Merry Kinkmas!
via Underwater Knee-high Stockings
2017
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Photo: Manabu Koga
Model: MOMOCO#underwater #underwaterphotography #underwatermodel #underwatermodels #gold #christmas #xmas #水中撮影 #水中ニーソ pic.twitter.com/gPJeAvWOwU— 古賀学（Manabu Koga） (@manabukoga) December 17, 2018
くまモン kumamon writes:
みなさんも、よか夢ば見てはいよ〜。おやくま!〜☆
You can also see if you dream. Oh Bear!〜☆
Japan’s zany mascot, Kumamon the bear, is acting deadly with his rose shuriken—the throwing dart of super-secret ninja of the barazoku/薔薇族—the Rose Tribe (urbandictionary).
According to Wikipedia, there are many varieties of shuriken —known in the West as ‘throwing stars.’ Ninja Kumamon is shown with his bō shuriken (棒手裏剣, stick shuriken).
Bō shuriken can be constructed from a wide variety of everyday items, hence there were many shapes and sizes. Some derived their names from the materials of which they were made, such as kugi-gata (nail form), hari-gata (needle form) and bara-gata (rose form), ha, ha.
Previous 3Yen reports of killer Kumamon’s antics include:
• Kumamon did it! (3Yen / 2014-04-13)
• Kumamon gets crazier (3Yen / 2013-07-07)
• Panic disordered characters in the kitchen ↓ (3Yen / 2012-11-04)
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Every nengajo campaign for New Years’ postcards needs maiko / muppet combination…
According to the Sankei News the last New Year’s card (nengajo) before the current Emperor retires and ends the Heisei Era (1989 to 2019) was being promoted by maiko young geisha in training and muppets in kimono in a kindergarten in Kyoto.
Sadly, the muppets of Japan’s spinoff “Sento* Street” did not make the cut for the New Years’ card promotional campaign.
*“Sento” being Japanese public baths. Previously, I posted about sento baths in:
Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo
Well that is awkward indeed! @Google Keep doing you!! #Idiot @127reasons Highlight Of The Day pic.twitter.com/SJWj8YJh6O
— rubz magoobs (@rubzcube) December 12, 2018
For some strange reason, if you Google the word ‘idiot’… a picture of Trump comes up, hee, hee. This even happens in a Japanese search of バカ/baka (idiot) or バカ (idiot) + トランプ (Trump).
Prime Minister Abe (R) and the government’s “Cool Japan™” initiative is sponsoring a huge, official NINJA KANCHO ATTACK.
The purpose of this poking kancho anus attack is to promote tourism by using “ninja culture as a magnet (Japan Today / 2018-Dec-12)” with the approach of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Previous kancho attacks on the 3Yen include:
おはくま〜！みなさん、気をつけていってらっしゃいだモン〜☆
Be bear! Be careful everybody, mon!〜☆
(The bear mascot, Kumamon, revels in Tokyo’s Yamamote Line’s priority Bariatric Seating for three persons.)
#KumaStrips
Our previous reports from the seat of power of Kumamon, include:
🎶 You better watch out / You better not cry / Better not pout / I’m telling you why / Godzilla is stomping into town!🎶 @jsusang_2018
For past week in Yokohama, I’ve been stumbling across sidewalk signs reading:
“Nothing is charming“.
Mysterious.
But hey, everything in Japan is a bit mysterious…especially mangled engrish.
When I finally bothered to read the fine print, I discovered out the Yokohama City government and local businesses especially Starbucks Coffee Japan are holding an holding a “light down event” (sic) named Nothing is Charming on December 11, which is the 21st anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol.
On Tuesday night from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, all lights in the cafes will be turned down to let people enjoy “Nothing” (and to “rethink our life without lights”). Originally the plan was to ban the use of any electronic devices during the “Nothing” event but the most recent press releases don’t mention that any more here in the Land of the Smartphone Obsessed™.
@Starbucksnews @Starbucks #Japan ☕️🇯🇵 Use hashtags #ライトダウンポートレイト (“light down portrait”) & #NothingisCharming Learn more: https://t.co/QgU2cmIdDq #TuesdayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts #Tuesday #TuesdayTrivia #tuesdaytip #FYI #DidYouKnow #FreedomJMarket #coffee 💖 pic.twitter.com/c17EGPzoh0
— Freedom Japan Market (@FreedomJMarket) December 12, 2017
♪It’s beginning to look a lot like Squidmas…♪♬~
♬~Gather around the Squidmas tree …♪♬~
For the-rest-of-the-story, please enjoy our previous explanation of the Spinning Squid Christmas Tree (3Yen / 2008-12-06).
Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo
via @41Strange
#マナーポスター