One of my hobbies over the years has been making observations about Japanese females, based on students I taught, several girls I dated and my wife of twenty years. All Japanese are able to do a kind of low squat called yankii-zuwari or “sitting like a Yankee,” which involves squatting with the feet kept perfectly flat, something Westerners usually can’t do without falling over. Japanese females can do some amazing things with eye make-up, and also possess the odd ability to sleep on trains yet somehow manage to wake up in time to get off at the right stop. Japanese women are often obsessive about cleanliness, and if I leave a glass of water out without drinking it for 20 minutes my wife will throw the water away because “there’s dust in it now.” Japanese women nearly all have feet that are exactly 23.5 cm in size, so if you ever need to buy shoes for a Japanese woman, go with that size and you’ll probably be safe. I’ve also known several Japanese females who had a bizarre obsession with plucking my facial hairs with tweezers, delighting in the sound the hairs make as they’re pulled out by the roots, and with cleaning my ears with those mimikaki traditional ear cleaners, which is fine with me as this is my fetish. If you share my fascination with Japanese females, I recommend the popular “Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend” T-shirts, hats and hoodies that J-List sells.
There’s no doubt about it, living in Japan has its attractions, even if the reality of daily life here is far from the dream of exotic temples and shrines in Kyoto. Although I’m usually pretty busy, I always try to make time to enjoy the little things about Japan, whether it’s drinking a bottle of ramune while listening to the min-min-miiiin sound of the cicadas in summer or rolling down my car window to enjoy the pleasant sound of a Japanese rail crossing (YouTube link). Another fun area of Japan is the recent trend in anime-themed cross promotions, in which anime studios sign a deal to promote a given series with companies like Pizza Hut, which started the trend by promoting the Code Geass anime, or convenience stores, which have “anime fairs” selling limited-edition licensed products based on series like Attack on Titan or Love Live: School Idol Project. It’s win-win because the anime studios can win new fans and the companies can get new customers who will form a positive impression of their brand thanks to the cute moe faces of the anime characters.
J-List loves to bring you all the best manga and 2D artbooks from Japan, and this month we’re having a big 3x points sale on all these great books, giving you the perfect excuse to make a big order and get lots of J-List points, which never expire and can be used for discounts on any future order without limitation. You can also get 3x points on the popular “How to Draw Manga” books from Japan, which our customers just love.
