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Japan, Odd, Video
Caramell Dance Trooper
03.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

A Stormtrooper. In Japan. Dancing.
Japan, Odd, TV
Best Japanese Advertising Campaigns 2007
12.27.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I read an article in the Japan Times about the best Japan-related internet stories of 2007. The advertising campaigns caught my attention.
Unsurprisingly most of them completely passed me by including Uniqlock the quirky flash based clock you can have as a blog widget for Japanese clothes outlet Uniqlo that’s playing above.
Also is the [...]
Odd
Bunny Harakiri
10.27.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Via jwz
Japan, Odd, Photo
The Downfall of Anpanman
09.04.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Anpanman, the superhero made out of pastry has fallen on hard times.
With blockbuster heroes such as the Hulk and Spiderman in his place, the out-of-work has-been has nothing to do but sit outside amusement arcades with his pet Lilo watching the world go by.
A sorry sight indeed.
Japan, Odd, TV
Oshiri Kajiri Mushi
08.28.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

The butt-biting insect. Perhaps the most bizarre thing I have seen in the 3 years I’ve been on this island.
Isabelle loves it.
Japanese, Odd
Kanji Typo Contest
08.13.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

The latest edition of Kansai Time Out has a funny article about the Kanji Typo Contest
This is a contest where members of the public send in examples of kanji typos which happen when someone enters a word in hiragana, presses the space bar to change it into kanji yet chooses the wrong word or phrase.
The [...]
Japan, Odd, Photo
Pimp My Rice Field
07.24.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Got sent an email just now about these outstanding rice fields.
Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety. This year’s creation — a pair of grassy reproductions of famous woodblock prints [...]
Odd
Yoda Origami
07.19.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Yoda Origami via Japundit via Neo Samurai
Here’s how to make it
Japan, Odd, Photo
Rude train boy
07.10.07 | Permalink | 11 Comments

Is there any way this boy can be any ruder? This photo was taken on a 7:00 am rush hour train. He`s taking up 4 seats!
4 SEATS!
Life in Japan, Odd
You know when you`ve been in Japan too long when
07.02.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

You bow at the end of a phone call with your Japanese staff.

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