets, you will have a 1/250 scale model of the Akagi, an aircraft carrier that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor and was later sunk at the battle of Midway..
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Categories: General Japan
Foreigners shop at Seiyu
A commercial for Seiyu (Japanese Walmart) reminds you that it sells cheap stuff for your house, like curtains to give yourself some privacy:
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Categories: General Japan
Highball in an aluminum can
Nothing says canned highball like singing sailors:
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Massage your face with a plastic bottle
The key to looking young, dear readers, is to take a plastic bottle and mash it against your face for several minutes each day. Just follow the simple steps in this clip from “Professor Ochanomizu”:
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Categories: Odd / Strange
