
Some pets love to exercise (or run about all day long!). Japanese TV show “Nanikore” visits a small souvenir shop in Nikko where the owner has an American pit bull dog terrier called Teroru, who loves to exercise . Even after going on a long walk with his master, Teroru wants to be taken to his home-made treadmill to continue exercising. The machine is powered by his own walking and he can stop whenever he feels tired.
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In 1969 Maruzen petroleum company 丸善石油、 (now Cosmo コスモ石油株式会社,) advertised its petrol stations with snazzy TV commercials ” Oh! Mouretsu” which made then 23 year old Japanese model/actress Rosa Ogawa 小川ローザ hugely popular.


Lucky Cider ラッキーサイダー (KiraKira Sparkle) from Suntory is a great refreshing summer drink. This TV commercial is from 2009 and features the beautiful Nozomi Sasaki 佐々木希 who sings

Papa Mama Lucky morning!
My friend is unlucky!
Sun is shining for me!
Handsome guys want me!!
Big money hit me!!!
I am a lucky girl!
Because I drink Lucky Cider!!
Hi!!!
This has come true for Nozomi as she is so successful now (because she drank lucky cider???)
Nozomi Sasaki Lucky Cider TVCM
http://www.dailymotion.com/videoxbsrr3

The giant Japanese salamander (Andrias japonicus) also known as Ōsanshōuo オオサンショウウオ (or pepperfish) can be found on the islands of Kyushu, Honshu, Shikoku in Japan. The salamander grows up to 1.5 meters in length and is the second largest salamander in the world (the largest being the related Chinese giant salamander (A. davidianus).


The nocturnal and long living salamander (up to 80 years in the wild) is an endangered and protected species (included on CITES) and lives in clear cool water streams. It faces a struggle in its natural habitat due to dams that prevent the giant amphibians getting upstream past the dams to lay their eggs. Read more...

Where are you meeting your pretty Japanese girlfriend this weekend? Don’t let a lovely like Mayuko Iwasa wait too long in Shibuya, she might be tempted to forget you and go shopping.

Growing rice 100 years ago in Japan – not much has changed in terms of the backbreaking manual work.

Cute and sexy girl next door Azusa Yamamoto goes to Bali to get a nice massage. Bet you guys would love to be the masseuse.
Azusa Yamamoto gets a massage in Bali
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Don’t you wish you had a Japanese girlfriend who looks like Azusa?

Japan Post has many post offices all over Japan but in case you don’t live near an office, you can find mail boxes like this bright red one in your community.

Hitomi Furusaki 古崎瞳 is one busy Japanese race queen, gravure idol and fashion model. The pretty 165cm tall 25 year old Hiroshima native with measurements 82 – 56 – 84 cm debuted in 2006. “Hitomin” as she is nicknamed became 2006 image girl for JDM Option and a RQ at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon & F1 GP Japan.



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Hi Chew is a popular Japanese candy and the Hi Chew King ハイチュウキング is the Hi Chew character mascot. Here is an entertaining TV commercial with the HiChew King.