Now I like my genki drinks (energy drinks), and I like Redbull, but Japan is the home of the energy drink. Why, you ask? Because Japanese work hard and then a bit. In Japan people can work 6 ~ 7 days a week- add to that the long hours, short breaks and the obligitory drinking with your co-workers. Given all this the energy drink is pretty much a necessity of life in Japan.
Sometimes Japanese signs can be pretty amusing. This is a great example of ‘made me look twice’. I almost thought the guy was doing something inappropriate to himself or the flower.
Pepsi Japan is always doing cool little cross promotions and their latest little supermarket promo for the refreshed pepsi branding is a Dean & DeLuca Magnet giveaway with their large bottles.
We all need fridge magnets from time to time, so why the hell not buy some pepsi (even if you don’t drink the stuff) …
We all know Nigo creator of ‘A Bathing Ape‘ loves a good side project and is always keen to try new things, unlike most of those high street brands that stick with the same formular for a decade.
Well, he has done it again with the launch of a little project called ‘A Fishing Ape‘, which …
[Note: Hilarious comments provided by Terrance]
If you are like me you love your meaty [balls] snacks (well unless you’re a vegan). [If they were vegan, they wouldn't be like you now would they?]. However, if you live in Japan you will know that: 1. KFC sucks ass, not just their chicken and chips but …
Although 1953’s ‘Tokyo Story’ (Tokyo Monogatari 東京物語) is Ozu Yasujiro’s (小津安次郎) most well-known movie, my favorite is 1949’s ‘Late Spring’ (Banshun 晩春) starring Ozu’s longtime collaborators Ryu Chishu (笠智衆) and Hara Setsuko (原節子). Ryu plays a widower who lives with his daughter who is around thirty. They respect and adore each other greatly and both …
Before I got on the train today I stopped by the combini and picked up one of my favorite drinks. I actually don’t know what powers are hidden in the Japanese beverage classic Pom Juice, but I do know it’s a tasty combination of orange and mikan (tangerine or Satsuma) juice. The biting acidity of …
Melon Panna is a character in the popular Japanese animation Ampanman with an anpan for a head, although she has nothing to do with this post.
We went for lunch at our local bakery today, had some cool little bread snacks and the Japanese favorite ‘melon pan’ or as we say in Japan meronpan (メロンパン). The …
ASSES’BRIDGE indeed. Engrish in Japan needs no further explanation.
Yes, that handsome polyethnic fellow reflected in the window is me. As Henry Louis Gates (the famed black academic who gained notoriety when he was arrested by a white police officer for breaking into his own home) noted, the ideal interracial world will be when we …
Yet another clip of Japanese kids TV. This is the morning show that I posted the closing song for the other day. There is a girl, a cactus and a chair as the characters, go figure. I often think of cacti and chairs together……
Despite the strange combination of characters it is actually really cool to …
