It’s somewhat of a joke in Hollywood that if you want to make big cash then you should appear in at least one crazy Japanese commercial.
I guess stars seem to think that if there is a high chance that no one from the English speaking world is ever going to see them, they why not take the money and act completely ridiculous.
Well, thanks to YouTube, they can’t hide anymore…
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It’s time for another Japan roundup featuring all that’s new and wacky from Japan!
Among other things, we’ll take a close up look at the samurai sword and take a peek at one crazy Kung Fu bear.
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The latest in Tokyo chic is heading in for a personal vitamin injection. I guess pills are too tough to swallow these days?
These intravenous vitamin “drips” are part of the latest quick-fix, health fad catching on in Japan: the IV cafe.
Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern.
Uhh…placenta pack??
Leave it to Japan to create a supermodel robot.
Scientists from Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology reportedly designed the 5-foot (ish), dark-haired creation to look like an average Japanese woman between the ages of 19 and 29. Unlike the average Japanese woman, however, HRP-4C has 30 motors in her body that allow her to walk and move its arms (somewhat loudly and awkwardly, if the video below is any indication) and 8 facial motors for blinking, smiling, and expressing emotions akin to anger and surprise.
Maybe she could date Robocop? Dead or alive…you’re coming out to dinner with me.
I stumbled across this post by Lonelee Planet detailing some of the strange sleeping locations of Japanese salarymen.
It’s some pretty hilarious stuff. Well worth checking out.
It’s that time again at I Heart Japan. More wild and wacky Japanese commercials.
Here’s a few old and new ones that are sure to leave you laughing, or at very least scratching your head.
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The Japanese must have some of the strangest commercials the world has ever known, but I have to admit, they are a whole lot more interesting than most of the garbage marketing we get here in Canada. Floating Dairy Queen mouth anyone? (I looked around YouTube to see if I could one of their ridiculous commercials, fortunately I failed.)
So here’s our rundown of some of Japan’s wackiest commercials.
Looks like there are still a few Japanese that are keeping up their Samurai sword skills.
There’s always new and often bizarre things coming our way from Japan. Sometimes the things we stumble across build up and we’re forced to do a Japanese Roundup =)
A Japanese Roundup a collection of the new, funny, and strange things that we’ve come across while researching our articles. So without further delay, here’s our very first Japanese Roundup!
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