Photo of Takeshi Kitano & His Statue

Here is an interesting photo of producer, director, writer, editor, actor and comedian Takeshi Kitano looking at his statue at Tokyo Opera City:



Currently he is filming Outrage Beyond the sequel to the heavy hitting crime drama Outrage. Here are some violent NSFW scenes from the original movie:



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"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" Trailer

"Seeking Asian Female" Movie Trailer

Japanese Girls Go Wild Over Monk Hunks

Via The Japan Times May 17, 2012

Recently many young Japanese girls have become attracted to some good-looking young monk hunks in Japan. A monthly art gallery show produced by the monastics called “Be Healed by Young Monks” is attended by many eager young women in their 20s and 30s. Also a book published in March entitled "The Illustrated Picture Book of Beautiful Young Monks" has become quite popular and indicates a strong desire among young Japanese women to really get to know their manly monks in "the Biblical sense".

Japanese Buddhist monks may not want to be so desired, but they are very active in raising awareness and interest in Buddhism. Some have become very creative in this effort as can be seen in the below video of Kansho Tagai, the rapping monk:



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Japan's Birthday Parties For Pets

Buddha Statue Photo by Jon Sheer

Why, China Why? Because China #6

A few months ago we investigated a photo of a woman with a burning cigarette mounted to her glasses and a burning cigar sticking out of her ear. That picture was explained by it's source as a kind of Chinese alternative medicine. OK, fine. Whatever.

Today we have discovered the below photo and are once again asking "Why, China Why?":



The source of this photo turns out to be a Japanese blog post about a trip to Mongolia, which is technically a part of China. But the blogger does not offer an explanation for why one truck was carrying ten trucks on local roads and highways too! The Japanese post only talks about how doing something like this would be impossible in Japan etc. Therefore once again we have no other choice but to answer this with "Because China".

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Julie Watai & Toyoaki Mishima Photo

Just published yesterday here is a nice photo of Julie Watai (wearing the fashionable "Necomimi" or "Cat's Ears" by Neurowear) & Toyoaki Mishima creators of their recently released international debut single "Roll of Love". Here is the short version of this popular song:



The long version of this song is available on iTunes and Amazon Japan. mishmash* aka. Toyoaki Mishima 美島豊明 is the sound programmer for the world-famous musician and producer Cornelius. Also Mishima was nominated for a Grammy award in 2008. Check out some more of their TV and radio commercial music here. You can read more about Julie and Toyoaki's project here.

Related: Julie Watai & mishmash* Debut Single "Roll of Love"