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Mayo mayhem

The Japanese love of mayonnaise is nothing new, with the egg-based dressing used on a whole host of foodstuffs — fried chicken being the top choice by all accounts. Yet a new restaurant in Nagoya has taken this love to a whole new level, basing the whole menu on mayonnaise; the establishment making sure there are no mistakes in regards to its methods by naming it Mayomayo.

japanese mayonnaise restaurant

For creamy connoisseurs not able to quite finish off a whole tub in one sitting, the restaurant offers a ‘bottle keep’ service, allowing customers to write their name on the unfinished container and have it kept for a month.

japanese mayonnaise bottle keep

Meaning those whose cholesterol levels have dipped from hazardous to merely high can quickly pop back in and boost it back up. A nice dish of mayonnaise tofu perhaps doing the trick.

japanese mayonnaise tofu

Or for something on the sweet side, a cone of mayo ice cream could be ideal.

japanese mayonnaise ice cream

A devotion to dressing that some of the restaurant’s regulars appear to take a little too far, rather worryingly combining creamy consumption with cosplay.

japanese mayonnaise cosplay

(via the FG forums)

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Zoo hullabaloo

Following in the footsteps of Ueno Zoo, workers at western Tokyo’s Tama Zoo held a training exercise this week to practice capturing animals that may break-out during a natural disaster or an especially audacious escape bid. And, like their downtown counterparts, the staff utilised the latest in make-up methods and animatronics technology to make the drill more realistic.

japanese zoo

Perhaps understandably, the ultra life-like orang-utan outfit sported by Morita from marketing put the fear of God into the majority of those present, but eager to please her new employer, recent recruit Nakamura-san risked life and limb by bravely attempting to coax the confused animal back towards its enclosure.

japanese zoo

The rampaging beast’s refusal to play along however resulted in the arrival of gun-wielding young Goto-san,

japanese zoo

who, as the rest of the staff cowered behind protective fences, promptly halted the primate’s potter about.

japanese zoo

A result that whilst delighting zoo officials had a decidedly different affect on two visiting school children.

crying kids

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Tokyo twaddle

Although the Japanese indulge in a spot of dog fighting now and again — albeit on a small scale — indulging the dog itself is far more common, with the likes of mud baths and canine size kimonos. A trend that has recently been taken even further by El Perro, a Tokyo based aqua fitness centre.

tokyo dog centre

Here, pampered pooches can receive remedies for bone and sinew problems, along with a nice splash about in the pool.

japanese pampered pets

And for those looking for something a little bit extra, post-paddle pool-side ear massages are an extravagant option.

tokyo massage

Plus, for a pet a little on the plump side, weight loss programmes are available, with the company’s website highlighting the diary of Momo — El Perro’s dieting dachshund.

momo

A touching story that has seen the once colossal canine lose almost half its weight, slimming down from a sizeable 26.8 Kg to a rather more svelte 14.5 Kg. Quite an achievement in just under a year.

fat dog

However the centre’s plan to stop at nothing to please its customers has led to reprehensible rumours regarding alleged genital licking and arse sniffing services; an issue Tokyo Times attempted to get to the bottom of, but a phone call regarding such practices was met with nothing but a stony silence — neither quashing nor confirming the allegations.

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Tokyo transgression

“I spent the money at video game arcades. I murdered them so I could steal some money.”

Hiroshi Shimura’s confession to the police after being arrested for withdrawing money from the account of a man found dead in Tokyo last month.

Third-year University student Shimura is now being grilled further about the incident, which resulted in 61-year-old Shinichiro Nomoto and his 86-year-old mother being murdered at their Tokyo home in late January. An investigating officer reiterating the senselessness of the crime by confirming that the 21-year-old student had frequented game arcades for several years; however how much Shimura-san’s Dance Dance Revolution honed dexterity will benefit him in the prison showers,

dance dance revolution japan

remains to be seen.

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Bill’s busty bouncers

Whilst the Japanese love of cute characters is nothing new — with the police to popular foodstuff boasting a beaming beastie of some description or another — it still seems a little odd to see a similar creation connected to uncle Bill’s omnipresent operating system. Yet with the OS-tan brigade, that’s exactly what we get.

For example, here’s 2k-tan.

japanese character

And this is ME-tan — the pair perfectly capturing the, erm, personality of their respective operating systems.

japanese character

Sadly the current character set stops at XP, although judging by the video below, more prudish PC users would probably be proposing a promotion to XXXP.


The larger than life young lady perkily proclaiming something along the lines of, “Windows XP has booted up. You are up earlier than usual. I’m happy, we can spend more time together than usual.”

Which, further translated from geek-speak to regular English, comes out as, “Look at my bulging and bouncy breasts. Great aren’t they?”

Now all that remains is to see what levels of voluptuousness Vista may hold…

(huge thanks to Jon for the link)

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Bawling babies

Saturday saw Saikyoji Temple in Nagasaki Prefecture hold its annual baby crying competition, an event that pits the region’s yelling youngsters against one another in a sumo-style setting — the first toddler to cry after being tormented and terrified by the priest declared the winner.

Should both babies start sobbing at the same time however, the more booming bawler is awarded the victory. A ruling that certainly wasn’t required in the bout pictured below, with the little chap on the left comfortably securing the win.

crying Japanese babies

The overall champion is rumoured to secure a selection of sedatives and five free visits to a child therapist.