Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Sometimes, we almost want to say Totoros, but no, it’s just Hayao Miyazaki’s classic Totoro regardless of which form it’s taking. Totoro is a classic, everyone loves to say the name, and we have them in stock.
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Some students in Japan play this Pocky game where each puts an end in the mouth and they nibble until they’re super close and either one stops or they end up making out. Of course for the super lonely, there’s a the version of the game where it’s you and a mate that’s a robot. Why is it that there’s always a Japanese high tech version of anything sexual for just a solo being? In this person, it’s a picture with gummy lips. It’s not that you always win, since you’ll end up kissing a piece of paper, but the “robot” will say “thank you.” If you watch the video, you’ll be kissing the paper girl this with other people watching. [youtube]2U0j7UH26_Y[/youtube]
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Here’s a story you don’t hear much about. A Japanese WWII submarine sank a ship, Montebellow, off the Central California coast. The ship was full of oil. Everyone lived, the ship sank, and the oil went down with it. But now, using technology to measure the density of the contents of the fuel tank, it’s said to be filled only with sea water. Where did the oil go? Was it stolen by the submarine? No. Did it just leak out? Maybe. The sad thing is 3 million gallons of oil dripped into the Pacific and no one knew. (LA Times – Montebello)
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Knife references appear everywhere. It’s used for threats and murder in film. Often the size of the blade is is what determines the level of threat. Below is the five foot blade. All together with the handle, it’s over six feet. This is used by modern samurai who work in the Tsukiji. The knives are usually shorter, but for that gigantic tuna, some go big. What’s Tsukiji? It’s the fish market. When a giant bluefin tuna is caught, this blade makes a single perfect slice length wise. A few cuts, and the fish is taken care of in the cleanest manner. The question? How much is one of these knives? In the end, we don’t find out. Thanks Fox… (Fox – Knife)
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In most places, it’s suggested you don’t put anything in your ears. No Q-Tips or Cones included. You let the wax built up and ignore it until you go to a doctor once every year or less. Perhaps some of the wax falls out naturally, but on the contrary some clean their ears near daily. That happens in Japan. Ear cleaning is a home activity, it’s near routine. Shop in a variety store and you’ll find an ear cleaning section. Peruse that and you’ll see numerous tools that scrape the inside of your ear. It can’t be that bad. There are also salons which popped up years ago. Often advertising with a sandwich board, there are often on second floors and boast ear cleaning. It’s not just that, it’s a Freudian type of situation where a man lays their head onto a female’s lap (echoing the mommy thing), and gets his ear cleaned. It costs about $35 and these salons have flourished. The happy ending isn’t exactly sexual, but you do come out lighter – just less wax. (AFP – Wax) Which one looks like mommy? You can pick your ear cleaning technician and put your head on her lap.
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