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€
The fair city of Tokyo offers up many simmering delicacies to the discerning world traveler. And, if you are further lucky enough to favored by Fortune’s hand, and find yourself suddenly in Tokyo with a fair young maiden at your side, you may well wonder “Now where the heck do I take her?â€
Never fear my well-traveled friends! For just across the panoramic spread of the majestic and aptly-named Rainbow Bridge, there lies just the place, for you and your special someone. That place is… Odaiba.
Odaiba is a group of zesty man-made islands set like bite-sized chocolate dumplings in the roiling spray of Tokyo Bay. She’ll love ‘em!
After riding the Yurikamome elevated train from Shimbashi station, you and your dreamy-eyed date will step off onto the chocolate-coated shores of Odaiba itself. This is when the fun begins! Do you like department stores? Good! There are department stores on Odaiba! Just between us and the Internet machine, the department stores on Odaiba are indistinguishable from those found anywhere else in Tokyo. Acted surprised.
While you’re on your date at some point, you’re probably going to get the urge to take a bath; I know I do. When you feel this urge, grab your date by her silky-smooth hand and rush her as quick as your feets can handle, off to the sweet, bubbly paradise known as the Oedo Onsen. “Onsen†is Japanese for hot spring (now you owe me 5 dollars).
While the Oedo Onsen is not a fully traditional onsen, as it is segregated between male and female bathers for the full-frontal nudity portions, you will stiil get to see your honey,
1.Choose a paper-thin patterned cotton kimono from the reception as you arrive. Butterfies; Samurais; pictures of other fair maidens are available.
2. Walk through an outdoor rock garden featuring hot pools in which she can dip her tender toes.
3. Drink a hefty assortment of mouth-watering Japanese alcoholic beverages inside a mock traditional Edo period village, (the main interior of the Onsen apart from the segregated hot spring itself, is a restaurant, in the for of an Edo town).
Trust me, she’ll love it. And you could use a bath; no offense.
Urging an end to in-fighting and “low blows,†GOP Presidential candidate John McCain yesterday suggested the Republicans scrap all remaining primary campaigns and “decide who’s going to be our GOP nominee, and the next American president, by hot dog-eating contest.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€
Californian Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has told Californians to “get ready†to feel the bite of a sweeping new by-law which sets the stage for widespread government confiscation of private property. The controversial Proposition 711 allows appointed officers representing the State of California to confiscate, sell or demolish any visibly unused property found within California’s porous borders.
21. She was planning on cheating on your dad anyway, and you didn’t want her “going outside the familyâ€.
20. Let’s face it, neither of you is getting any younger.
Vowing to “Crush the West,†rambunctiously provocative Russian President Vladimir Putin has upped the ante in an all-new arms race sweepstakes with America and her allies Moldova and Estonia.
Corporal Chris Shevlin of the Royal Australian Defence Force is having a rough day.
The 23 year-old native of Adelaide was cleaning his AUSTEYR F-88 after an intense battle with insurgents in what the Western media have commonly dubbed “The Sunni Triangle of Death†when his platoon leader John J. Carlson called him aside. The call was by now familiar:
“We need more Australians up here!â€
