More Takeshi Gundan TV clips as requested by several readers.  If you can’t take crazy late night TV game shows featuring wacky Japanese comedians (the Takeshi Corps  たけし軍団 ), don’t watch these.  NSFW

Earlier this year, the first annual  Moehaku 萌え博 2010 show was held at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Tokyo. Moehaku is an exhibition of itasha decorated cars. Itasha is a Japanese term for an otaku fad of decorating cars with  anime, manga, or video games characters.

At Moehaku the car decorations usually involved paint schemes and stickers and while decorated cars  are called itasha, decorated motorcycles are called itansha while decorated bicycles are  itachari.

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Japanese is a difficult language for many foreigners to learn. Besides tones,  katakana and hiragana, there are numerous expressions and slang to learn.  Japan based comedian “Ken Tanaka” (David Ury) and his assistant Remi February have a funny video on how to speak fluent Japanese without saying a single word and how to speak fluent Japanese by speaking English! Enjoy.

speak fluent Japanese without saying a single word

speak fluent Japanese by speaking English!

Get a whole bunch of Japanese comedians, divide them into two teams red and blue, put them on a late night TV game show  and think of the craziest games they can play with the ultimate prize of glimpsing a beautiful semi naked Japanese girl. Watch and enjoy before youtube pulls the videos.

Living in Japan which has so many robots, a dancing robot is no longer a novelty.  Check out some groovin robos from the the 6th ROBO-ONE GATE IN INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION which was held at the Tokyo Big Sight last November.

`LOVE & JOY, Yuhi Kimura` by Doka Harumi (Doka Project).

Thriller, Michael Jackson` by BLACK TIGER NEO (IKETOMU). The 2nd Place winner

Kingrass Hoppers` by Manoi GO (MANOI Planning & Dr. GIY),

`Nichibu Tokotoko Special` by Tokotokomaru (Team Tokotoko),

Leave it up to the Japanese to have a cool looking note book for to bring to class this fall.  If you’re an Ipad fan, you can  consider getting a cool looking 64page Padnote （189.7×242.8mm） notebook that looks deceivingly similar to the Ipad.

Made by GOCCO and it can be purchased from triggerdevice for 735 yen.

Is pretty Japanese av idol Maria Ozawa 小澤瑪麗亞 getting married?  Maria is probably not marrying her past rumored boyfriend  Koki Tanaka.

Maria fans should not worry and according to her blog entry, Maria was just dressed up for one of her movies though if you have dreams about marrying Maria, she would probably look something like this on her wedding day.

Maria Ozawa Videos

Japanese pop rock band, The Brilliant Green will be releasing a new album titled “BLACKOUT” on September 15th. It’s been aeight years since their previous album release, “THE WINTER ALBUM,” back in 2002. The album will also include their recent singles such as “LIKE YESTERDAY,” “Blue Daisy,” and “I Just Can’t Breathe…”

The limited edition of the album will include a DVD with music videos and the making of video of three songs.  Read more...

Popular Japanese av idol Saori Hara 原紗央莉 has had a busy 2009 and 2010.  She was recently crowned the 2010 Best Actress award by Sky PerfecTV, receiving the award from reigning av queen Kirara Asuka.  She also starred in mainstream films, including Lala Pipo: A Lot of People(2009) and Yuriko no Aroma(2010).

The big news for 2010 is  that Saori Hara and her compatriot Yukiko Suo announced that they will be starring in the USD$3.2 million Hong Kong based 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, touted to be the world’s first ever 3D adult film.  Read more...

Learning Japanese?  Know how to say parts of the body?  Here are some basic vocabulary words.

1. Head あたま atama 2. Eye 目 me  3. Forehead ひたい hitai 4. Nose 鼻 hana 5. Chin あご ago 6. Eyebrow まゆげ mayuge 7. Ears 耳 mimi 8. Mouth 口 kuchi 9. Cheeks ほっぺ hoppe 10. Tongue  舌 shita 11. Hair 髪の毛 kami no ke – 12.  Shoulder かた kata 13. Arm うで ude 14. Elbow ひじ hiji 15. Hand 手 te -16. Thumb 親指 oyayubi 17. Chest 胸 mune 18. Stomach おなか onaka 19. Foot あし ashi  20. Eyelash  まつげ 21.  Toe つまさき 22. Underarm わきの下 23. Back 背中 24. Neck 首 25. Finger  指  Read more...