What do Japanese world hot dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi, seminal British depresso-pop icons The Smiths, and a four hundred and seventy-five pound Canadian black grizzly bear have to do with one another, you might well ask. Well, for the purposes of this article, plenty.
I love to shop. How about you? If it weren’t for all the helpful scolding I received as a child, and the warnings about Satan getting box seats in my soul, I might have grown up as a shoppaholic.
Long famous for being the zaniest nation on the planet, Japan has recently surprised long-time Asia-watchers by engaging in public activities which in the words of UN head honcho Ban Ki-moon “threaten its Special Zany Nation Status at the UN.â€
There is a familiar image of China which shows billions of Chinese people commuting to work astride the country’s purported number one form of transportation, the bicycle. City planners around the globe will suddenly whip out various forms of this eye-pleasing snapshot, as evidence in support of the argument that “bicycles are good.â€
As violent street protests rocked American cities from New York to Seattle, Washington, Department Of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Michel Leblanc assured rioters he was “looking into ways in which we can get you your treasured Internet toilets†as quickly as possible.
Largely due to a diet rich in carbohydrates and fatty acids, more and more Americans are spending longer hours in the bathroom, and less and less time at their offices, or with their families, say seasoned experts. During that downtime, most say they still want to remain connected to the world wide web.
Japanese commode colossus Toto has once again shaken the foundations of the world’s lavatory industry with its claims Wednesday, to have developed the world’s first “Internet Toilet.â€
If you’re looking for a safe place for your vacation, look no more. Worried about losing a limb; falling down a flight of stairs; choking on some spicy food? Concerned about jack-knife-toting street urchins; buying low quality weed; mistaken identity?
Who wouldn’t be!
If you’ve seen the highly-acclaimed 2006 film “Babel,†then you’ve had the pleasure of having your eyeballs generously filled and melted by sweet something Rinko Kikuchi. If you haven’t seen it, do so tout suite. That’s an order, soldier!
Don’t believe what anyone says: Fortune-telling is big news in Japan. Although Japanese people are liable to deny it, a lot of people (No, I haven’t actually counted how many, but for the sake of this article, let’s say all of them, except those living in the corners), living on the islands of Japan, are superstitious. Deeply. Irrevocably. Profoundly. They’re superstitious.
