May 2009
13 posts
"Ring" Author Suzuki's New Story Out in...
This has to be one of the most awesome gimmicks since toliet paper was invented. I have to get me a couple rolls before they start selling on Yahoo! Auctions Japan for a hundred times the price.
What’s really nice is that this short article shares a nice bit of Japanese toliet culture I had no idea about.
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Writer rolls out horror story on toilet paper
The Associated Press
In...
Japaninsanity
This article is farcical in nature. Enjoy it for it’s wackiness.
“Behold the wonders… OF JAPAN! ” by John Harris, 2001
Yes, it’s JAPAN! Far to the east, mystical land of the rising sun! Many are the strange and exotic customs practiced by the quaint natives of this fabulous Asian realm! Read on in wonder at the incredible rituals and the lunatic, febrile facts of...
Nail Salons for Men
Just when I thought the insanity would never end…
Perhaps I need to stop reading Japanese news.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Salon chain nails move to manicures for men
By TOMOKO OTAKE, Staff writer
A man recently turned up at the Omotesando branch of Nail Quick, a major nail salon chain, for a 45-minute treatment. “It’s not like I take care of my nails...
The Castrastion of Japanese Men Continues
Oh man, no wonder this country is going to hell.
An “Angel-lap pillow”???
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Toilet trend gets political correctness down to a ‘p’
By EDAN CORKILL, Staff writer
Nothing reflects the balance of power between the sexes quite like toilet politics.
Splash-free: A man kneels on an “Angel-lap Pillow” to reduce urination’s...
Japanese Men Enjoy Wearing Bras
Okay, so the headline was a bit over-sensationalistic, but admit it, it got your attention.
I have a million things I want to say about this, but I think I will just stick with what my female Japanese boss (a beautiful, intelligent woman in her lower 40s) said: “Ewww! Ill!”
Freud is spinning in his grave.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Office workers out in front in demand for...
Loinclothes for Women
I’m all for it, but I have one question, what’s under the skirt? I mean, I assume this isn’t an “open” garmet, but I would like a peek up under her cloth. I’m guessing it’s loose material.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Undercover revolution
By Eriko Arita, Staff writer
Loincloths called fundoshi have been the traditional underwear for Japanese men...
Pandemic Danny
junkdnafiction:
©2009, Made in DNA
Danny sat quietly, a sporadic jerk the only thing punctuating his otherwise silent countenance. His left eye had gone milky white with cataract, his skin was a mottled yellow and sickly, and despite the fair temperature of the room on a fine spring morning, whispery rivulets of sweat snuck their way down his hot brow passed his earlobe until they found a...
April 2009
10 posts
