WHY JAPAN IS A STRANGE AND INTERESTING PLACE

IN JAPAN, 90% OF MOBILE PHONES ARE

WATERPROOF. THIS IS BECAUSE YOUNGSTERS

USE THEM EVEN WHEN TAKING A SHOWER

IN SPAIN THERE IS A TOWN WHERE NEARLY

700 PEOPLE HAVE THE SURNAME "JAPON".

THEY ARE ALL DESCENDANTS OF 6 SAMURAIS

WHO WENT TO SPAIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY

IN JAPAN, THERE'S A FESTIVAL THAT

CELEBRATES THE PENIS AND FERTILITY:

THE SHINTO KANAMARA MATSURI

EXCEPT FOR SOME RARE CASES, STREETS

ARE NOT NAMED IN JAPAN

THE "CRYING SUMO" CONTEST HAS SUMO

WRESTLERS COMPETING TO SEE WHO

CAN MAKE A BABY CRY FIRST

BURGER KINGS IN JAPAN SERVE BLACK HAMBURGERS

GODZILLA RECENTLY BECAME A CITIZEN OF

JAPAN AND WAS ALSO APPOINTED SHINJUKU'S

TOURISM AMBASSADOR

HIKIKOMORI IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE

PROBLEM OF JAPANESE MEN LOCKING THEMSELVES

UP IN THEIR ROOMS FOR YEARS AT A TIME.

PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE LINKED IT TO STRONG

FEELINGS OF SHAME DUE TO FAILURE AND

EXPECTATIONS FROM SOCIETY