(Eating on the train) is a hell of a lot less embarrassing than letting your stomach rumble loudly. I like this quote . . . University Prof. Tateo Funabiki tells Shukan Bunshun, adding that activities such as eating, sex and waste disposal that were once confined exclusively to the home have starte...

Gobbling girls scoff at traditional train ethos (Eating on the train) is a hell of a lot less embarrassing than letting your stomach rumble loudly. Speaking of eating... How about Japan's most famous killer CANNIBAL is parading on the streets of Tokyo for a piece/peace? ... It has been over 21 year...

Happy Car Teeth Do you mean like these? http://www.auto-expressions.com/yahoo/Greatwhite/miatavictim.jpg http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:lQJZRymzPyoC:www.ctaz.com/~junge/images/Other%2520Cars/50ProStreet.jpg http://www.bubbledrome.org/mmclassic_99/gray/P000194.jpg http://www.zamperlarides.com...

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:tyU9iKkExwQC:www.atmos.washington.edu/~thompson/eels.gif http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:oEUJgdbIH2cC:www.cbl.umces.edu/~secor/secor-spell-eels.gif Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Eels (Sunday NYT book review) Eels can be raised in captivity bu...

From soaplands to streetwalkers: Japan's sex industry sells dreams, desperation Smut has been a near recession-proof industry in Japan, despite the country's decade-long economic slump. All told, the nation spends an estimated 1.7 trillion yen (US$13.9 billion) a year on sex...Increased competition...

UPDATE: It can be a royal pain to be in the family Bowing to the media's ongoing obsession with the returned abductees, the first birthday of Princess Aiko passed with little more than token coverage.... ...called for the abolition of the emperor-based family register system because it encourages di...

UPDATE: Americans win in penalty shootout over Japan A day after winning its playoff match over New Zealand in extra time, the United States beat Japan 4-2 on penalty strokes Saturday to clinch ninth place at the women's field hockey World Cup. After the teams were scoreless in regular and extra tim...

I don't think it will succeed, for a few reasons. Manga is generally not in color, and they are very expensive. Manga plays fast and lose with nudity, even in some dragon ball I read, while I'm a big fan of nudity I don't think most moms would approve. There's a brand-new San Francisco Chronicle ar...

http://www.2600.com/news/display/display.shtml?id=1441 An amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing. Unreal. I think I'll be staying here for a while. :win...

... sure does make the place look good in much the same way bargirls look better late at night. :blush3: For more of my views of the Tower, check out... .. Tokyo Tower Mascot & FG tourists(?) http://www.embach.com/pics/tokyo/Tokyo-R4-p07.jpg And when you're at Tokyo Tower don't miss the Wax Mus...

I think I know this "lady"... Husband 'killed' with dog collar A JAPANESE woman was arrested for restraining her husband with a dog collar and allegedly leaving him to die, police in western Japan said. Tokuko Wakamatsu, 52, used the collar to restrain her husband and bind him to a fixture...

3 arrested for stealing video cassette from tourist The police say many foreigners in the Shibuya area are nervous of being filmed fearing they might be targets of police hunting for visa violations and drug-related crimes among foreign nationals in the area. The JT article says: The police said th...

For all you living in the real world, check out this 360 degree view from Tokyo Tower that's BLADE RUNNER beautiful at...http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/tokyo/tokyo-tower/t-tower-p1.jpg

FRANCE LOSES! http://www.k-1.co.jp/fighters/images/s/ernesto_hoost.jpg Ernesto Hoost of Holland) beat http://www.k-1gp.net/images/fighter/s/jerome_le_banner.jpg Jerome Le Banner of France to win the K-1 World Grand Prix in Tokyo Dome, the so-called, "richest and most prestigious mixed martial ...

Gaijin gaffes Ok, and here's a good gai-gaffe I found at http://tomoyo.pitas.com/12_02_2002.html Karakuri Funniest Japanese" which is a show in which a white dude goes around Japan talking to gaijin, and everyone laughs at their funny Japanese mistakes. The best one was this French guy who was...

Japan publishing heavyweights roll out U.S. comic For some background into the whole MANGA industry check out the following interview with Master himself, Schodt-sensai... WHY DOES MANGA SUCCEED WHERE AMERICAN COMICS FAIL? Frederick L. Schodt's recent book, Dreamland Japan, "almost 2 billion m...

I expect you guys have already have seen this but it really cracks me up and I laff & laff &laff... http://www.gamedesigner.net/news.phtml?id=41 WHY, oh why? I spewed hot coffee out my nose viewing it. I loooove the production value, especially the background "scenery." http://med...

I make my own ume-shu every June. ... starts as white liquor which looks and smells like paint thinner but after sitting in plums and rock sugar it turns a yummy golden colour and becomes sticky... Yum. I make mine from the plums of my own trees and "white brandy" rather than the rotgut &...

Japan's crown prince may deny his daughter the crown. Japan's royal couple noncommittal on female monarchy (AP)-Dec 05 6:42 AM ET Japan's crown prince and princess dodged questions Thursday on the possibility of their daughter becoming the country's first reigning female monarch in nearly two centur...

What's the point in THAT!! The point of sake is to get f*cked up. Well, today's Japan Times gives the following reasoning... Given the low alcohol content, the drink is not classified as sake under the Liquor Tax Law and is therefore exempt from tax. According to the maker, it will be sold as a sof...

Anonymous wrote:Damn right. And it gets worse when you figure that last week the governmental partypoops did this..

And I must be really blotto, 'cause I wasn't logged in.

crazy ebay auctions, every "what the heckism"... and this is just about the funniest that i've seen. Check out "Who Would Buy That?" http://www.whowouldbuythat.com/ Auction oddities from all over the web which make even the lame Christmas presents I give look pretty good. :)

gomen, the following is unrelated to japan. Ok, but these weird items are related aren't they????? ... The dread NOVA usagi http://www.nova.ne.jp/novausagi/images/wallpaper_image.jpg See the purile NOVA usagi at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/6455/ http://www.nova.ne.jp/novausagi/images/n...

Since there's not much to celebrate this year in depressed Japan... Japan brewer hopes drivers get into "Party Mood" TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - With Japan's end-of-year party season about to get under way, one sake brewer is hoping its latest product will help people get home safely after en...

[quote="Steve Bildermann"]Well folks you found it] What time? Which cable chanel name, AXN, Discovery, neo-facist Fox? The film, the guys call it the "art of YAMAKAZI". They describe it as 'a way of life'---sort of a running Tai Chi---and NOT a sport. To make the film better than...

Andocrates wrote:Konya wa yumemiru ni jitensha no seki da.

Hey, that romanji does not make sense. Let's obfuscating happy!

GomiGirl wrote:I wanna do this!!! Looks like so much fun!!

Been there, done that, have the C-5/L-1 decompressive laminectomy...
The film was more fun.

I believe you guys are talking about `Yamakasi`. There is a Luc Besson film about those guys. http://www.besson-jp.com/yamakasi/index3.html Yes, guest-san you're right about the Yamakasi being in the Japanese CM playing on cable TV. The Yamakasi--an African word, not Japanese-- are tres kool. Besso...