The Latest Craze in Japan

Whatever floats yer boat I suppose.

 

Picture this: Bathing in a vat of pork soup and ramen noodles. Why would I do that, you might ask? Good question. “Lately people are very concerned about having beautiful skin, and they know the effect of collagen, which is contained in our pork-based broth. At this bath, everybody can have fun and take advantage of the healthy elements of ramen noodles,” says the spa owner, Ichiro Furuya.​

 

Due to a coincidence of language, the candy bar’s name sounds like the Japanese expression Kitto Katsu, which translates to “You will surely win,” so it is also a popular good-luck gift for students ahead of university exams.​

 

Not many Japanese people celebrate the holiday, but the manager hoped fried chicken could be a good substitute for foreigners craving poultry. Good marketing helped the tradition stick, and now it's so popular, you might need to order your KFC Christmas dinner weeks in advance or risk spending hours waiting in line for it.​

 

Usually getting a baby to stop crying is the hardest part of any parents’ day, but during the Nai Sumo Baby Crying Festival, parents will hand over their little ones to sumo wrestlers in the very hope they’ll see tears.​

 

Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward has a population density of about 17,000 people per square kilometre but in 2015 it granted citizenship to its biggest resident yet, who only goes by one name - Godzilla.
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Japanese cuisine is revered throughout the world but that’s not to say all Japanese delicacies are for everyone. A prime example of the national palate’s eccentric side is a chain of restaurants called Mr. Kanso, which only serves food that comes out of a can.​

 

OMG!!!!

 

oh yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

 

oh NO!!!!

 

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Bagel head?????

 

oh my!

 

my oh my!

 

it's because we nuked 'em

 

Who????

 

Not me! I was right here the whole time!

 

you don't know the united states nuked japan in wwII ?

 

Did you? I know they bombed Pearl Harbour.

 

yes they did ...then we put the big hurt on them