Potty Training Followup

§ March 11th, 2008 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Anime, Cartoon, Education, Hygiene, Music, Toilet, TV, Video § No Comments

In October I posted a toilet training video I found on YouTube. That gem of Japanese entertainment tried to teach you and your kid how to take a dump; with a special guest appearance of Hanky-san. However, if you and/or your toddler need some further practice, they made this little toy to demonstrate the principle to your kid:

And of course it’s important to learn how to use public bathrooms, too - especially if you are stuck in Japan and get confronted by their weird domestic toilets.

Enjoy.

Japanese Robbery Survival Video

§ October 25th, 2007 § Filed under Japan § Tagged Course, English, Language, Mugger, Robbery, TV, Video § 4 Comments

Japanese preparing for vacations in America: With a video course in English.

I so hope this is a joke.

(Via Harry, transport-layer: ICQ.)

Japanese Toilet Training Video

§ October 23rd, 2007 § Filed under Japan, Weird § Tagged Anime, Cartoon, Education, Hygiene, Music, Toilet, TV, Video § 2 Comments

The following cartoon is designed to teach Japanese kids how to use the toilet. I think any further explanation would be a waste of bytes. Just… watch:

I can honestly not decide whether or not this is real… but I fear it is. Any brave souls who’d rip that tune and play it on their MP3 toilet?

Update: My Japanese friend says this is actually a commercial trying to sell the device at the very end. Kind of elaborate for that.

(Via Esquire.com.)