A must-visit site for toilet lovers! From delicious ramen, to some of the best onsen (hot springs) around, Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has a whole lot to offer travelers. However, if you’re looking for a tourist attraction that is not quite so mainstream, you may want to consider visiting the Toto Museum in the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka …

That’s some hardcore “training.” The Japanese word shugyō is often translated as simply “training,” but that’s not quite accurate. Shugyō isn’t normally used to describe the kind of training you might do before participating in something like your local 10k run. Instead, it’s used to describe the dedicated physical and mental training performed by individuals like religious ascetics and warrior …

Somebody needs to do a “Don’t shoot compressed air up people’s butts” PSA. A good prank is fun for everyone involved, especially the person on which it is played. A bad prank, however, can be exactly the opposite of fun. As proof one need look no further than a recent “prank” that occurred in Japan involving a very powerful compressed …

At least she asked? Police in Osaka are on the lookout for a very polite woman who apparently has an uncontrollable desire to touch strangers’ rear ends. According to Osaka Prefectural Police, on March 27 at about 6 p.m., a male junior high school student was walking along a street in the Osaka city of Toyonaka when a woman grabbed …

Get fit the Japanese way. We’re about a week into 2018 which means there’s a lot of people out there trying to lose weight. Unfortunately, exercising can be pretty boring which means a lot of times people end up sitting on the couch and watching TV instead of following through with their New Year’s resolution to get rid of that …

Next time you see an air compressor, remember this story. On Sunday (Dec. 17) police in Saitama Prefecture arrested two men under suspicion of manslaughter after they allegedly caused the death of a male coworker by shooting compressed air up his backside. According to police, at around noon on December 16 at an industrial waste treatment plant in the Saitama …

THIS IS PSYCHIC POWER! Although taking your clothes off for the sake of making people laugh is by no means a new thing in Japan, the past couple of years have been a particularly nude time for the Japanese comedy scene. Just on Japankyo alone, we’ve talked about UesP, Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura and Akira 100%. And now there’s another “naked …

Warning. Watching this video will diminish your intelligence. Meet Kounosuke. He’s a Japanese Youtuber that wants to “smell a nice smelling fart.” Meet Shu. He’s Kounosuke’s very good friend and he desperately wants to produce a “nice smelling fart.” This is obviously a major problem that needs to be addressed right away and so the two set about doining this …

A 28-year-old man in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, was arrested on Saturday (Jul. 1) after he allegedly injured one of his acquaintances by shooting a compressed air gun into the man’s anus. According to Kyoto Prefectural Police, the suspect, who ran his own automobile related business, held a barbecue on the evening of June 30 that ran until the early …