Name that toilet!

The mining city of Yubari, located on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, wants to to raise cash by selling the naming rights to a public toilet in front of its JR Shikanotani Station.

The lucky loo sponsor will be asked to pony up 400,000 yen to cover water, electricity and cleaning expenses for the right to to operate shops on the parking lot.

While some residents were doubtful the move will work, a city official said Yubari has a high profile and is confident. The move may be the only way to fund the facility’s reopening.

Yeah… And maybe more people will start to give a sh….

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I’ve got to get me one of these. . .

A Taiwanese toy company name Wind Hobby reportedly has come out with a radio-controlled toy Apache helicopter that can shoot BBs while in flight. Flight time is eight minutes between charges.

One? Heck. . . I’d like to get a squadron of these. . . I wonder if they play Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries during attacks . . .

Via The Raw Feed

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Cyndi Lauper in Japan

Cyndi Lauper is in Japan right now doing a series of concerts. I saw her on the TV the other day as she did Time After Time, much like the following performance she did on TV in 2005.

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Intel Centrino 2 TVCM

Caught this commercial for the Intel Centrino 2 on TV last night.

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Nao Oikawa: From porn princess to pretty in pink idol

27-year-old Japanese ex-porn (AV) actress Nao Oikawa (she retired from boinking in front of cameras in 2004) seems to have completed the move from blue movies to mainstream pop idol via a girl group named G3 Princess, which also includes Yumi Sugimoto and Rina Aizawa. Ms. Oikawa is the one on the right in the following video.

For a peek at a censored but very not-safe-for-work XXX video that spotlights some of Ms. Oikawa’s more salacious talents, click here.

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The Peanuts to release 50th anniversary album

The Peanuts, a female pair of Japanese twins (Emi and Yumi Ito), who were a major presence in the Japanese music world back in the ’60s, are planning to release a new album to mark the 50th anniversary of their debut back on 1959.

Here are a few of their better known songs in Japan.

If you are old enough, you might remember them as the duo who sang the original Mothra theme.

They even appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.

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The Ventures in Japan through the years

1966: Pipeline

1990: Various

2008: Nara TV Commercial

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Extreme nostril challenges at Akihabara’s Hibaritei

Akihabara maid cafe Hibaritei (where all of the maids are cross-dressing men) is always looking for new ways to push the envelope.

Hibaritei staff

Their latest “game” is snorting various food products (wasabi powder, hot sauce, etc.) and enjoying the reactions of the snorters as the effects of the stuff they inhale has an effect.

Previously, they had challenges of eating food with a certain extremely spicy “Death Sauce” but that was probably not challenging enough so they resorted to sniffing it into their noses. The first item was wasabi powder. There is no effect when you eat it but you’ll get a headache if you sniff it. At first, you don’t feel anything but it hits you hard after awhile. The shop owners, staff and even customers were involved in this strange challenge. Later on, two more customers came in and were dragged into the third round of the challenge.

After the warm up came the real thing - the Death Sauce. One tiny drop of Death Sauce can numb your tongue so you can imagine the deadly effect it may have to your nose. Suddenly, the whole maid cafe was filled with strange noises as the other customers watched on amused by our strange customs. The boys’ face were all as red as tomatoes and their eyes were bloodshot. If a new customer enters the shop he may be wondering why is everyone crying. Later on, they resorted to using ice to soothe their noses which was a funny sight to watch.

And if a verbal description doesn’t do it for you, here is a video. . .

Via Akibanana

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Heigh Ho, Silver! Away!

Remember the popular horse riding simulation machine named Joba (here and here)?

Joba

Well, it seems that some fan clippers could not help imagining what it would be like to watch their favorite female video game characters riding an equestrian contraption. Some of the kind of NSFW results after the jump.

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Hot Wet Japanese Samba: The Video

Video highlights from the 2008 Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo.

The event started off hot and sweaty then the clouds opened up and the rain poured down. The samba performers kept going though they were soaked to the bone. The Samba girls looked none the worse for it though.

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