I don't think they spent too long coming up with "Hot Men's Box" which is odd because Kabukicho can normally be relied upon to be quite inventive with English. The place is actually some kind of Manzoku Paradise booking shop to help the lucky punters find their way to a nearby Kyabakura or...

I know Sotheby's went after Sazaby (of Starbucks fame) for ripping off their name. Wonder if HMV feel the same way about this Shinjuku joint.

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/e8634668a6e8d548f56d8ee6e3dc024c.jpg Long before McNamara became president of Ford motor company or entered the public spotlight, he served in World War II under the unrelenting command of General Curtis LeMay, the commander of the 20th Air Force. ...

Still only plays koto, not shakuhachi

The guy plays shakuhachi and Michio plays koto if that still turns you on...

Akikazu Nakamura and Michio Yagi of Kokoo http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/2130d6faa220072ceaa1d5ef85688f1f.jpg I saw this band playing a small venue in Hatsudai last year. We got "Purple Haze", "Eleanor Rigby", "Immigrant Song" and "Godzilla"...

This girl has an eligibility problem for Miss Universe.

When my parents first went out to Japan a few years back, I decided I'd take them to Ukai Toriyama. Unfortunately, I got myself a bit mixed up and ended up going to Takao-san station on the Chuo line instead of Takao-san guchi on the Keio. So, no Ukai Toriyama shuttle bus. We're getting late so we g...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/513e69893d50cee6d916ae9a362fb3da.jpg http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/979496ee7d86c5de.jpg A Brief History of Hollywood Yellowface Also Dis-Orientation: Japan from a Western Viewpoint in Mike Leigh's "Topsy Turvy" http:...

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/bc5e0615300a79858710d600b86916f7.jpg This was a while back in Otemachi. The cab driver was looking for the entrance for underground parking and decided to improvise. The guy who took this picture saw it happening and is only sorry he didn't have hi...

I know the instant reaction to a Hollywood remake is negative but the recent interest in Japan is a major boost to the Japanese film business. As some other people have said in posts on this site, the Japanese film industry has no real idea how to make money and leaves a lot undone. Take the case of...

An Interview With Jonathan Clements "My first ever book was "I love my Tamagotchi" by Bronwen Kamatsubara. I pretended to be a Japanese schoolgirl for that one. It worked out nicely." "I had come back from Japan where I was studying when I had just libeled my university in ...

I'm reading a Sociology book called "Japanese Cybercultures" edited by Nanette Gottlieb and Mark Mclelland.
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