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It's a holiday Monday morning, the sun is shining, the air is crisp and cool, what do you do? Go on a haikyo! And? This haikyo site has the privilege of being ranked the number one haikyo in Japan.
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I just found this tale of Santa being presented nailed to a cross by retailers in Japan after WWII. Somehow I suspect it isn't true - has anyone else heard of this?
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A sexy, forty-something obasan in Takadanobaba was seen walking 5 dogs, or rather walking 3 and carrying 2 in separate bags. I can't help but wonder why five dogs...and how it got to be that number. Did she get them all at once? Did she build the pack up slowly, one-by-one? And why do two need
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A day in the life of an average salaryman consists of drinking a few cans of coffee, eating gyoza and yakiniku, smoking a few packs of cigarettes and putting down 3 or 4 beers in the evening. Take this guy and multiply him by a couple hundred, and put the whole group in a small box car of a train.
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I once had a cunning plan to start a site bonkersjapan.com - if I ever do, stories like this will be featured highly!
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Within two weeks of launch, the Wishroom online store has sold over 300 bras as Japanese men search for their "inner woman".
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Better be careful not to get this stuff in your eyes....shake this product up and spray away - I hope that it doesn't smell like beer too! ;)
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Did you know there was an Elvis statue in Harajuku? I snapped a photo of it earlier this summer and that turned out to be a good thing as it won't be there in the new year - but it could be yours!
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Trendy snack for Mac geeks, or blatant cash-in on booming (edible) peripherals biz?
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Video of an odd restaurant where you can eat your meal in a cell, and have a "lethal injection" cocktail served via cyringe. Just when you thought you'd seen em' all...
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The Discovery Channel's Mythbusters recently took on the saying "You can't polish a [poop]." (Networks don't like the T-word, it seems. Got me.) They had trouble working up a methodology until they were introduced to the Japanese art of making high-gloss mud-balls, or doro-dango.
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I'm slightly at a loss for words with this one. I'm not quite sure what the use of a portable wooden room designed for use inside your room is. It is interesting nevertheless.
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It's slightly off the regular path, but I really do think my neighbour is a ninja. Nobody has been able to sneak up on me in years, yet this person can consistently escape my notice until it's too late.
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There must have been a fair amount of alcohol involved in this incident where a male Japanese air force major was caught naked while shopping for womens underwear.
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