You may have already heard Takeko Minekawa, because she’s most famous as the girl who shouted “Playstation!” at the end of Playstation 3 commercials. Continue reading
Most Japanese people don’t think twice about eating living animals. Or more accurately, they think, think again, then go ahead and eat them anyway.
The savagery of dining starts small, with bars where you catch eels from a pool to be filleted on the spot. You can swallow live minnows out of wine glasses, or you can go for maximum sadism by ordering a squid that will watch with big, sad eyes as you slice its still-breathing body up and devour it.
Despite Buddhist influence on Japan, the culture has always been vague on what separates animals from vegetables. Continue reading
Cornelius was introduced to me back in high school as “Japan’s Beck.” This is pretty much true. Continue reading
Japan probably has more temples, shrines and gardens per capita than garbage cans or benches. Continue reading
Title: The Great Happiness Space
Director: Jake Clennell
Year: 2006
Notes: This isn’t a “Japanese Film” per se, it’s a British Documentary on a Japanese cultural phenomenon. For some reason there’s no trailers online, but you can find the entire movie streaming if you know what Google is. It’s also on Netflix, if you’re American.
TLDR: A documentary crew spends time in a male host club in Osaka. Continue reading
Number Girl are from my neck of the woods – Fukuoka, Japan. Continue reading
This Japanese Life. 