Asia
Mall with Indoor Canal
Singapore mall features indoor canal with rentable boats.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 29, 2019 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Retailing, Asia
Big Angel
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 06, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body, Music, Asia, Eating
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 22
The avant garde that irked Khrushchev flourished in Japan also, as we learn in this article.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 26, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Art, Avant Garde, 1920s, Asia, Russia
The Ohwadas and their Tattoos
An instance of the Formerly Weird becoming No Longer Weird.
Original article here.
More pics here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 09, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Eccentrics, Museums, Foreign Customs, 1980s, Asia
Nippon Girls
How did the Japanese react to the Bossa Nova craze and other pop music trends of the Sixties?
I'm glad you asked!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2019 -
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Category: Music, 1960s, Asia
Panda and the Magic Serpent (Tale of the White Serpent)
As its Wikipedia page tells us: "It is the first anime in any shape or form to be released in America."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 26, 2019 -
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Category: Cartoons, 1950s, Asia, North America
Crying Sumo
A 400 year-old Japanese festival in which sumo wrestlers lift infants in the air, and the first infant to cry is the winner.More info: NHK World. It was also mentioned by Chuck in a 2010 column.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 30, 2018 -
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Category: Parades and Festivals, Asia
Fake Flavored Condom Candy
1 Box New Imported Candy Geli White Candies Fun Snack Condoms Durex Chocolate Candy FunFool's Day Tricky Evil Harry Potter Candy
I got nothin'.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 02, 2018 -
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Category: Sexuality, Foreign Customs, Candy, Asia
The Rickshaw: Invented and Made in USA
Source of quote.
Source of photo.
More on James Birch.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 20, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Transportation, Asia, North America, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Zhu Bajie, Enlightened Pig Hero
Buddhism is full of weird characters. I thought I knew most of them, but only just encountered Zhu Bajie.
Get your $400 statue here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 30, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Antisocial Activities, Religion, Statues and Monuments, Asia
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