The Japanese think reliable cars and good TVs are enough???
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: October 6th, 2016, 8:18 am
by Jubbers
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: October 6th, 2016, 11:57 am
by Dalty
They are a strange people.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: October 23rd, 2016, 9:16 pm
by Jubbers
The latest Tommy Lee Jones commercial in Japan is kind of sweet (and naturally he has somewhat super powers).
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: October 23rd, 2016, 9:19 pm
by Jubbers
Also the stupid PPAP video I posted above entered the US Billboard Top 100 Music Charts a few days ago at place 77.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: January 8th, 2017, 10:56 pm
by Jubbers
I'm rewatching and rereading Dragonball (pre-Z), and remembering how much I like Toriyama's art. Like this frame, where Yamucha, super-nervous about girls, just got a surprise glimpse at Bulma's bare chest... nipple eyes. (He's saying as he drools, "There was one booby... there were two boobies....")
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Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 6th, 2017, 1:06 pm
by Jubbers
PPAP-fever continues. Also Trump.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 6th, 2017, 1:06 pm
by Jubbers
Someday I would like to go to the Sapporo Snow Festival.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 6th, 2017, 1:38 pm
by Dalty
Mmmmmmmm... Sapporo (beer)!!
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 6th, 2017, 5:54 pm
by Mal Shot First
I recently thought of a series of commercials I watched with delight back in the early '00s for some kind of internet service by Panasonic. Originally, these were flash animations, but some of them have been uploaded to YouTube now. Here's one:
I think most of them started with the line "Ai no intaaneeetooo..."
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 8th, 2017, 10:25 pm
by Jubbers
One way Nintendo Japan's YouTube channel differs from it's American counterpart: The "Meow Meow! Cat Mario Time" show. Here's episode 81, which is just like all of their other presentations of the Switch and it's upcoming games (Zelda, Splatoon, 1-2-Switch, Mario Kart, etc), except that it has an overly excited kitty-version of Mario (with lots and lots of meows ending his sentences - nyan) and a kitty-version of Peach (whose main phrase seems to be uso janai! - No way!) talking in between the trailers. So many meows.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 8th, 2017, 10:31 pm
by Jubbers
My Japanese-comprehension level is "Kitty-cat Mario'-level. I'm not sure if that's laudable or sad.
I am sure that I am pretty excited for the Switch, though.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 9th, 2017, 6:55 am
by Mal Shot First
Come on, meow, don't undersell yourself!
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 18th, 2017, 7:52 pm
by neglet
Had a connection in Tokyo on my way back from Indonesia, so I got to experience the legendary Japanese toilet! I didn't avail myself of all the fun splashy accoutrements, but I did find the automatic waterfall sounds that played as soon as I sat down very inspiring.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 18th, 2017, 11:00 pm
by Jubbers
The main reason that Japanese toilets have audio accompaniment is to save water. Japanese women, embarrassed by the sounds of normal human bathrooming, would keep flushing the toilet over and over again to mask their own noises. Originally, fancy toilet stalls would have a sound box that you could press the button on to make flushing sounds without actually wasting the water.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 18th, 2017, 11:00 pm
by Jubbers
Also I am jealous of your layover. That's closer to Japan than I have been. Some day...
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 18th, 2017, 11:32 pm
by Jubbers
Speaking of toilets, I just learned of the existence of this series of children's books: おしりたんてい, or Detective Butt. It's about a detective (a la Sherlock Holmes), but his head is a butt.
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Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 19th, 2017, 10:11 pm
by neglet
That is awesome.
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 20th, 2017, 5:12 pm
by Jubbers
Re: Fun Japanese Things
Posted: February 23rd, 2017, 7:37 am
by Dalty
So I was watching a documentary that claimed that 1/3rd of Japanese guys are single! There was some very disturbing things in that show.