Japan's vibrant, fast-moving culture delivers daily doses of the weird, wild and wonderful! Take, for example, theme cafes. First popularized by nerdy "otaku" geeks and then embraced by the public at large, the theme cafe phenomenon shows no sign of running out of steam. Just the opposite - it seems new theme cafes pop up every week, each one seeking to be just a little weirder than what's come before! picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago tags weird odd funny society food Japan |
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What is it with Japan and weird drinks? 2 comments edit related share plime.comOur list comprises the bad, the even more bad and the downright ugly of Japanese Soft Drinks. picked by deepcleanfun 1 year ago |
Japanese men make use of an internet cafe in Tokyo. Some young people earning low wages cannot afford apartments in the city and are choosing to live in internet cafes, which are cheaper than a hotel. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Ah, Internet Cafes … it used to be just a place where you can browse the Internet and grab a cup of coffee, but competition being what it is, some Internet cafes are offering something a little more than a cup of joe. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Crazy japanese show with weird bugs picked by sbalaciu 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
For some readers, News of the Weird is a light diversion from the serious reporting of the week. For others, though, it's a weekly chronicle of the alarming decline of civilization. Or a therapeutic personal benchmark (for reassurance that the problem is other people, not you). Or, for the few who actually wind up in News of the Weird, a monument to lives interestingly lived. I hope it's not a ... read full post picked by keroberos32 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
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Fancy spending your holidays inside an old sewer pipe or doing a stretch in a prison cell, for fun? Incredibly, now you can. These are just two of the weird and wonderful places to stay collected in a new book, Extreme Hotels. So pack your bags and book in for the strangest bed and breakfast experiences in the world... picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share world |
What is it with the Japanese and their weird obsessions and products? 7 comments edit related share plime.comNo one does weird toys like Japan does weird toys… from presidential action figures to toilet training tigers, we’ve found the strangest and most bizarre Japanese toys ever picked by bingo 5 months ago |
Searching for weirdness online is like searching for hay in a haystack. It’s everywhere. Rest assured, none of the boring or dodgy stuff has made it into Yahoo!’s trawl of the Weird Wide Web. These sites are in turn funny, interesting, curious and mind bogglingly strange. They represent the weird hobby of thousands, or the mad obsession of just a single web-head. They cover things th... read full post picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
Worms are pretty odd compared to creatures we are more familiar with. Within that already weird group, some worms are weirder than others, like the Pig Butt Worm in the theme pic. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
"Is the taxi on its way?" 8 comments edit related share plime.comGreat way to get abs AND learn English. Awesome byproduct of Japanese efficiency. picked by muppet 2 years ago |
In honor of this week's FAF, a weird Japanese commercial. picked by Chez 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
The world is full of weird and wonderful flowers that sometimes look so strange that we find it difficult to imagine them actually growing in the wild. Some of these are unbelievably odd. picked by bornbad 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
This clip from "Hausu" is, by far, the weirdest bit of Japanese horror movie I have ever seen. 7 comments edit related share plime.comI want to see the whole movie. The theme pic doesn't do the insanity of this movie justice. picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago |
There's weird, then there's weird. I feel for her. But this is weird. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Gumtastic is a section on Gumtree where people list their favourite Gumtree ads with sometimes weird sometimes hilarious consequences. Here are some of the best picked by iamamaniac 4 months ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
Well! I scored 50% Which is about right I think. picked by ozplasmic 3 years ago 17 comments edit related share weird |
He Sings in Japanese! I know it sounds weird but there you go. His name is Jero. I searched and didn't see a post. picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
Water, good ol' H2O, seems like a pretty simple substance to you and me. But in reality, water - the foundation of life and most common of liquid - is really weird and scientists actually don't completely understand how water works. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 10 comments edit related share science |
Insane new body mod. Japanese club kids inject saline into their foreheads to create doughnut-sized lumps and bumps. Crazy. picked by rockandrolldeath 5 months ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sounds like my kind of place. picked by maestrocalhoun 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |