Wash Your Hands Japan, or This Guy Will Dance Again
Unicef just scared every little child into not washing their hands by coming out with this dance video with “renowned Japanese dancer Kaiji Moriyama” who “choreographed a dance for a public service...
View ArticleWhy Japan’s Newest Bullet Train is Kind of a Big Deal
A new bullet train line opened up in Japan recently that connects the whole island of Kyushu. When the line opened, there were huge celebrations all over the island, and there was even an award-winning...
View ArticleBreakdancing Video Cameras [Saturday Timewaster]
The movie industry has been trying to crack down on piracy in the last couple of years, trying to stop people from downloading movies illegally and recording movies in the theater. Some movie theaters...
View ArticleBoil Japan: The 15 Best Nissin Commercials [Saturday Timewaster]
Established on September 4th, 1948 as Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. of Japan, Nissin now encourages its country to boil itself. But why? They already have two museums solely dedicated to noodle...
View ArticleCheese Aliens Terrorize People in Japanese Commercials
It’s hard to overstate instant ramen’s importance in Japan. There are multiple instant ramen museums in the country, and at the beginning of the millenium, the Japanese voted instant ramen Japan’s most...
View ArticleJapanese, The Borrower Language Part 3: Why They Do It
Japanese is one of those languages that is seen as mysterious and exotic to many Westerners. It may seem that way, but if you’ve read Part 1 and Part 2 of my “Borrower Language” series, or if you are...
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