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Jurina Matsui Wins AKB48′s Fisting Tournament!

Here’s the new Queen of the AKB48 Fisting Tournament 2013 that pits the multitude of members of the girlie group AKB48 against each other in a massive battle royal of Rock-Scissors-Paper. The prize is...

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Twerk Pudding…from Japan of course

  Check out this Twerk Pudding with the butt boogie (see left) of the anime character Crayon Shin-Chan (Wiki)—Japan’s version of Bart Simpson has his own Butt-Shaped Pudding mix. (This clip is only...

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Japanese ‘H-Cup’ withstands thousands of fondlers in a 24-hour charity event

View the more randy and larger pix. The animated GIF above is Ms. Mizumi Saki who withstood the onslaught of thousands of fondlers in a 24-hour anti-AIDS event according to giga-goofy Google Translate...

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Gundam down! GUNDAM DOWN!

The Tokyo’s 1/1 scale Gundam in Odaiba seems to be sleeping on the job again… ずっと立ちっぱなしだったから疲れたんだろーね(笑)@お台場 pic.twitter.com/OLhPlGy514— SHU 4 (@shusyhoo)’s twitter September 22, 2013 Check out the many...

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Robin’s-egg blue Batmobile? Ahhhh, Japan of course

A blue Batmobile? In Japan, why not? .. Vintage ’60s Batman Friction Driven Tin Car by Yonezawa with an original box. pic.twitter.com— Yuki Rinkya (@rinkya) September 28, 2013 …Atomic batteries to...

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The Lady of the Lake…Japan

Translation of the Japanese caption below: My Melody® atones for sins at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan embiggen 筑波大学名物「罪を贖うマイメロディ」 — ねこまったりら(ねこらり) (@mattarila)’s twitter Sept. 28,...

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Comic Japanese housing

Here’s the latest in Japanese avant-garde architecture made of 2,000 Japanese manga comic books. リア友がうまい棒2000本で家作ってた pic.twitter.com/rDn4Bkx1cE 麻真◡̈⃝ (@tourio2san)’s twitter — October 17, 2013 A...

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Talks to sneakers — J-Pop at its best

The reigning princess of J-Pop, Kyary Pamyu-Pamyu, talks to her athletic shoe—Japanese talento (—Wiki) at its best via aurapop.tumblr.com     ← Krazy Kyary has been a long-time favorite of the 3Yen....

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Hyper-cute Japanese ‘IMAGE CHARACTER’ for Explorer?

Here’s Miss Inori Aizawa, Microsoft Asia’s Kawaii/cute corporate mascot aka “image character” (イメージキャラクター). embiggen Ooh! My naughty SKIRT keeps riding UP! Yup, it’s … INTERNET EXPLORER —Get ready for...

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GOTHIC. LOLITA. BATTLE. BEAR. (Japan, of course)

A mo’ betta bear than Radioactive Japanese Bears (3Yen / 2012-11-11) and much more fun than Sometimes you eat the bear … and sometimes the bear eats you. (3Yen / 2009-02-20) is … …Japan’s Emperor of...

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Lady Gaga transforms herself into silicone love dolls for the Japanese market

On Lady Gaga’s “ARTPOP” tour in Tokyo, Sunday, December 1st, she poses for the press with her life-sized, silicone f*ck dolls to promote her promotion of promoting (or something). Can robots upstage...

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♪ It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like ‘Kurisumasu’ . . . ♪♫

Nothing says Japanese “Kurisumasu” better than gathering around the toxic waste “Melty Go-Round” Christmas Tree from Fukushima that gently glows in the dark in traditional radioactive colors… Kawaii...

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Brony butthurt in Japan ‘dominates’?

Click to play video. My Little Pony Fan in Japan Dominates the Crane Game WTVY TV / Morning Show / Thu 7:16 AM, Dec 05, 2013 …Osaka Jack” tweeted to the Morning Show that there are Japanese-exclusive...

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Hokusai’s previously unknown Kanagawa Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster as The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai*. :p All bow down to his Great Waviness… –Tip of the hat to Den4 for this post.

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Pooping Christmas—from Japan of course

A festive, green, alien, rice-ball head pooping out a golden Christmas tree makes perfect Japanese sense for this holiday season, doesn’t it? This pooping Xmas wish came from the official TENGA blog...

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‘Live Black Thigh Vol.12 Plane Revolution Pink Christmas 2013′…huh?

I was checking to see which big movies were (not) playing in my nearby 109CINEMAS here in Tokyo, and I saw this hot mess pop up GoogleTranslate: Live Direct Black Thigh Vol.12 Plane Revolution Pink...

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No one’s got moves like Steven Seagal except…

Master of the martial arts and Japan homeboy*, Steven Seagal, is featured in triplicate in this exclusive clip looking behind the scenes of the fight scenes from his newest Direct-to-DVD masterpiece...

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Dance, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, dance!

Caroline Kennedy decides to do an AKB48 “dance” as she meets-n-greets Japanese diplomats as the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan (2013-Dec- 18). youtube ____________ Check out the previous...

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♫ Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair (for Christmas)

♩♫ Deck your head with boughs of bullpucky… ♬ ♪ The J-pop artist, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (3Yen 2013-10-18), is decked out for Christmas in Zipper magazine, January 2014. Via kyarychan’s tumblr   ♫ Just Put...

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M.I.A. —‘Awesome’ Japanese science fiction postage stamps

Yesterday, io9.com featured Awesome science fiction postage stamps from around the world claiming that: …art on all these stamps is so bizarro. Obviously, io9.com doesn’t have as clue about what’s...

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