Bone on Jan 30 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
This is the part two of Stippy.com’s Love Hotel in Japan series, showcasing the best, weirdest, and more interesting love hotels in Japan. Part one was the introduction to the series, and from today onwards, we will be introducing a different love hotel, and delving deep inside with our cameras and camcorders to [...]
Blue on Jan 26 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
There is something about Japanese prisons, and the system that they have here that has always been shrouded in mystery, and swept into a deep dark corner of Japanese life that few will ever find out about. Prison in Japan is a ten-part series explaining one foreigner’s terrible experience of being locked up in a Japanese prison for more than three weeks without being charged for anything, and without any contact with the outside world.
Blue on Jan 24 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Politics
Today, through our contact page, a reader (of course we will keep anonymity at their request) sent us some interesting trivia that was just too juicy for him (or her) to keep to him(or her)self. After some research, and a call to a friend on the inside to verify the claim, it proved far [...]
Beige on Jan 22 2007 | Filed under: WOTD - Japanese
逆玉（ぎゃくたま, gyakutama）
* “J-WOTD” = “Japanese Word of the Day”
Literally gyaku means opposite and, generally, tama means ball. However, despite it becoming a common enough term over the last decade or so, it is not easy to see just how gyakutama took on its meaning of “to marry a wealthy woman.”
Tama is short for the phrase [...]
Blue on Jan 18 2007 | Filed under: WOTD - English
n. A man married to an unfaithful wife.
tr.v. cuck·old·ed, cuck·old·ing, cuck·olds
To make a cuckold of.
[Middle English cokewald, from Anglo-Norman *cucuald, from cucu, the cuckoo, from Vulgar Latin *cucclus, from Latin cuclus.]
Word History: The allusion to the cuckoo on which the word cuckold is based may not be appreciated by those unfamiliar with the nesting habits [...]
Bone on Jan 17 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
The love hotel is an icon of Japanese culture, the thought of which warms the hearts (and loins), of both Japanese and foreigners alike. Stippy.com plans to showcase the most wacky and interesting love hotels in Japan, complete with video footage of the interior of each one, including Alcatraz - The Rock in Gunma Prefecture, [...]
Blue on Jan 15 2007 | Filed under: Japan: News and Media
“BNE has arrived!” - well that’s what the stickers tell us. What stickers? If you don’t know, then you either don’t live in any one of many big cities around the world where they are now officially everywhere, or you just don’t get out very much.
These BNE stickers have become the centre of [...]
Wasabi Green on Jan 14 2007 | Filed under: Japan: People and Society
The World Health Organization has issued their annual report for 2006 called the “World Health Report” stating that life expectancy is expected to increase worldwide with the highest projected life expectancy in 2030 to be Japanese women, at 88.5 years. That’s up 2.5 years from the current life expectancy of 86 years. The [...]
Red on Jan 12 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Tech
After years of refusing to enable Blackberries to work in Japan, DoCoMo finally let the technology loose a couple of months ago. Although there is still only one model available, after reading Wasabi Green’s writeup on stippy.com I couldn’t resist but giving one a test-drive. So what is the verdict? Is [...]
Wasabi Green on Jan 10 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Eating and Drinking
Visitors to Japan are quick to note the polite and friendly customer service offered up by the retail store staff. But in addition to the Japanese human shopkeepers, commerce in Japan is supported by [...]