Doing this in public will get you arrested. Like many Japanese comedians who get their big break Akira 100% suddenly popped onto Japanese mainstream media before mostly disappearing into obscurity. However, Akira’s true fans know that he never really disappeared. He’s been around on social media and YouTube coming up with new and increasingly ridiculous naked stunts to pull. In …

Guaranteed to make you sweat and lose your costume deposit. Although Rajio Taisō is best known as that radio calisthenics program that old people in Japan love to do every morning, it is also something that pretty much anybody who has attended public school in Japan has had to do at some point as part of the physical education curriculum. …

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 …

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 …

Feel Gaina’s Aloha Spirit. Nerfy Guiner Bieber, a.k.a. Gaina, has released her third music video and this time it seems she drew inspiration from the tropicl paradise of Hawaii. Gaina, whose real name is Hina Nagai, is a member of the Japanese female pop idol group Cheeky Parade (a.k.a. Chikipa). She took on the identity of Nerfy Guiner Bieber in …

Now you can exercise every time you put on a condom! Japanese condom maker Okamoto Industries Inc. has releeased a video that hopes to both educate people about how to properly put on a condom and get them to burn a few calories in the process. Totally ridiculous and completely over-the-top; Okamoto’s new educational video is not at all the …

Just a few creative ways to get fit. Exercise, we all have to do it but it can be so boring. If only exercising was more fun then more people might actually do it. Well, Japan has a whole lot of interesting exercise programs and unique dances that are sure to not only get you sweating but also leave you …