The Japanese Shamwow? Japanese TV is a source of mystery and wonder!
Man with a Mission is a Japanese rock and dance band whose members wear wolf masks. Really. Due to popular demand, the We Are Family towels sold at their concerts are now available from the band’s online gift shop (and they may even cost less than the ad says, but my Japanese is rusty). This humorous ad for them really doesn’t need much in the way of translation, but if you understand Japanese, it would be neat if you would tell us what it says.
“Masquerade” is one of the most popular TV shows produced by NTV Japan. People from all walks of life participate in the contest to present their unique performances. In addition to preparing their own costumes and props, contestants exert themselves physically and creatively to bring forth their best possible performance. We hope you enjoy their brilliant works.
Keeping shoe soles clean is not always an easy thing to do, especially when the weather is capricious. As common doormats don’t do a very good job, someone had to come with a better idea.
Paionia Furyokuki, the designer of the suction mat that you are about to see, managed to shoot two birds with one stone. Cleaning dirty shoes is not the only problem, but also cleaning the doormat after superficially removing the dirt from the shoes. The suction mat, instead, cleans not only the shoes, but also itself.
As the designer of the suction mat stated, “So far, mats have often been rented to users, and if they get dirty, the user replaces or cleans them. But with our product, the mat itself suctions dirt, so the mat is always clean. This mat has an unusual concept, as the mat itself stops dirt from being carried into a building, by cleaning people’s shoes.”
Fortunately, the suction mat does not come with any bulky manual, as using it is quite intuitive. All that people need to do is to walk on it and wait for the suction mat to do its job. Judging by the demonstration presented in the following video, this unusual doormat is quite fast at cleaning the shoes and itself.
A deluxe cruise liner was sinking. The captain had to persuade the passengers of every country very tactfully to jump into the sea.
He told the American, “You’ll be a Hero if you jump into the sea.” He told the English, “a gentleman would certainly jump into the sea.” He told the German, “It’s a rule to jump into the sea in such conditions.” He told the Italian, “Women will admire you if you jump into the sea.” He told the French, “Do not jump into the sea.” He told the Japanese, “Look, every passenger is jumping into the sea.”
