Only in Japan, Real Men Go to a Hotel With Virtual Girlfriends: Dating-Simulation Game a Last Resort For Honeymoon Town and Its Lonely Guests. "Some devoted fans will go so far as to pay twice the rate—most hotels in Japan charge per guest not per room—to indulge the fantasy that they are not there alone. A night's stay, at most, can cost $500 though many rooms are cheaper. In Atami, the Love Plus+ fans—mostly men in their twenties and thirties—stand out. Unlike the deeply tanned beach crowd wearing very little, they are often pasty and overdressed for the heat in heavy jeans and button-down shirts."

Japan is serious about it's stationary.

How to polish your shoes — like a gangstarr.

How to iron a shirt — like a gangstarr.

MetaFilter discusses Japanese porno games.

On the one hand, this is kind of offensive, on the other hand, it's pretty awesome. I'm so conflicted. Japanese people love Ranjinikanth for some reason.

A Japanese travel-log.

A report by Nicholas Kristof on Japanese primary schools. His son attended a Japanese grade school.

A report by Nicholas Kristof on Japanese primary schools. His son attended a Japanese grade school.

Grade 4 students in Kanazawa Japan learn deep life lessons from their incredible teacher and from each other.

On falling in love with a cartoon character—in Japan.

And it looks quite nice in HD.

That\'s one sexed up Ronaldina McDonald.

This is super-crazy-awesome.

The story of an Otaku finding love turns in to a popular book, movie and tv series.

They need to add this as an item in Metal Gear 4.

Six Apart put their Japanese subsidiary to good use.

Some of the stuff here is really cool.

The Japanese Canadian Culture Centre is up to a lot of interesting things. For example, you can see Akira Kurasawa\'s <em>Ran</em> on the 28th of July.

Podcasts from Sweeden on Japanese pop music.

I want some.

They freak out. A lot.

I can\'t believe I still haven\'t gone to Japan.