Thousands of Naked Men Fight Over Incense Stick
2DT takes his life in his hands by participating in the Okayama Naked Man Festival (Hadaka Matsuri).
Category: Japanese Culture
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Buddhism and Anime
I’ve been meaning to write a long post about Japanese ideas about death, but I can’t seem to deal with that without discussing the Buddhist religion first. I’m not going… Read more »
Types of Japanese English Learners, By Way of K-ON!
“2-D Teleidoscope,” an English teacher living in Japan, has decided that his students resemble various characters from K-ON!
Hooters Opens in Japan
Tokyo gets yet another theme restaurant. This one sounds sort of like a maid cafe, only tackier.
Crab Vending Maching
TokyoMango links to a Japanese TV segment about a Chinese vending machine that dispenses live crabs. The Japanese reporter sounds pretty enthusiastic, so maybe they’ll be showing up in Japan… Read more »
NYAF & NYCC
The last time I went to the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) was two years ago and I had a great time. This year was a bit of a disappointment…. Read more »
Notes on the Shinto Religion and Anime
If you ask an English-speaking Japanese person about religion, you will probably be told something like this: “I am not religious but I practice Buddhism and Shinto because that is… Read more »
No need to know the law, but you must obey it
Colin P. A. Jones discusses the often arbitrary way that Japanese laws are enforced. Foreign visitors to Japan often comment on how polite the Japanese people are, but little do… Read more »
Disposable Electric Car
Japanese companies have developed an electric car made of paper and bamboo. “Just don’t drive it off-road into a forest full of pandas.”
Robot Performs Wedding
Eyes flashing, robot conducts wedding in Tokyo. Somebody asked, “Is that legal? A Robot, since the minister has to sign the Marriage License!” The answer is that in Japan what… Read more »