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Gadgets

Tuttuki Bako

Bandai’s Tuttuki Bako is one of the coolest gadgets that I have seen lately. The “Tuttuki Bako” has a cubic shape, a monochrome screen and five minigames that you play by putting a finger inside it. You can buy it anywhere in the world through Amazon but it is kind of expensive; if you go to Kiddy Land in Omotesando (Tokyo) you can buy it for only 2,500 yen (19 euro).

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JapaneseCulture

Zen Meditation

My first year in Japan (2004) my Vulcanus programme mates and I went to a temple and a monk taught us some Zen meditation techniques. First, he gave us a brief theoretical introduction to the Buddhist origins of Zen meditation. And then we moved on to a 35 minute practical session where we tried to free our minds from everything. Meaning that the goal of meditation is to “not think about anything”, as those of you who have read books on the subject already know. The thing is that we had to sit in a very uncomfortable position without moving a muscle for more than half an hour. If you twitch one bit, the monk comes with a stick and hits you between the shoulder and the neck. I didn’t receive any hits, but our friend Vasco got a pretty hard one for losing his concentration.

Here is a Zen short story:

A long time ago, a student was trying every day to understand the true meaning of Zen, and as all his efforts were in vain, his master hit him with a stick all the time. One day the student decided to leave and travel to try and learn what Zen was. A few years later, he came back to see his master. He asked him, “Do you know now what is Zen?”. And the student said, “Yes, this is Zen”, while picking up the stick and hitting his master.

At the end of the session we took some pictures:


Meditating


Albert, Javi and Arnaud “meditating”

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Sex

73 year old Japanese porn star

Shigeo Tokuda worked all his life for a travel agency until he retired when he was 60 years old. When he retired he realized that he had too much free time and decided to become an actor for the adult film industry. Being 73 years old he has appeared in more than 350 porn movies, starring along with porn actresses ranging from 20 years old to 70 years old.
One in every five people in Japan is older than 60 years; porn with actors and actresses older than 60 years is now more popular than ever. There are even producing companies specialized in this kind of pornography because the market keeps on growing. Shigeo Tokuda is very popular in Japan, and even CNN made a report about him:

Japanese porn star

Japanese porn star

Japanese porn star
Pictures by Daylife.

You can read more about Shigeo here