Hello everyone! This weekend turned out to be a very fun weekend, as Typhoon Jongdari did not hit the Tokyo-area too hard, and everyone was able to enjoy the biggest firework festival in Tokyo, Japan! The 41st Sumidagawa (Sumida River) Firework Festival went forward on Sunday, January 29, 2018, and it was simply amazing. You can checkout some of the amazing fireworks, as well as … Continue reading Tokyo’s Biggest Firework Display! The 41st Sumidagawa Firework Festival 2018!

Hello everyone! One of my favorite Japanese TV shows is “Monitaringu”, which is a Japanese “hidden camera” variety show. The show is really fun to watch and all the crazy things they do always make me laugh. Recently, the show had a segment in which some professional jump=rope artists and a World Champion Slackliner dressed-up as Old People and shocked a bunch of people. It … Continue reading Old Japanese People Perform Crazy Tricks!

Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post (Kunoichi 11! Japanese Female Ninja Warrior 2018! クノイチ Red Stage!), this past weekend, Japanese TV Station TBS aired KUNOICHI 11! I showed you all of the Red Stage runs already, so now I’m going to show you all of the Blue Stage runs–this is the second stage of the obstacle course. Checkout the videos here: BLUE … Continue reading Kunoichi 11! Japanese Female Ninja Warrior 2018! クノイチ Blue Stage!

Members of the New Zealand National Rugby Team, known as the “All Blacks”, teamed-up with AIG Insurance Co. to produce a Japanese video that shows work-site “gymnastics exercises”. It is seriously funny seeing this four giant rugby players teaching you how to perform Japanese work-site “gymnastics exercises”. So do yourself a favor and watch, learn, and have a good laugh!   Continue reading “All Blacks” Rugby Team Make Fun Japanese “Gymnastics” Training Video!

From July 13 to August 26, 2018, the Pokemon Center at Sunshine City in Tokyo, Japan will hold its 20th Anniversary Celebration, called the “Meeting Evey Celebration-Pokemon Center 20th Anniversary Festival!” During this time, a special stamp rally will be held around Sunshine City and Landmark Plaza. The goal is to collect stamps of Eve and its various evolutions at 8 different points. If you … Continue reading Pokemon Stamp Rally Coming To Sunshine City In Japan!

Teen Spirit Co., Ltd., a Japanese entertainment production company, will be holding open auditions for a new female idol group this Summer! To qualify for the auditions you must be 12 to 18 years old, and not have a contract with any other record company, production company, or music publisher. Oh yeah, you also have to like music and dancing, of course. Sounds pretty simple … Continue reading Free Japanese Idol Auditions For New Female Idol Group!

Marsh Co., Ltd, a Japanese marketing research company, recently conducted a survey in which they asked Japanese people how often they ate homemade bento (lunch box). And here are the results! About 41.3% of the people answered that they ate a homemade bento at least once a week, while about 49.9% said they almost never ate a homemade bento! This is surprising, as most American … Continue reading Japanese Survey Shows That 41.3% Of People Eat Homemade Bento Boxes!