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Japanese Ink of War (not)
The 3Yen has covered Japanese tattoos several times before such as the Greenpeace Tats or the tattooed Booth babe barcode →.
However, none of that other ink was as awesome as this soldier’s “Japanese” skin illustration….
U.S. Air Force Tech Sergeant Geoff Gerencer
….Believe it or not, Gerencer insists that he's not even such a big [...]
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Diaper-Man terrorizes and robs Tokyo convenience store
Convenience store robber wearing disposable diapers on his head takes 140,000 yen — South Korean man arrested
*machine-translated Jiji3Yen News | September 5, 2010
Nerima Ward, Tokyo– Last week a robber burst into a convenience store and escaped with 140,000 yen the according to the Shakujii-district police. The robbery suspect was a 55 year old South [...]
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My girlfriend is the President vs My boyfriend is the PRESIDENT.
Here’s a YouTube parody of Alcot’s “My girlfriend is the PRESIDENT” including Putin snogging Kim Jong Il and the Pope.
And here’s the original “My girlfriend is the PRESIDENT” (I think).
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The Japanese Douche look
Since the 3Yen blog software is broken, I thought I would repost stuff from my friend’s blogs, such as the Jersey Shore look has hit Japan….
Tokyo Damage Report | 2010/09/04: soul japan magazine,
…Japanese men have tried to adopt American rap apparel, with mixed results.
Now the purveyors of manly clothes are back, and they've found a [...]
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Just average Sunday afternoon in a Japanese toystore…
One of the contributors to the 3Yen is having a baby, so I spent just an average Sunday afternoon shopping for infant gifts at Japanese toystores…
I really wanted to buy whatever this very friendly bunny was selling.
For reference: SylvanianFamilies.co.jp
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We’re Experiencing Technical Difficulties…
The 3Yen is experiencing technical difficulties and I am having a hard time making new posts for the next few days.
I apologize for not being able to bring you our (ab)normal web content and ask that you to please put up with the inconvenience.
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Fighting global warming starts in your fridge
Do you wanna be scolded by an animal in your refrigerator?
I just spotted the “Fridgeezoo” on the TV TBS morning show. The Fridgeezoo—refrigerator zoo—according to the product backstory (Google Translate)….
“….polar animals who had become homeless because of global warming and environmental pollution, ended up finding shelter in your refrigerator disguised [...]
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The Ultimate Harajuku Girl?
Back in 2005, the 3Yen reported on the Harajuku Girls—Gwen and their clothing line show on the left.
Five years later, you can imagine my surprise seeing this photo of the real Catwoman (now 77 years old, eek) wearing a Stefani’s “geisha arm-candy” t-shirt of the Harajuku Girls, yikes.
…Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman [...]
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Hello Kitty-ROBO
It doesn’t get more Japanese than this:
· Robots. · Useless tech. · Overpriced. · Old farts. · And, Hello Kitty!
Black Coffee and Green Tea (blog)
….An advertisement for a Hello Kitty robot.
A $3,500 Hello Kitty robot.
For sale in a business hotel.
For “men”….
blackcoffeeandgreentea.com
Hello Kitty-ROBO exemplifies wabi-sabi *, the Pure Essence of [...]
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Fun typo from the Japan Times
Damn, I knew it was hot here in tropical Tokyo, but now I know I’m doomed to heat-stroke when saw this tweeted today by the japantimes.co.jp…
via twitter
The japantimes tweet above refers to:
SUMMER IN JAPAN OFFICIALLY HOTTEST ON RECORD
japantimes.co.jp | Sept. 2, 2010 — Summer officially hottest…since records began in 1898
…more…
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