Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Hadaka Matsuri
This festival is about grabbing a holy stick that drops down from the center of the temple and your job is to take it back to one of the corners of the temple grounds.
You get crowned the lucky guy of the year and I think you get some money too.
The festival is crazy! There are lots of fighting, pulling, and stomping.
It is like a huge Mosh Pit.
People have actually died from this festival from being trampled on.
Great read about this festival here.
It is just amusing watching naked men fighting for the stick.
I heard that people even tries to hide the stick in their thongs(Maki).
Imagine people finding it in your undies and grabbing it from you. You just have to yell "Wrong Stick!!"
There are people with microphones facilitating the festival but all you hear from them is "Oi sokono hadaka, kenka wo yamenasai."
Meaning: Hey you naked guy over there, stop fighting!"
Yeah, All of them are naked, so which one??
If you have the chance to go to Japan, Check it out!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Hide and Seek
There is a All Japan Hide and Seek Competition.
Official Site
A guy gets heat stroke from hiding too long in the sun.
Click Here to see his creation. (Video)
Monday, June 15, 2009
Top Ten Things Not To Say
Top ten things not to say to a Japanese girl.
This was a survey taken from Japanese woman in their 20's.
10. The smell of the perfume she is using is too strong. 2.2%
9. You can never be better than an actress (Comparing her to a actress) 7.2%
8. Your fashion stinks 7.2%
7. Complaining that the meal she made is junk. (She tried her best) 8.2%
6. Don't like her new hairstyle that she thought you would. 9.2%
5. "You are like a old lady." (Even if you said it as a joke) 11.2%
4. "You are not ladylike." (Can't understand the disagreement of values) 12.0%
3. Compare her with your girl friends. 12.2%
2. Noticing her unwanted hair. 13.2%
and the Number 1 thing not to say to a Japanese girl is...
Did you get Fat? 17.4%
Gotten this list from this SITE.
