eric ゑリｯ久

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Independent translator and publisher of rare and unusual Japanese books: Jujutsu, Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, police and army manuals. Occasional news, culture 自称翻訳家

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Apparently Japan banged in dozens of these 6 foot iron spikes up and down Korea

$10,000 in game cards stolen from a shop in Yokohama An enterprising lad first broke into a restaurant, smashed a hole in the wall and slithered through into a card shop. Once there he made off with more than a thousand cards worth around ¥1.5 million/$10,000.

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Historically accurate 16th century Japanese battle scene from a cartoon aimed at younger elementary school students. Shows every type of attack and defense from arrows, to matchlocks to stone throwing. Crayon Shin-chan: The Battle of the Warring States 2002

Also girls in their pajamas covering silly rhyming songs

This is what they took from us (Japan edition) Japanese boomers used to watch TV shows with such high production values they could afford to make a whole sets showing how a drunk person would see the world. Also a live camel.

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Shinjuku fashion over the years from an ad for a shop called MYLORD

Absolutely mesmerizing watching/listening to these Australian twins describe a car jacking incident. Still probably only the second best interview out of Oz tho

Another earthquake hits Nagano just as a Japanese grandma is explaining the chaos of the earlier earthquake

Thieves are ripping the copper roofs off temples and shrines up in Tochigi prefecture, some of which were founded a 1000 years ago. It’s probably only a few hundred bucks worth of copper but it’s gonna cost $5~10k to repair. The thieves appear to be professionals

New promotion video for Kawasaki just dropped

Deleted scenes from the 1941 silent film, "Dance of the falling flowers" part of recently discovered clips from a lecture titled "Film Censorship in Pre-war Japan: A Perspective of the Film Scenes cut by the Home Ministry."

An enterprising gentleman in Japan created the "Monster Wolf" scarecrow to repel animals. Since it uses 50 different sounds including wolf &amp; human (Ora Ora!), animals don’t get used to it. One farmer praised it saying. "I no longer find bear footprints" 300 units have been sold

How to get from London to Tokyo in 1953, takes just 36 hours! Be sure to stay for how the narrator pronounces Philippines

Ainu dancing in 1897

Wild, for some reason in Kyoto, monkeys are ripping off the side mirrors of Kei trucks. Over 150 incidents. This guy lost both side mirrors to monkeys “I saw a monkey hanging off the mirror until it ripped off” They’re also playing around with the traffic safety mirrors.

An enterprising gentleman in Japan created the "Monster Wolf" scarecrow to repel animals. Since it uses 50 different sounds including wolf & human (Ora Ora!), animals don’t get used to it. One farmer praised it saying. "I no longer find bear footprints" 300 units have been sold