Found this interesting article in the Toronto Star today. Apparently eating raw fish can be dangerous because IT'S RAW! Go figure. I guess I have another excuse not to eat seafood when I come back to Japan. more »

My favorite photo blog Masamania has posted this great gallery of sleeping Japanese salarymen complete with funny Engrish captions. more »

Perhaps the dumbest man alive: CNN's Anderson Cooper So after many many hours of travelling and about 6 or 7 passport inspections I'm back home safe and sound.. or maybe just safe. Never really been sure if I'm sound. I had a three hour stop over in… more »

Sadly the greatest movie director of all time Russ Meyer has died. Here's a nice tribute by film critic and co-conspirator Roger Ebert. more »

In a few hours I head off to Tokyo and then on to New Jersey and finally to the land of 2% milk and vinegar... Toronto! I just hope there aren't any lines at the airport like this one! I'm starting to get psyched about the chance to finally get some Swi… more »

One of Hakodate's many amazing tourist attractions. I'm starting to understand why Japanese tourists are so facinated by places like Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon. Tourist attractions within Japan are just plain lame! Just got back from a weekend… more »

For no reason, here's a picture of Mr. Fuji and some long forgotten WWF tag team. Fuji Facts: Real Name: Harry Fujiwara Nick name: The Devious One Birthday: May 4, 1945 Character Hometown: Osaka, Japan Actual Birthplace: Hawaii Current Home:… more »

The Daibijin, or Gorgeous Giant is one of the many terrible new games I now own for my PS2 (Why the Japanese have a word for 'gorgeous giant' I don't know) Since nothing of much interest to me was happening last weekend (You can read about the Iwaki… more »

Pictured above: Every motorcycle otaku's ultimate fantasy I often get interesting emails from fans of this site (yes apparently I have fans). I decided to share with you one from a Japanese guy named Katsunori, who sent me information on lots of inte… more »

Remember the movie Snow Day? No? Don't worry, nobody does. This post will likely interest nobody but myself, but I'm writing it anyway because I've got nothing better to do. I decided to stay at home all weekend and do nothing instead of participatin… more »

Since I can't understand Japanese, most shows I see on TV over here are pretty boring. The only thing that ever seems to be on is the news, cooking shows, traditional cultural stuff or large panel talk shows. I doubt most of these shows would be any mor… more »

I was against that whole Iraq war thing until now. Mc Donald's in Iraq... or at least a cheap rip-off anyway. Kind of reminds me of Mc Dowell's in the Eddie Murphy classic 'Coming to America'. Speaking of the golden arches, I was able to enjoy a n… more »

Who are the Ventures you may ask? You mean you don't know? Well according to their website: During the 60's, the Ventures outsold the Beatles in Japan 2 to 1! They, more than anyone else, are America's ambassadors of Rock and Roll to the non-English sp… more »

I've been trying to get to the bottom of this whole Playstation BB pay to play online service David mentioned in the comments section before. Since I can't read Japanese, finding out more information from official sources is pretty hard. Using Altavista… more »

So today one of my JTE's jumped a class on me out of the blue. Luckily it was a small class of 9 girls, and I had something ready just in case of such an emergency.. Scrabble! I probably wouldn't have even thought of it, but Hugh has frequently told me… more »