Comments on: Amusing Japan videos

By: Lexi

Lexi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:30:20 +0000

I love cats too

By: Lexi

Lexi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:24:44 +0000

So this is Japan cool I like the wave video hahaha wait why was there a wave it loved more like a pool wait wtf!!! O.o

By: Saere

Saere — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:18:17 +0000

“and then the young guy who explains to her that it’s a tourist thing, and then she puts it back on the belt”

Okay, that makes a lot more sense now.

@Andrew: I’d heard rumors about suicide in Japan, but I didn’t know it was that bad. o.O I wonder how that compares to suicide rates in other countries. I think that I’ll look it up when I have the time.

By: Andrew Grimes

Andrew Grimes — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:51:50 +0000

Crowed trains and the stress of commuting certainly don’t help, but the reasons for suicide in Japan are more fundamental. Until 1997 Japan had annual suicide rate figures between 22,000 and 24,000 each year. Following the bursting of the stock market and the long term economic downturn that has followed here since the suicide rate in 1998 increased by around 35% and since 1998 the number of people killing themselves has consistently remained well over 30,000 every year to the present day.

By: Jan Suzukawa

Jan Suzukawa — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:54 +0000

I was going to go to see that intersection in Shibuya on my last day in Tokyo, but was just too tired that day. Next trip. ;)

Love that Tama video. I read about Tama somewhere. I love calico cats.

That sushi conveyor belt video is awesome! I love it. It’s like a slice of Japanese life – a peek into the lives of about 15 Japanese couples and families. I love the kitchen part – the obachan who initially picks up the camera, and then the young guy who explains to her that it’s a tourist thing, and then she puts it back on the belt(!). Fantastic.

By: Silvs

Silvs — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:05:01 +0000

Human Tetris?!?!
So its the Japanese fault for that crap!
We have that in the Uk~ XD

I’ve heard of Tama before..I want some Tama merchandise!!
The Maru video were awesome!
Cats = Comic geniuses <3

Loved the sushi conveyer aswell.
Thanks for sharingg. ;3 ♥

By: SailorCardKnight

SailorCardKnight — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:25:20 +0000

Only in Japan you’d see stuff like this. I’ve actually seen some of the human tetris vids. (The animal vids where adorable! Expecially Maru. ^^ ) I really liked that last video too, it was alot of fun to watch like you said. Has a cinematic feel to it, and its almost art-like.

No word on this bizarre, but hilarious, gem? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRerwXWTRjM Its an actual Japanese exercise video where they learn english while working out. You just can’t help but laugh at it. XD

By: Yumeka

Yumeka — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:32:25 +0000

@ Saere

In the sushi video, I don’t believe they told anyone about what they were going to do. From what I understood in the kitchen part, the workers were asking what it was at first, assumed it was a customer’s, and decided to put it back. It’s pretty funny how it worked out so perfectly XD

By: Saere

Saere — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:16:34 +0000

It would be so easy to drown in that wave pool since there seems to be no gap to get back up through if you sink.

In the sushi video, did they tell someone in the kitchen what they planned on doing? I only understood a few sentences, so it seemed weird that they put the camera back on the conveyor belt.

In America, the staff would have put it in “lost and found” and then “waited” a few days before one of them called dibs. XD

By: Mann

Mann — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:42:24 +0000

There’s an american and british version of silent library, both produced by mtv. I’ve seen some parts of the american version; it’s not funny compared to the original but it’s okay.