Bizarre Japan – Bagleheads

I just got sent a link from Weird Asia News on the “baglehead” body modification trend in Japan. I must say, it’s pretty unattractive.

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Japan’s 10,000 Flight Giveaway

Photo by ykanazawa1999 on Flickr

It was actually my sister who first told me about this. It seems the Japanese Government may be looking at giving away 10,000 round-trip flights to Japan next year.

Here’s the details!

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Introduction to Japanese Music – Shonen Knife

Photo by rchappo2002 on Flickr

I’m not as big a music fan as I was in my teens and early twenties. My lust for music went out with the flannel shirts and grunge of the Seattle scene. But once and a while a band comes along and makes you sit up and take notice.

Enter Shonen Knife.

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Bizarre Japan – Teeth Tattoos

Sometimes things come out of Japan that make you sit back and say “What were you thinking?” And since we already have Stacey handling everything that’s cute in Japan, why shouldn’t I look after everything that’s bizarre?

Today we’re going to talk about teeth tattoos (!)

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Breaking the Myth: Japan is not that Expensive

Photo by Sprengben on Flickr

I was in a conversation today about the cost of living in different cities of the world. The general consensus was that most statistics we see about how expensive cities are can be way off the mark. Especially for people who actually live there.

Here’s my take on why I believe Japan is not nearly as expensive as we are led to believe.

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More Funny Japanese Commercials

It’s been awhile since I did a funny Japanese commercial rundown. So here we go!

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High Tech Japanese Vending Machines

I was recently reading in a back issue of Hiragana Times about some high tech vending machines that have started showing up around Tokyo.

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How to Talk like a Samurai

I found this post over at Tofugu on how to talk like a samurai. I got a kick out of it and decided to try it out with our Japanese friend who was visiting.

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Cute Stuff From Japan: My First Bento Part 2

Photo by Sakurako Kitsa on Flickr

A visiting friend from Japan recently helped me make my first bento. (see part 1 here). Here is the rest of what we put in the bento.

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Our Fujiya Hotel Video

I was finally able to upload our short video we took from the Fujiya Hotel in Hakone Japan. For our full review click here.