The concept of conveyor belt sushi got its start in 1958 when Yoshiaki Shiraishi had to come up with an idea to keep his understaffed sushi restaurant in business. He was inspired after watching beer bottles on the conveyor line in an Asahi brewery. The concept is still seen today with many restaurants eliminating the […] More
The Kotaku team has been in Japan all week waiting for today’s launch of the Tokyo Game Show 2008. With the 3 days leading up to the TGS, they had to keep themselves busy. How? Sure they took the tours, saw the sights, but we know they spent the majority of their time deep in […] More
Do the Japanese find it fun to stick your finger into a box and play with torment digital beings all in the name of fun? Who doesn’t?! Bandai Japan seems to think so too. They have created this toy called the Tuttuki Bako (Tuttuki Box). . How it works is you stick your finger into […] More
Do you have an extra $2,200 a month that you are just looking for something cool to spend it on? How about this stormtrooper white Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) suit. Not only does this suit look impressive, but it will convert your brain signals sensed through the skin into motion. After strapping yourself into it, […] More
We all know how big sumo is in Japan. You may not realize that it is actually big in other countries as well. Meet Samantha-Jane Stacy. She’s not your ordinary school girl. Her 8th grade Australian classmates have affectionately named her “Sammy Sumo”. At age 14, she hopes to be the youngest ever to compete […] More
As an American, this is one of those stories where I have to say, “I’m glad he wasn’t American”. Fuji TV reports of a Spanish man who came to Japan on in a tour group. Apparently he dove into the moat naked in order to retrieve a bag dropped by his friends. I’m not sure […] More
As you may or may not have known, there have been a lot of American celebrities that have done Japanese commercials. I’m sure many of them hope to forget they even agreed to do them. Who you ask? How about people like Hulk Hogan, Arnold “The Governator” Schwarzenegger, and even Madonna. Japander.com has come to […] More
These 2 macaque monkeys, Yat-chan and Fuku-chan are not your ordinary monkeys. Fuku-chan is trained to hand hot towels to customers to clean thier hands, while Yat-chan can actually serve drinks to customers. While this is really amazing, it brings up the issue of animal rights. Should these monkeys be working in a restaurant let […] More
Back in the early 1990s, Juliana’s Tokyo was the place to be at night in Tokyo. The club was one of Tokyo’s most trendy night clubs and famous for its dance stages where ordinary office ladies would dress in bodycon clubwear, feathers, and be the clubs’ amateur go-go dancers. Bodycon is short for body conscious, […] More
It has taken 3 months, but a psychiatric exam have determined that Tomohiro Kato is competent enough to stand trial, and thus able to receive the maximum punishment for his killings. I’m glad that this this decision was made as I believed he definitely knew what he was doing when he killed those innocent people. […] More
I’m always posting articles on Japanese technology innovation. However, I will admit that they tend to be very geeky type of articles, so today I wanted to take a step back and look at a really cool technological innovation that’s pretty much the furthest away you can be from the scientific community… stripper poles. Japanese […] More
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