Harei village, Shingo, Japan, is said to be the grave of Jesus when he died in the village after escaping Roman persecutors in Golgotha, Israel. According to the myth, in Japan his job was as a carpenter and he made his own cross for the grave at the age of 107. picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sony Japan announced today a new "Mint Green" PlayStation Portable to be released on February 28, 2008. It is expected to be favored by the heavily pursued female gaming demographic. This makes for the seventh PSP color released in Japan, and you just know there's someone oot there that already owns six. picked by punthe 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
No, not made in Japan. Made of Japan, or at least made of Japanese blogs. The site taps into 150 blogs each hour, analyzes the colors and brings them together to make a shoe. What you can do then is to click on any of the elements of the shoe and see what it is and which blog it comes from. 0 comments edit related share plime.comCould be nsfw, you never know... picked by BernardBlack 1 day ago |
Blogs are even more popular in Japan than in the U.S. It may be that they represent an appealing outlet in a culture that discourages public self-expression. Japan produced 8.7 million blogs at the end of March, and the U.S. an estimated 12 million blogs -- making blogging far more popular in Japan, taking the countries' relative populations into account. An estimated 25 million Japanese -- more t... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Triumph International Japan, maker of bras, panties and other women's undergarments often goes over the top, as it were, to attract attention to their products and cleverly associate them with the latest popular cause. picked by mitzuzake 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
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The familiar curvaceous shape of the Coca-Cola bottle is now officially registered as a trademark in Japan - this nation's first such recognition of a three-dimensional bottle form devoid of any lettering. picked by Mitzuzake 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Here is a collection of simple but fun little puzzle games made in Japan picked by deepcleanfun 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
"The slang term for a woman who lies completely still in bed is maguro (tuna) [...] In Japan that word has a very positive connotation. Tuna's an expensive delicacy." 4 comments edit related share worldmildly NSFW picked by suckersklub 3 months ago |
Japan is appointing the feline cartoon character Hello Kitty as a goodwill tourism ambassador in China and Hong Kong. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share world |
Santa Claus is a recent feature of Christmas in Japan and sometimes a few details get lost in translation. Sometimes a LOT does... picked by mitzuzake 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
The Japanese are probably the best when it comes to creating cute characters.Here is a collection of simple but fun little puzzle games made in Japan - of course, if you willing to kill a few hours! picked by wookiee 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
An 85 million-year-old dinosaur skull has been found in southwestern Japan, one of the oldest discoveries of its kind in the country. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Think that red roses are predictable? In Japan, gift-givers soon will also have the option of blue roses. 3 comments edit related share scienceThe Japanese company that created the world’s first genetically modified blue roses said today it will start selling them next year. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago |
Or sardine packers as they are known. 9 comments edit related share entertainmentThese people are fuggin' CRAZY! Oh, and I'm damn glad I don't use the trains in Japan picked by doggylives 3 months ago |
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console with a 20 gigabyte hard disk drive by 10 percent in Japan and launch a new model, weighing on shares in rival Nintendo Co Ltd. picked by punthe 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Threats from Australia to take Japan to an international court over their plans to hunt and kill 50 Humpback Whales have resulted in a Japanese climb down. 2 comments edit related share plime.comThis does not yet impact Japan's other whaling activities picked by pocksucket 7 months ago |
While gamers throughout the rest of the world get their PlayStation 3 in any color they wish, so long as it’s black, Japan will soon be receiving its third color variant. picked by punthe 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
A man has been arrested in Numazu, Japan for assaulting 5 schoolgirls with coffee via drive-by spitting attacks. Complete with Japanese news report video and way cool anime graphics. Japan, y'know... picked by mitzuzake 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Packages containing 10,000 yen (40 pound) bills have been found this week in men's toilets at government offices throughout Japan, baffling officials as to why and who would do them such service. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sony said on Thursday it sold a record number of its PlayStation Portables (PSPs) in Japan in September as a slimmer and cheaper version of the handheld game machine helped drive demand. picked by punthe 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |