TV in Japan

This is how the perfect someone can change your life. That person and the fried chicken he rides in on. On TV. In Japan.

This is a competition for chefs. Of fake food. With some amazing looking fake meat. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you do your hair. With smelly sticks. That aren’t really for smelling. More for eating. But then they wouldn’t do much to your hair. On TV. In Japan.

Plus, bonus footage of Erika Sawajiri as a cowgirl shooting things!

This is how you name a new pork sandwich. When you’ve run out of all other options. On TV. In Japan.

This is one of my very favorite clips from TV in Japan of all time.
It does, however, often get ripped down from places it gets uploaded. Therefore I suggest you do one of the following two things:
1) Watch it. And then watch it again. Then cry when it gets taken down.
2) Grab it using one [...]

This is how you save the world. But first make sure to get your ramen in. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you cross pollinate foods from around the world. And create, in effect, a monster of horrific taste proportions. On TV. In Japan.

Via the nicely redesigned Japan Probe!

They make them large in the Sumo business. But I’ve never seen them this large. Pretty frightening.

Also, mesmerizing. Reminds me of that scene where Homer Simpson runs on the treadmill. “It’s like a lava lamp.”
Thanks to YouTube user Harrison247 for the upload.

This is how you parody a well known anime. By crafting that parody within another well known anime. Except this one’s about bread. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: Need more Yakitate!! Japan? Go here and enjoy.

This is how you sell Curry Rice. With a catchy jingle that, once launched, might just go viral. On TV. In Japan.

Sakana-kun, Japan’s most televised Marine Biologist, here spends some quality time with a very ‘kawaii’ sea cucumber, trying to convince Hamada that it’s all going to be okay.

BONUS: BBC3 show hosts Adam & Joe paid a visit to Sakana-Kun to get us all a little more background on the fellow.

Thanks to TViJ reader Colin [...]

This is how you blow out the current ‘air’ paradigm. By crossing over into places you never expected. Like food. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe.

This is how you sell convenience. Using near nipple shots. And yakitori. That somehow go together. On TV. In Japan.

Just found this good, engaging account of a visit to Ice Cream City, home of Cow Tongue Ice Cream and other torturous flavors, from the Vlog “Life In Tokyo”. While I may be both behind the times and culturally insignificant, I’ve never seen it and thought it was well done. I’ll dip back further into [...]

This is how you sell salty snacks. With a hefty helping of make believe. And crustaceans. On TV. In Japan.