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Dutch wives et al
Speaking of writing class, one of the earlier assignments was to write from the point of view of an object. Imagine my surprise when one of my students said she…
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Bill’s Bar Sound, Nara ( ????)
A sodden karaoke snack is all that remains. Thx to T for the pic.
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Where do stolen Japanese bikes go? ????????????????
Well, many of them end up in Thailand: One of two bicycle stores in town selling only stolen bikes from Japan that we visited this week (we’re looking for a…
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Robogeisha
I can’t decide whether this is a joke or just the queen mother of Japanese B movies: Whatever the case, it gets minus ten points for the mislabeling of a…
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Manzai Conspiracy Theory (not really)
So I didn’t even know about the Two Ronnies until today. They apparently had a show on BBC from 1971. In Japan, Beat Takeshi and Beat Kiyoshi formed their manzai…
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Yoshi Ikuzo – Precursor to Japanese Hip-hop (yo yo)
He’s kind of the Grandmaster Flash of Japan, except he didn’t contribute anything to turntablism and he raps in the Tohoku (instead of Bronx) vernacular. Also, he includes kamishibai (link)…
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Nikkeis from South America paid to leave Japan (and not come back to work ever again)
I’ve really been out of the loop, but this was a really interesting read: Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home Even though the dumbass running the program can’t keep…
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Oh My Pakuri
This is funny but for most of it you need to be able to read Japanese. Thanks to T for turning me onto these on YT.
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Himiko’s Punch Perm (aka Pimiko’s Punch Perm – PPP)
As in, they have reconfirmed Himiko’s tomb as the kofun (burial mound) in Sakurai that T and Adam and I walked around on the way past Miwa Jinja on a…
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Democracy in Obama City
It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but homeboy gets points for pseudo-fundoshi and giant Garfield flying kick cop-out.
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aikoku
http://kimigayowachiyoniyachiyonisazare-ishinoiwaotonaritekokenomusuma.de
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The Road Warrior would be really happy in post-apocalyptic Japan (because he wouldn’t have to worry about tolls/gas/speeding tickets)
There’s an excellent article up at the Japan Times that explains some of the reasons why even though the government used to subsidize half of the toll for the bridge…
