Buzz Tagged
japan
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Asshole Mario World
Tech Buzz A Japanese guy created an insanely difficult Super Mario World. In case you weren't balding enough, here's an activity that will make you really want to tear your hair out.
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Image: Namba Parks
The aftermath of a baseball stadium being abandoned in Osaka Japan is turned into an amazing urban jungle.
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Ramen Baths
Food Buzz A new amusement bath park in Japan features a "ramen soup bath." It'd be awesome if David Chang's next project was to open a ramen soup bathhouse.
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3DTV
Tech Buzz Hyundai has released a television that allows you to watch 3-D programs, but it's only available in Japan. The future is now! And it looks like the 80s.
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Mujirers
Style Buzz What Japanese people call those addicted to Muji, a store which has become synonymous with a clean, minimalist lifestyle. What do you get when you cross an Asian fetish with a lust for office supplies and clean lines? A Mujirer!
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Image: The Buddha Chihuahua
In Japan, Conan, a male chihuahua, mimics Buddhist priest Joei Yoshikuni at Jigenin temple.
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Citrulline
Food Buzz A non-essential amino acid found in watermelons (and in other fruits & veggies, though in lower amounts) that's being added to sport drinks and even chewing gum. It's reported to reduce muscle fatigue - we'll be needing some of this stuff at our weekly BuzzFeed badminton games!
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Space Beer
Food Buzz Japanese beermaker, Sapporo will be marketing their first "space beer" in November using barley from the International Space Station. They're only making 100 bottles, which means all of us regular people unwilling to shell out more than $3 for a beer will have to stick to astronaut ice cream to get a taste of space.
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Synthetic Hair Animal Hats
Style Buzz Japanese art director Nagi Noda's synthetic hair animal hats come shaped like rabbits, poodles, and owls, and will be used in Bjork's upcoming tour. If Bjork can succeed in bringing these into mainstream fashion, she'll prove that she's still got it. I just finished watching the video for "Human Behaviour" for some 1990's nostalgia.
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Death Note
Movie Buzz A live action movie based on the Japanese manga (graphic novel) hits selected American theaters to the joy of all goth-y introverts within an 60-mile radius of any art house theater. Allegedly having served as the inspiration for real-life murders, Death Note looks about as inviting as watching Hello Kitty get euthanized.
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The Japanese Office
TV Buzz Before the American version, before the British version, there was The Office from Japan. As Ricky Gervais says at the end, it's funny 'cause it's racist. Arigato!
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MOMA: Destination Japan
Style Buzz MOMA's cute collection of lifestyle products from Japan. Here's a roundup of cute yet slightly pointless favorites from the collection.
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Nonpoisonous Fugu
Food Buzz Controversy erupts over a new technique for farming nonpoisonous fugu. Fugu is DANGEROUS and people die from eating it! But that might be the very reason it is prized as a special delicacy. Now farmed-raised, nonpoisonous Fugu is threatening to undermine Japan's entire Fugu-Industrial Complex.
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QR Codes
Tech Buzz Two-dimensional barcodes that let you encode secret messages in the form of text, music, voice, logos are becoming increasingly popular in Japan. All you need is a camera phone and some QR software to start using them. They're like the 2.0 version of secret decoder rings.
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Placenta 10000
Food Buzz How do Japanese women manage to look so good? Easy! By drinking pig placenta! As part of the FOSHU movement (Food For Specific Health Use), drinking Placenta 10000 Jelly Drink is said to rejuvenate one's energy and approve appearance. Fair enough, but if we're going to drink pig, it had better get us tipsy, too.
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Doraemon
Politics Buzz The Japanese government has officially appointed Doraemon, an animated robotic cat, to be Japan's cultural ambassador to the world. Aww! There would be a lot less violence and strife in the world if countries were run by giant cuddly robot-cats.
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Schoolboy Cafe
Food Buzz Schoolboy cafe in Tokyo caters to female readers of the popular "boy-love" manga genre. Based on a 1970s cult comic about romance at a German school, at "Cafe Edelsteins," young male waiters wear lipgloss and flirt with women customers pretending to be wealthy benefactors of the school. Edelstein is the first role play cafe to target "Fujoshi" as the female patrons which translates to "rotten girls".
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Usavich
TV Buzz A refreshingly original and funny animated series by MTV Japan has shorts you can watch online. Oh, how we miss the days of Liquid TV, Daria, and even Beavis and Butthead. It's nice to see there's innovative and quirky animation still coming out of their studios, and now it is all available on the web. (Thanks for the tip, Gavin!)
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