The Ring – Japanese Prank

Monday 15 March 2010 @ 1:30 pm

When a random Japanese girl dresses up like Samara from The Ring and does nothing but stand in a hallway yet every person that passes by freaks the hell out, you know that The Ring was a good horror movie. This video looks like some form of a well executed Japanese prank which looks real by the reactions pulled by those people entering (those are genuine Japanese reactions) but it could be fake by the frequency at which people are entering. they seem rather distributed evenly as if someone was giving them cues to enter at a certain time, when previous person is already off the camera. Pretty funny either way.

That nut towards the end who has no sense of humor sort of spoils the video, but it’s amazing otherwise.

 



The Smallest Toilet Front to Back in the World PHOTOS

Friday 8 January 2010 @ 2:22 pm

Narrow Hallways Leading to the Smallest Toilet in the World

They have a whole different culture in Japan so it is often hard to grasp for us in the western hemisphere, but watching their TV pranks is hilarious. The awesomeness of Japan doesn’t end with pranks, though. They are also the home to the world’s smallest toilet. As seen in photos provided, the hallway in one of Japan’s pubs leading to the front to back smallest toilet in the world is so narrow, most fat North Americans would have a hard time getting through. Luckily slim and petite Japanese have no issues with that. Oddly enough, even though world’s smallest toilet is in Japan, the “toilet” sign on its door is in English, and they hardly ever use any non Japanese signs for anything. This to me is weirder than the size of the toilet itself. Claustrophobia anyone?

 



Japanese TV Commercial With Quentin Tarantino (video)

Friday 4 December 2009 @ 11:17 am

Did you know Quentin Tarantino is a TV star in Japan – so big he gets cast to star in Japanese TV commercials? Ha, effin ba. That’s so awesome. He does great job acting and speaking gibberish Japanese too. Quentin Tarantino for the win.

The only trick is that I have not a damn clue what the commercial is all about. It displays a message towards the end and the only English word in it contains “Bank” (Soft Bank) but then there is a picture of a dog listening to a cell phone with MP3 playback capability or something like that so who knows. Otherwise it’s all in Japanese. Does anyone have a clue what this commercial advertises?

 



Barack Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (photo)

Monday 16 November 2009 @ 8:36 pm

Barack Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (photo)

US President and an overall joker Barack Obama is on his Asia wide tour and made a stop in Japan to grease their mighty land with his presence. When the time came to meet with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Barack Obama deeply bowed to them. There’s a lot of controversy over this bow and I know in the past I was one of those who pointed out inconsistencies in Obama’s behaviour when he bowed to Saudi King. That is simply political correctness as Americans fought to gain independence from “kingdoms” and as such, are not bowed to bow to royalties (or should not). However if it were me standing before Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, I’d bow my ass two. This is a very special time in my life when I actually agree with actions of Barack Obama. Must be the first time he did something right.

I wonder if it was a teleprompter that told him to do that. Barack Obama can’t even take shit without his teleprompter. How he managed to bow to Japanese Emperor and not screw up somewhere on the way is beyond me. While it is said that bowing to the Emperor is a sign of respect in Japanese culture and something that’s expected without questioning, it is true that 46 leaders from other countries did not bow to Japanese Emperor and the world did not fall over. When is Barack Obama going to come and bow before me?

Photo of Barack Obama bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko by Reuters

 



Marius Zaromskis – Two Knock Outs in One Night (video)

Monday 20 July 2009 @ 9:23 am

Marius Zaromskis - Two Knock Outs in One Night (video)

Marius Zaromskis was a complete underdog at the Welterweight Grand Prix Dream 10 MMA Championship in the Saitama Super Arena in Japan this Monday. All bets were on his opponents yet he sent them both to the land of always growing daisies for the night. After Marius Zaromskis knocked out Hayato Sakurai in the semifinals fight of the Dream 10 welterweight Grand Prix by a vicious kick to the head, he was lined up to fight Jason High in the finals.

