published in: Japanese Language
A while ago I posted on how to recognise and read Hiragana alphabets. For those crazy people out there who are still interested in getting to know more of this maddest language, here’s how to recognise and remember the second of Japanese characters – Katakana.
Let’s dig an underground tunnel! ア as in “underground“.
I want an easel. イ as in
“easel“.
published in: Only in Japan
In Japan, now back firmly in recession, the economic situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent months. But the Japanese still like to use their money to have fun, as it turns out.
Those doggies are more relaxed in this Dog Cafe than the human customers.
While ago I wrote about cute “Cat Cafes” in Tokyo in “Rent-a-friend in Japan – Cat Cafes in Tokyo“. If felines do not appeal, other establishments will rent you a rabbit, a ferret or even a beetle. Read more
published in: Crazy Products, Only in Japan
You’ve heard of hiding in plain sight.
Well, a fashion designer has come up with a more colourful way for worried women to blend into a busy street to elude a pursuer.
We’ve had mini-skirts, skorts, pencils and midis. Now there’s the vending machine skirt.
It’s definitely not the real thing, but Aya Tsukioka’s skirt doubles as a disguise to make the wearer look like a Coca Cola machine.
published in: Only in Japan
In Japan, now back firmly in recession, the economic situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent months. But the Japanese still like to use their money to have fun, as it turns out.
Japan's rent-a-pet business is booming despite the economic downturn.
