Who knew alpacas could jump-rope? Something I enjoy doing when I have the time is looking around YouTube for forgotten but interesting Japanese-language content. Most of the time, I don’t find much, but every once in a while I strike gold. A while ago I stimbled across a video that would fall under the latter category and eventually led to …

This music video is located at the intersection of “absurdly silly” and “NSFW.” On Friday (7/26) the gravure idol (swimsuit/lingerie model) and entertainer Yuu Tejima released the full-version of the music video for her hit song “Hamichichi Paparacchi” (literally “Exposed Breast Paparazzi”). Check out the video below. Keep scrolling for more information on the song and Yu Tejima. Tejima’s new …

Unleash your dance killer technique. Among the many games that the Japanese game developer Konami has produced over the course of its long history, it’s possible to find an ample amount of music games. These include offerings like Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, and Para Para Paradise. However, it looks like Konami is looking to attract a whole new type of …

Hands down, one of the best things to do during your stay in Fukuoka. On the second floor of a building located on Oyafukō Street in the Tenjin area of Fukuoka is a little theater called Anmitsu Hime (hime means “princess” and anmitsu is a type of Japanese sweet). Featuring stunning costumes, extravagant song and dance numbers, and plenty of comedy, the nightly …

COME ON BABY! AMERICA! There’s a new pop song that is all the craze in Japan, but it is not, as you might expect, a cookie cutter love song, instead, it’s a ridiculously cheesy and nonsensical  retro dance track dedicated to the U.S.A. Released on June 6, “U.S.A.” is a new single by the Japanese “boy band” Da Pump and …

Senior citizens may want to stick to the standard rajio taisō. Otagei, or wotagei as it is sometimes written, is a type of dance often performed at Japanese pop idol concerts by hardcore fans (aka otaku). It involves energetically waving around lightsticks, jumping, and occasionally yelling and cheering in unison with other dancers. Rajio taisō, on the other hand, is a …

Something’s a little off about these Piplups. Piplup is a water-type penguin-like Pokemon that made its debut as a starter in the Generation IV series of games. Called Pocchama in Japanese, Piplup is cute, blue, prideful, and not particularly known for its dance abilities. That is, until now. The video below was tweeted out on April 22 by Twitter user …

When’s the last time you checked your car’s tire pressure? The Japanese division of Dunlop Tires has come out with an infectious video guaranteed to make it so that you’ll never forget to check the pressure of your car’s tires again. Released late last month (Mar. 25), the video below, titled Teketeke Tenken is intended to remind people that they …

Don’t try this in the infamously narrow aisles of Don Quijote. Store employees in Japan receive extensive training when they begin working somewhere. Aside from covering basic things like how to operate a cash register, companies also teach their employees things like how to properly speak to customers. Don Quijote, one of Japan’s most well-known chains of discount stores, is …

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 …

No need to dance to the music, when you can music to the dance. On November 22 the Tokyo University of the Arts hosted a very unique concert in which the star of the show was not a famous musician, but rather an AI system capable of turning dance into music. Developed by Yamaha and dubbed the “Dance Recognition Piano …

Get your otagei on. The otagei dance group Kita no Uchishitachi has released a video which shows them performing a routine to a song with one of Japan’s most popular music videos of 2017: “Fukyōwaon” (Dissonance, 不協和音) by the pop idol group Keyakizaka46. Check it out below. The version of “Fukyōwaon” used in the video above is a cover performed …