Archive for the 'Japan only' category
Unagi Nobori - eel drink
Step aside Pepsi Blue Hawaii and Pepsi Ice Cucumber. We in Japan have a new hotness in town - Unagi Nobori (うなぎのぼり) - which translates to ‘Surging Eel’ and is a new summer drink which hit the nation’s stores this month.
2 commentsPepsi Blue Hawaii
… from Pepsi Japan. Last Summer, Pepsi gave us the Japan-exclusive Pepsi Ice Cucumber. This summer, Pepsi gives us the exclusive Pepsi Blue Hawaii - Pineapple & Lemon.
3 commentsPepsi Ice Cucumber
That’s right folks, another new bizarre soft drink on the Japanese market. And indeed just like the title suggests, it is soda which tastes like… cucumber.
6 commentsFemale clothing fetish
Some of the news in Japan just cracks me up. It is not so much about the news itself, but it is what some people get up to here. And some are so bizarre yet happens all the time. And since Japan is a pretty safe country, there’s just not enough ‘real’ news to report. Instead, they report stuff which is in most cases, not really news…
Yesterday, I was watching the news about some Japanese dude in Osaka who got busted for stealing a Kimono. When the police searched his home, they found a whopping 8,200 pieces of womens underwear and other clothings such as a wedding dress! Hahahahaha. And his apartment, believe it or not, is one-roomed! I’ve lived in a one-room apartment before here in Tokyo and let me tell you, it’s really small (dunno about Osaka, though). So how the heck did this dude fit all those stolen clothes in there especially considering, the police had to mobilise 5 mini buses to move the stuff out? Totally beats me…
1 commentApartment auto-locks
In Japan (and most of the world), a lot of apartments have something known as ‘auto-lock’ on the entrance of an apartment complex. Basically, it just locks the entrance automatically within 5 seconds once the door closes. To be able to enter the apartment complex you will have to be a resident with either a key or a passcode (usually 4 digits). Auto-locks contribute towards security which gives the residents a piece-of-mind and allows the owner/landlord to charge a little more for their rooms. Anyway, lets forget about the details and pros and cons…
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