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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.

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.

Like our post on 1990s sexy Japanese women’s  Bodycon gyaru ボディコンギャル fashion?  It was a topic during that time which featured on many TV variety shows.   In the following clips, from Japanese TV program That’s People Ryutaro Ueoka vs. 50 people  ザッツ!上岡龍太郎vs50人 (TBS 1992-1994)  TV host Ryuutarou Ueoka (Ryutaro Ueoka)  上岡龍太郎 invited 50 Julianas ジュリアナ  otachidai gals お立ち台ギャル to talk about their fashion, dancing and lifestyle.

The show aired this theme twice, once about bodycon gals in Tokyo and a second show featuring bodycon gals in Kansai (Osaka).

Tokyo Bodycon Julianas gals
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More Takeshi Gundan goodness for you this week.  More clips  featuring wacky Japanese comedians (the Takeshi Corps  たけし軍団 ) split into red vs blue teams as they battle it out in this crazy contest which includes a tub of very hot water and a sexy bikini model riding a rodeoboy.

From 2009, a segment on Japanese TV featuring an interview with Jaden Smith, Will Smith, and Jackie Chan to promote the Japan release of the re-make of the “Karate Kid” (called “Best Kid” in Japan):

No one likes being on a train late at night with drunk Japanese salarymen (or office ladies).  Here’s a very funny TV comedy skit with comedian Ken Shimura 志村 けん as the typical drunk salaryman and why you should avoid them at all costs.

Ken Shimura drunk salaryman on train skit

They say you should drinks lots of liquids during summer to keep cool and hydrated.  From Japanese TV, check out this amazing Japanese speed drinker who can down a 1 liter bottle of water in 4.88 seconds!  Wonder if he’s ever tried downing 1 liter of beer in the same manner?

TV Asahi’s Pussuma is a popular  late night TV show  in Japan that is hosted by celebrities Tsuyoshi Kusanagi 草彅剛 (of SMAP fame)  and Yusuke Santamaria ユースケサンタマリア (Yusuke Nakayama 中山裕介) .  In the show, as like many late night Japanese TV shows , the two  generally compete with other celebrity guests in wacky and hilarious competitions.

In the following clip, the teams compete to see who can glide closest to the breast of a lovely Japanese gravure idol – if they overshoot, they get an electric shock. Let’s see how Yusuke Santamaria fares:

If your kids watch NHK childen’s programs they will have come across this really fun and popular song and  animated video わらウんだWA (Going to Laugh) which is based on the drawings of  Lila Prap (Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič)  a Slovenian born artist and writer.  The song and video is about how all the animals have a different language for themselves, but they all understand a smile, so they all smile to each other. Then it goes on to progress to the children, where it teaches that everyone is a little different in their own ways but everyone’s the same. It’s a very cute and endearing song that is  really catchy and addictive.  They might even have the song at your local Japanese karaoke box!

Little Einsteins is a favorite for kids around the world.  The Japanese version is aired on the Playhouse Disney (Japan).   Is your Japanese good enough to watch the Little Einsteins in Japanese? (their voices sound even cuter!)