Umeda Ayaka (梅田彩佳), 20, is a member of the idol group AKB48 and has been named the Tokyo Tower image girl for 2009. She had received the title from her predecessor, fellow AKB48 member 23 year-old Orii Ayumi. Well, to be honest, I wonder who is that “dick like” mascot character standing beside her. ^^

Japanese credit card company - Orico posted on their official webpage about a Lucky Star Credit Card due to accept applications in May this year. Check out here for more info. I wonder what is so special about this Lucky Star credit card, it allows you to buy merchandise at a discount rate ? ^^

Colonel Sanders statue was being taken from the front of a KFC store in Osaka and thrown into the river during a wild celebration of a Hanshin Tigers baseball victory 24 years ago and from that moment ever since, the team has suffered many losses. Many blamed Colonel Sanders and calls it the curse of Colonel Sanders.

What you need is just a wink of an eye, a smile or raise your eyebrow and you will be able to change your favorite tracks in iPod or even turn on the TV.

Meet Rocky, a dog from Japan that walks upright. You ain’t hearing it wrong, the dog walks on its hind legs and even accompanies the master for walks. Rocky suffers from partial paralysis, hence he was trainied to walk in such a style

…city of Kobe is still planning to erect a 15-meter (49-foot) statue of the Tetsujin 28-gō (Ironman #28 or Gigantor) robot, although the unveiling has been pushed back from last spring to this summer since the project still needs more funds.

t seems like online retailer Amazon (US) has removed the Japanese H-game Rapelay from the shelves after a 3rd party merchant deemed it being inapproirate. A quick search in Amazon.jp shows that the game is still there though.

The cat’s name is Zoro and it has a white heart shaped mark on the black fur. Looks lazy to me though :P

In the video below, a sea otter from Japan well known for knocking shells against the aquarium (prolly to open it up for the food) gets a heart shaped ice but apparently, the love given did not end up in a nice way..or is it ?

From a group of 14,034 members, a survey was given to members of MyVoice internet community on their activity when it comes to movie streaming usage. The results were published. Apparently, Yahoo! Video streaming topped the chart in terms of usage. I was thinking of Nico Nico Douga or at least Youtube but apparently, this was not so.

Rice is one of the staple food consumed by the human population and in Japan, farmers from Inakadate create rice field art by using different rice to form various arts. The procedure of preparing till the day that the field is ready for harvest is not a 1-2weeks thing but rather, months. I went to source out more this rice art and found this very nice website about it. Photos included :D

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Picture this in Singapore ? Nah.. it is not gonna to happen. Picture shows Japanese college students in a job hunting rally. Many jobs are lost as companies start to shrink and reduce their staff. I hope the economy recovers fast, ain’t that good to hear so many “dismissal” news

Condom company - Okamoto has started retailing 2 styles of condoms with designs based from popular adult game/anime Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro and After……

Source: Mainichi.jp
At 17 years old, Miss Japan Grand Prix 2009 Miyata Marino won the title and is the first in her age group to win this title in the past 10 years. At the ceremony, …

Toda Erika (戸田恵梨香) goes nude in Nissin Cup noodles’ latest advertisement. This funny 15s CM promotes Nissin latest “Light” version cup noodles @ 198 calories. Of course, don’t expect that kind of NSFW of advertisment since it is still on public TV in Japan. Watch the video to know why. LOL