Herro Flom Japan

A link to this video showed up on BoingBoing today. In the 18 years I've lived here, the only establishment I've seen that refused foreigners and wasn't a shady pub or run-down love hotel in a neighborhood full of foreign prostitutes or massage parlor-type place was a pachinko parlor on the outskirts of my hometown. [...]

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Here it is, all in one post. Please digg it. Do it for Japan. Every misinformed Japanophile needs to learn the truth once and for all. 1. This is NOT a photo of a used panty vending machine: http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/bizarrex.jpg I can't read all the text because of the low resolution of the photo and the [...]

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In respone to the comments to this post on Digg.com: Repeat after me: There are no used panty vending machines in Japan. The third most common vending machines after soft drinks and smokes aren't the ones for porn. We don't have supermarkets staffed by robots. You don't see "many many bars and other services that [...]

Used Panty Vending Machines and other Bulls#!+ [ 38:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (559)

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Every so often this topic comes up and it annoys the hell out of me. No matter what you read or who you tells you, from my point of view this is the truth: 1. Porno vending machines are very, very rare. Used schoolgirl panty vending machines are non-existent. If someone can find a used [...]

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This interesting little factoid, dear listeners, is an extreme–but common–exaggeration. It showed up on digg.com this morning. 15 million Japanese No Longer Use Paper Money EVER Today, however, for 15 million Japanese, paper money is a thing of the past, according to the Japan Research Institute. No longer solely used for online purchases, e-money, accessed [...]

Chinese Whispers about Japan [ 17:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (373)

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