Japan is exporting the premise of many of their popular game shows to the United States. ABC’s I Survived a Japanese Game Show has been getting some good reviews and Fox is also producing a new show called “Hole in the Wall” which is based on the game Human Tetris, made famous in Japan. The premise of both these shows and others that may be in the pipeline came from, or were based off of, game shows that originated in Japan.
Being in Tokyo, I haven’t had the opportunity to either show, but I can tell you that the originals are very funny and feature a series of humiliating and crazy stunts that would fit right into a Three Stooges movie.
Check out this clip of Human Tetris from Japan:
If you have some down time on your next trip, take a moment to flip through the channels on your hotel television set. Game shows on Japanese television will make you laugh, even if you can’t understand Japanese, and you may just get to see the next big export to America ...
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Monkey Update: 6 Weeks No SeeSource:
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The Tokyo Shibuya monkey continues to elude police capture. The macaque monkey in the city was discovered at Shibuya train station August 20, 2008. Morning rush hour commuters snapped cell phone photos as the monkey led police on a wild chase through the station. The monkey outsmarted the cops, and fled into the city. On September 5, police said the monkey is likely surviving on rainwater, leaves and berries on trees. (photo above: Tokyo cops are vigilant at this police koban branch in the c...
How to pay your Respects at a ShrineSource:
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The other day while visiting a shrine in the Kagurazaka area of Tokyo I ran across the adorable sign below that illustrates the correct way to pay your respects, or say a prayer, at a shrine.
The sign gives you a pretty good idea of the process visually but here are the steps in English.
In front of the main building of the shrine approach the offering box and bow to the altar twice
Then, clap your hands together twice.
Lastly, bow once again before you turn to leave.
Between steps one and two...
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The little yellow happy face that was all the rage in the 1970s is back, but chic and not hippy.
Prime Minister Fukuda will give up wearing a tie to help save the environment and try to improve his flailing popularity.
Also in fashion, a look at how Japanese fashion was influences by the opening of Japan to the west 150 years ago. We might see flapper skirts and ‘hakama pants” in New York next year.
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Woodblock Prints - A Great Souvenir!Source:
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One of the most recognizable forms of Japanese arts are woodblock prints or ukiyo-e. The word ukiyo refers to the world of common people and e means picture. This art form originated in the late sixteenth century in the ancient capital of Kyoto and the first ukiyo-e were not woodblock prints at all but paintings of everyday life.
As ukiyo-e developed into popular art the subjects of the prints broadened. The equivalent of today’s movie poster were Yakusha-e or woodblock prints of kabuki a...
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