It's strange because no food is involved. Damn near every show in Japan excluding the ever-popular samurai drama, sports or the news revolved around food. I may have to do a report on it one day.
What I don't understand about a lot of Japanese television --and why it is still so popular--is why they like to dress people up in costumes.
Matthew and I were often coerced to dress up in hilarious costumes - it wasn't meant to embarrass us or anything like that - it was just a way for us to fit in. You see, it's not like we brought our own stupid costumes... the Japanese people we visited had boxes of costumes, wigs and props already at their home.
Perhaps it was all some bizarre sex-thing, but despite a lot of available porn, the average Japanese person doesn't really share a lot of that with the gaijin (foreigners). By that I mean, fetishes are probably kept secret.
That means that these costumes were purely for amusement.
Check out this video... it has a tilted floor and four individuals who have to try and navigate across it while 'dusting it' with a rag. Check out what happens to the loser... or better yet, check out what costumes the two women doling out the punishment are wearing! It's damn funny, but I'll be damned if I can figure out just WHY the costumes are being worn.
Could it just be for fun and have no other meaning than that?
Here's the video clip:
JAPANESE TV
Don't worry that it's all in Japanese... I never did, and yet I understood the pure comedy of it all.
Onagaishimasu... that means 'please go ahead'.
And no... Misteru Suparukaru in the image above has nothing to do with the video - but I loved this Simpson's episode, so what the heck!
Cheers
Andrew Joseph
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