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Japanese Ghosts – Youkai, Yuurei, Bakemono and Oni

   Japanese Goblins, Ghosts, Shapeshifters and Devils of the Buddhist Hell are a motley crew ranging from downright funny to ghoulishly scary.   The Kings of Japanese Ghost Stories (Kaidan) are Koizumi Yakumo f/k/a Lafcadio Hearn who wrote Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things in the early 1900s and Shigeru Mizuki who, in the 1960s, wrote the popular Gegege no […]

Top 10 Strange Japanese Laws

DISCLAIMER – For those of you who can’t realize that this is a parody turn off your computer and throw it out the window right now because you are just far too stupid to be using the internet in the first place. Brought to you without pain, pride or prejudice, and in no particular order […]

Shinjuku Halloween Protest 2009

Let me first point out that I am not the original source for this picture.  If you would like to see more of the original sources pictures or read the story please go here.  Well, others may have experienced this but it’s a first for me.   I have never participated in the annual Yamanote line Halloween […]

My Neighbor Totoro Has Swine Influenza

Once again the entire country of Japan has decided to freak-out about the Swine Influenza and all of the Japanese housewives and mothers have frantically busted open their piggybanks and purchased hundreds of thousands of flu masks in a matter of just a few days. One day everyone will be walking around like normal and […]

Getting a Japanese Driver’s License

Beginner’s License vs. Regular License If you have spent more than 90 days, but less than 1 year in the country that issued your driver’s license you will be eligible for a beginners license only. If you have spent more than 1 year in total (not necessarily consecutive) in the country that issued your driver’s […]