Only in Japan will you find the scariest toilet paper ever. (Yahoo News)
Yes. Yes. YES!
The author of The Ring novel (yes, the one the movie was based off of), Koji Suzuki, can now be famous for his "bathroom literature" as well; a horror story printed on toilet paper.
The short horror story is called Drop, and even features a public restroom as its setting. According to the article, it takes up about three feet of toilet paper and just a few minutes to read all of its nine chapters.
View pictures of the toilet paper and another article here:
http://inventorspot.com/articles/horrorthemed_toilet_paper_japan_puts_you_edge_your_seat_28072 (Inventor Spot)
All I can say, as a horror fan and Japan enthusiast - I totally want a roll.
More on Japanese toilets (very interesting stuff, especially if you ever want to visit!):
http://www.restroomratings.com/features/japan/
Vocabulary (just one today, and no kanji!):
トイレット (toiretto): toilet
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Marriage Bra
5, 4, 3, 2, 1...You're married!
In the latest news of strange Japanese inventions, we have a bra that counts down the time until a woman gets married.
The Marriage Bra (video)
(msnbc.com)
My computer is horribly slow with videos, but the gist of it seems to be not to count down an actual determined wedding date, but more sort of like the internet death-clock phenomenon; just a piece of fun counting down to an arbitrary date.
(Actually, it sounds more like a curse; like a countdown until I can officially feel pathetic and go adopt 48 cats because the stupid bra-clock lied to me.)
According to the video, the average age of women marrying in Japan has risen to age 28. And if my internet could actually work right I'd give you more info, but you may have to actually watch the video for now :P
More on Japanese weddings:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2061.html
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/traditionculture/a/japanesewedding.htm
Vocabulary (click on highlighted kanji for stroke order from Kanji-a-Day.com):
結婚する (kekkonsuru): to get married
ウェデイン (uedein): wedding
時 (toki/tokei): time/clock
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In the latest news of strange Japanese inventions, we have a bra that counts down the time until a woman gets married.
The Marriage Bra (video)
(msnbc.com)
My computer is horribly slow with videos, but the gist of it seems to be not to count down an actual determined wedding date, but more sort of like the internet death-clock phenomenon; just a piece of fun counting down to an arbitrary date.
(Actually, it sounds more like a curse; like a countdown until I can officially feel pathetic and go adopt 48 cats because the stupid bra-clock lied to me.)
According to the video, the average age of women marrying in Japan has risen to age 28. And if my internet could actually work right I'd give you more info, but you may have to actually watch the video for now :P
More on Japanese weddings:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2061.html
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/traditionculture/a/japanesewedding.htm
Vocabulary (click on highlighted kanji for stroke order from Kanji-a-Day.com):
結婚する (kekkonsuru): to get married
ウェデイン (uedein): wedding
時 (toki/tokei): time/clock
Read More......
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