TV: Shoten

Posted on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Shoten 笑点 – Saturday Afternoons (exact times vary), TOS
Saturday Afternoon. You’ve already had lunch, but it’s still too early for dinner. You must have turned on the television and flipped through Oita’s limited channels a dozen times already, to no avail. Nonetheless you once again snatch up the remote with the slight hope […]

It’s a Mad, Mad Mansai World

Posted on Friday, February 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Sometimes, being a foreigner is all you need to get a laugh in Japan. It is as though your every word is golden, and your co-workers marvel at your slightest action. Then there is the rest of the time, which is probably most of the time. In these moments you may find […]