Funny Japanese Commercials Staring Famous People

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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Japan Roundup

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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Hard Day at Work?

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.

Now Available – T-Shirts

That’s right, I Heart Japan has put together some fun and wacky Japanese T-Shirts.

Choose from “I have no idea what this says”, “I only pretend to like sushi”, and “Danger Gaijin”.

Check out the store!

More Funny Japanese Commercials

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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Japanese Roundup – Wacky Commercials

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.

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Japanese Roundup – July 09

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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