Contents Page

This is an overview of the contents of Big On Japan, divided into the categories Series of Articles, Individual Articles, Photos, Videos and Reviews:

Series of Articles

  • My Favourite Slang (Turbo Shandy, Runway Futon, Flying While Gaijin, Gameboy Dropper, Mentalist)
  • Toilets In Japan (Parts 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5)
  • Top TV Commercials (Tarako / Beer For Kids / Fanta Teachers / Toyota Human Touch)
  • Beer In Japan (Parts 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5)
  • Reblogging Japan (African American Slang / Beer For Kids / Rice Paddy Art / Bizarre Soft Drinks / Beer For Pets)
  • Big On Japan Quiz (Part 1)
  • Eikaiwa Student Stereotypes (Intro / The Trouble Maker / The Health Risk / The Lingerer / The Pot Plant / The Prima Donna / The Mumbler)
  • Back In Britain (Intro / Cherry Blossoms)
  • The Most Common Japanese Expressions (Intro / atsui & samui / itadakimasu)

    • Individual Articles

  • Japanese Movie Quiz (and answers)
  • In Defence of English Food (the title says it all)
  • 1 Year Anniversary (about previous and forthcoming contents on Big On Japan)
  • The Axe Effect (about deodorant in Japan)
  • Beer And The Mother Tongue (about beer vocabulary in the English language)
  • The Sasebo Burger Nazi (about a hamburger restaurant owner)
  • The Vomit Bar (about an unusual addition to Fukuoka’s nightlife)
  • Around Osaka (about the Tsuruhashi area)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (about Tokyo’s best skyscraper)
  • Sampling Sake (about a Sake Museum)
  • Big In Japan - Kiku (about Japan’s national emblem)
  • Kure Kure Takora (about an insane kids’ TV show from the 70s)

    • Photos

  • The Photo of the Month Series (Sunset In Kyoto / Jizo On Mount Daigo / Kobe Luminarie / New Year’s Kagami-mochi / Never Too Old For Harajuku / Plum Blossoms / Cherry Blossom Puddle / Boy’s Day Carp Flags / Uji River Fisherman / Daigo-ji Temple Pillar / Sake Barrels / Smash and Grab Maneki Neko / Nipponbashi Street Scene / Inflatable Tarako)
  • Samurai Colonel Sanders
  • The Harajuku Oddball
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
  • The Vomit Bar
  • Tsuruhashi (Osaka’s Korea Town)
  • The Claw Machine With Live Lobster Prizes
  • The Ultra Big Condoms
  • Big On Japan 2007 Photos
  • The Japanese Beer Bottle Xmas Tree
  • Plum Blossom (Ume) Photos
  • Cherry Blossom (Sakura) Photos
  • More Hanami Photos

    • Videos

  • Survival English (how to deal with muggers while on holiday in an English-speaking country)
  • Kure Kure Takora episodes (cult 70s TV show)
  • Toilet Videos (bizarre toilet training, toilet pranks, how to use a Japanese toilet)
  • 3 More Axe Commercials
  • The Camouflage Coke Machine Skirt
  • The Dancing Poodles
  • Channel 4’s Japanese Ident
  • Harrison Ford Drinking Kirin Beer In Japan
  • The Asahi Beer Robot
  • The Japanese TV Sneeze Prank
  • Impressive Pitagora Suicchi Video
  • Tokyo Skyscraper Time-Lapse Photography

    • Reviews

  • Website Reviews (Japanese Video Clips, Console Wars, Drug Smuggling Stories, More Japanese Video Clips, Expat Magazines, Japan on the Web)