Big in Japan: Cheesy vintage ads for arcade and video games from the 1980s
That moment in Field of Dreams when Kevin Costner hears a voice saying “If you build it, he will come” was really bad financial advice.…
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Friend or enema: Japan’s latest supercute mascot goes where the sun don’t shine
Adorable mascots are an ingrained part of Japanese culture in a way that isn’t true in the U.S. or Britain. According to the 2011 book…
Crime and punishment in Japan during the Edo Period included tattooing the faces & arms of criminals
An example of the various face tattoos given to criminals in Japan during the Edo Period. The art of tattooing has a very long history…
The hard hitting hair metal puppet journalism of Japan’s ‘Pure Rock Digest’
Given its highly visual element, 80s glam metal was tailor-made for the MTV age. It was born, matured and died on heavy video rotation, perhaps…
There’s a Cup Noodles Museum in Japan. Let’s take a peek inside.
I had no idea there was actually a museum dedicated to Cup Noodles. But there is! And it’s located in Yokohama, Japan, not a college…
Xeni Jardin interviews Yoko Ono in Japan
Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin, currently traveling in Japan, met up with Yoko Ono and conducted a great interview with the artist/humanitarian, who had just been…
Charlie Brooker on the Media’s Japan coverage
In 1992 I attended a lecture by Noam Chomsky at a high school auditorium in Los Angeles. During the Q&A Professor Chomsky was asked what…