A cranky computer programmer on the way to work in Shinkiya was told to stop playing cell phone games by a 50-year old woman at 8am. Being one of the less self-controlled people among us humans he ended up punching the woman, after which he was restrained by fellow passengers. The punchline here is that the woman got whacked again after being escorted off the train!

Do not confuse this with how the west would like you to believe:

Sounds like such a nice man. His laugh at the American CEOs says a whole lot.

You are what you eat eh?

Clearly these videos will alter your life in some fashion, they’re too shocking to leave you the same. I won’t provide any summaries or titles so you can preserve a sense of adventure.

I’m in the middle of my work on Japanese History within that very period, it’s amazing what I’m learning even though I consider my general education to be generously wide. In short, that time-span is the modernization and westernization of Japan. Japan as we know it is only 130-some years old. As close from now as 1867, the Tokugawa Shogunate was ruling Japan. That’s right, we’re talking Samurais and Shoguns here, it was a feudal military dictatorship. Guys like these:

Earlier this week, Taro Aso has been making waves within the otaku circles. The reason for that is simple, and as you may already know, Mr. Aso is a self-proclaimed Manga fanatic.

Amazing videos cornering the staples of Japanese manners: Shazai, Sushi and Chopsticks.

By all accounts, this place has cooled down since September. As you might have guessed, it was the back-to-school period for me. I’ve taken a prolonged break from education this past year but I’m back at full speed in my academical pursuits.
With these new elements populating my “Schedule” (An alien concept to me) I’ve had mixed success juggling it all together. The bus pass, the books, the clothes, the studying and the reading, they kept me away from you guys and my keyboard. That’s not to say there weren’t positive …

Here we have the BBC doing a report on sexual activity in japan, from compensated dating to bondage. Not a word on the porn and 2d industry (Hentai), the Bukkake also shines by its absence.