Nothing to do with Japan, but I came across this hilarious movie scene from the 1995 Indian movie Alluda Majaka, and it’s just to good not to post it:
If you liked it, here you have another great scene from the same movie.
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Transparent umbrellas and bicycles
I love Japanese transparent umbrellas. One of the things I like the most about their design is that you can see through them; something very useful if you are in a rush, walking towards the wind and you have to tip the umbrella so you don’t get wet. Hasn’t it happened to you sometimes that with a normal umbrella you have to tilt it up to see where you are walking to? If you are riding a bicycle, as you go faster than walking, it’s almost indispensable to use a transparent umbrella if you don’t want to ride blindly 🙂 Here is a demonstration video:
More about transparent umbrellas here.
Even though you can see it all around the world, “human advertisement” is exaggeratedly prevalent in Japan, until the point that some people is used simply to hold a sign. In this photo I like the contrast between the girl in the background holding patiently an advertisement for an Internet provider and the cardboard figure of comedian Sekai no Nabeatsu in the foreground promoting a Nintendo DS video game of the Made in Wario series.
For those of you that don’t know Sekai no Nabeatsu, nothing better than this video of Ale/Pepino imitating (in Spanish) one of his most popular gags: