Tagged With: Weird and Wacky Tokyo
The Drunk Girl
Last night I witnessed no less than three people throw up in the Shinagawa train station: An elderly man, a college kid and a very drunk, teenage girl. I’d just missed the last train home and was stranded seven long subway stops from my apartment. It was 1:30 in the morning and I was exhausted … Continue reading
The ‘Cafe Apartment’ in Koenji is not Worth Writing Home About
The apartment was typical by Tokyo standards; A one roomed studio, sparsely furnished and only big enough to hold a max of 10 people. It was located in trendy Koenji, (a neighborhood known for it’s used clothing and record shops) and sandwiched between a Lawsons and 1,000 yen barber shop. “Make yourself at home,” our … Continue reading
Meet My ‘Main Squeeze’
Single? Boyfriend or husband far away? Buy a Boyfriend Pillow and you’ll never have to spend another sleepless night alone again. What Customers are Saying about The Boyfriend Pillow (Available in Japan, US $80): “It keeps holding me all the way through. I think this is great because this does not betray me.” “It makes … Continue reading
Meet My New Boy Toy
The only thing worse than being single and dateless on Valentines Day, is being single and dateless in Japan, where, (thanks to evil marketing powers that be) you get to dread not one overly-hyped couples gift-giving holiday but two. Yep, in Japan they celebrate Valentines Day twice a year, once on the traditional February 14th … Continue reading
Follow the Crowd
I’ve been reading a lot of about “groupism” and “the follow the leader syndrome” in Japan and it’s all sort of mind -boggling. I was reading, for example, that this ice cream company in Tokyo actually hired people to form lines in front of their stores. And even though it was in the middle of … Continue reading
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