strange

This is a story of a totally un-pushy tourist. Curiouser and curiouser...Alice might say. Will he be writing a book someday, I wonder?

A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisoto's job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters.

Video of an odd restaurant where you can eat your meal in a cell, and have a "lethal injection" cocktail served via cyringe. Just when you thought you'd seen em' all...

A survey asking the question, "where would you like stand just once?" reveals some interesting choices. Notables include Totoro's stomach and the back of a whale.

Japanese woman who dances on the street in Shinjuku when they close it on Sundays.
Drugs? Most probably. Funny and crazy? Hells yes.

Due to a complex over her luxuriant bush, she had refrained from sex. But she recently became friendly with a guy and the two felt the tug of mutual attraction. However at the moment of truth, she was overcome with shame and unwilling to go all the way.

The perfect output for cherry blossom viewing.

Because we can't get enough of those weirdly-flavoured ice creams, can we. But forget basashi and wasabi and whatever you already thought was strange. Otaku International has the lowdown from the Expo and reports on flavours like Pit Viper and (someone had to do it eventually) natto.