Bone on Apr 28 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Yet another “Only in Japan” story, but we just had to delve deeper into this one! According to many of the foreign press outlets this week, hundreds, possibly thousands of Japanese women have been conned into buying baby lambs, which they thought were in fact poodles. Coming from a background where an annual highlight is [...]
Pink on Apr 22 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Privatization of the Japan postal service
Ao on Mar 29 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Until June 2002 Magic Mushrooms were legal in JapanJapan, despite its lax attitude toward tobacco and alcohol, has always been very strict when it comes to matters of “more illicit” drugs. Laws regulating soft drugs such as marijuana are as strict as those toward heroin and cocaine. This was not so until the American Constitution [...]
The Purple Imo on Feb 11 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Earlier this week Nepia, one of the nations largest manufacturer and distributor of domestic paper products released a very limited number of what may be the most expensive tissue paper in the world. Nepia very shrewdly made their new product available only through their internet shop at mid night on Friday, by the time the [...]
Bone on Feb 05 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Japan is supposed to be the land of conformity, a land where nobody has original ideas, where everyone unquestioningly follows the pack. But every now and then, people in Japan come up with some things so bewildering that you wonder where the idea could possibly have come from!
The Hello Kitty “Snow Kitty” is one of [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
The Purple Imo on Nov 15 2006 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Earlier in Summer you may have missed the a new chewing gum phenomenon, “Otoko Kaoru” (Literally: ‘Man Scent’).
What’s unusual about this gum is that it causes a rose fragrance to be emitted from the chewer’s body for about one to two hours after its chewed. The Rose Menthol flavoured gum, contained a fragrant component geraniol, [...]
The Purple Imo on Nov 10 2006 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
For those that can’t get enough of a supercharged 2 wheeled machine riding between their legs then the next best thing must be sleeping with it! In the country where land is scarce and parking spaces cost big bucks, people naturally tend towards buying bikes. Japan consistently has one of the highest per capita [...]
Blue on Nov 07 2006 | Filed under: Japan: Only in Japan
Hello Kitty herself (itself?) is pretty much an “only in Japan” fashion item. However, what do you get when you cross Paris Hilton (WARNING: Don’t click that if you are at work, or offended easily), MONO COMME CA and Hello Kitty? Well the “MONO COMME CA, Paris Hilton and Hello Kitty” collaboration pack [...]