Prior to the Marius Zaromskis vs Hayato Sakurai fight, experts were saying that Japanese organizers let Hayato Sakurai fight Marius Zaromskis because they wanted to see a Japanese fighter advance to the finals and it was generally believed that Marius Zaromskis could never measure up to Hayato Sakurai. They were wrong. One kick to the head sent Hayato Sakurai down to the ground and referee atop of Marius Zaromskis to stop him from annihilating his opponent who looked like he didn’t know where the eff he was. Since ref interrupted the beat down, this win counted as TKO for Marius Zaromskis.

But that was just the beginning. The best was yet to come a few hours later when Marius Zaromskis entered the ring to fight Jason High for welterweight belt. 2:21 into round two, Marius Zaromskis delivered brutal kick to the head of Jason High followed by a devastating punch knocking Jason High the eff out of this world for a good while. Jason High was frolicking with daisies in the land far far away while Marius Zaromskis was celebrating victory. Mixed Martial Arts fans all over the world were shocked and Marius Zaromskis carved his name deeply into the annals of the MMA. Video of his fight against Jason High with brutal knock out is below. Great fight for any fan of mixed martial arts:

 



Water Painting Fountain in Canal City, Hakata, Japan – Impressive Video

Saturday 25 October 2008 @ 12:20 am

I’m either easily impressed or this shit is totally bad ass. This is Water Painting aka creation of images with water. Impressive minds from Japan came with an idea of building a water fountain that would be programmed to squirt water in such sequence so as to “paint” shapes with water. The idea became reality and the water painting fountain can be seen in a shopping mall of a Canal City in Hakata, Japan.

Canal City Hakata was built around an artificial canal and the shopping complex houses several impressive fountains but water painting one takes the cake hands down.

The technology behind the water painting fountain is similar to that of an inkjet printer. Hundreds of nozzles are controlled by microchips to deliver precise streams of water at right times. The results are impressive – water painted images and words.

One of the most impressive videos I’ve seen in a while. I really want to go to Japan…

 



Genepax Invents a Car that Runs on Water – The Real Deal

Friday 13 June 2008 @ 12:31 pm

Genepax Invents a Car that Runs on Water - The Real Deal

Genepax Co Ltd, a company from Japan invented a car that runs on water. No more expensive gasoline fuel, no CO2 emissions, none of that crap. Genepax is the real deal with the real car that runs on water. At least that’s what it seems like…

The prototype car Genepax announced and demonstrated on yesterday’s show and tell in Osaka, Japan is run by the engine that generates power form the supply of air and water. Company’s own Water Energy System (WES) uses their own membrane electrode assembly (MEA) which break water down into oxygen and hydrogen through chemical reactions producing energy similar to that of a regular fuel engine.

Genepax car is electricity powered, runs on water and is environmentally friendly. It will take any water, including rain or sea water. One liter is enough to get your car running for an hour at 80km/h. Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa said that unlike regular electric cars, their car will continue to run for as long as you supply water to it. You pour water into the tank, special generator breaks it down to create electric power.

You won’t be able to buy Genepax cars yet, but the company has applied for a patent and is negotiating with various Japanese car manufacturers to collaborate with in mass production or cars that run on water. Good times ahead.

Below is the video demonstrating the car, but it’s in Japanese ;)

Official Website (in Japanese)

 



AI Robotics Brings You Lisa – The Perfect Woman

Tuesday 10 June 2008 @ 11:18 am

Ai Robotics, a technology company from Japan and the creators of The Perfect Woman have allegedly already sold a robot woman called Lisa in presale to first lucky customers. Lisa is an android who is supposed to embody everything a man desires – she’s a perfect cook, perfect for cleaning and gives perfect massages.

The Perfect Woman is available in several hair colors and dress styles, so you can have a casual blonde as well as sexy dressed red head. She’s always there for you, always eager to listen and will take care of your needs. Or will she?

I don’t know, I looked at the video and their first prototype has some flaws. Sure, she’s perfect for a robot, but hardly perfect for a woman. And they don’t mention anything about sex. Can she give blowjobs? Does she do anal? Can you fuck her at all? Official AI Robotics Perfect Woman website is very vague and hardly offers enough information. You can pre order your perfect woman there, but aside form a few videos and some history on the android there’s barely enough there. I’d expect my perfect woman to give me enemas and shit on my chest so I can wipe it off with her face before we go to bed. Until they develop that shit, this will hardly be a “perfect woman”.

 



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