My Dinner in with a Lady Friend.

After a long day of work there's not much I'd like to do, but have some insta-ramen have enjoy the company of a female companion; however, I've grown tired of going out to find such women so I've turned towards convenience and settled for these women.

Yes, Japan is crazy and you can now (apparently the site i learned this from recycled the post 1.5 years after they originally posted it) have a dinner date with a Japanese woman from the convenience of a simple DVD. Yay.

On another note its amazing how many ways Japanese students come up with a way to say they stayed home and watched movies.  By far the winner is, "I like watch DBDs."

Men's Fashion Magazines

To add to the insanity known as Japanese fashion magazines.

Make-up for men!

Japanese Children Sleeping Quarters

Apparently its normal for children to sleep in their parents' bed until the age of ten or eleven. A student of mine told me that pretty 50% of the families in Japan do it...

I'm famous in Japan... or at least on one girls blog

During my summer trip through Japan, my sister and I met this Japanese lady who kindly asked to interview us. 

This is my story.

Photo Dump 5

 Taken from the entrance of a Japanese apartment. That rug is like 6 feet by 4 feet. You can probably fit two of those side by side and that would be the entire floor space of that room. Kitchen is shown and the bathroom/shower are in the hallway to the right and left.

Examine this shampoo with your whole heart. 

Translation fail.

Male or Female?

Japanese kids like pet beetles...

Pet ferret!

Pet... squirrel?!!

The important thing isn't the cat, but the price tag. 348,000 Yen = 4,400 USD.
Fuck that, cats just scratch and tear all your shit up anyways.

Birthday Dinner =)

Year-round fireworks shop =)

Kids classes!

Kids classes!

LOOKS LIKE SOME PAIN IS ON THE MENU

We had to.. it was for Gion Matsuri.

Drunk foreigners wandering in a sea of Japanese people.

Didn't stay for the parade, but this is one of the floats.

America 1/3

America 2/3

America 3/3

View from Kiyomizu-dera.

Japanese makeshift fence... I want to meet the guy who designed these cuz there were millions of these guys all over the city.

Translation fail.

Translation fail.

Translation fail.

How hot is it in Japan?

Moisture wicking shirts don't wick sweat anymore. They just soak it up.

TJI: Japanese Hippies

This is what Japanese Hippies look like... in my opinion they're doing it all wrong. You're supposed to pass out the acid before you start playing with this toys.

Sorry for the sideways video.