Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Matagi with a killed Asian black bear, in 1966 at Kamikoani, Akita. The Matagi (マタギ, or less often 又鬼) are traditional winter hunters of the Tōhoku region of northern Japan, most famously today in the Ani area in Akita Prefecture, which is known for the Akita dogs.
The phenomenon of inugami spiritual possession was a kojutsu (also called "kodō" or "kodoku", a greatly feared ritual for employing the spirits of certain animals) that was already banned in the Heian period that was thought to have spread throughout the population, and it was known to involve cutting off the head of a starving dog and burying the dog at a crossroads to inflame its grudges as ...
Kobayashi set his first world record in western culture in his rookie appearance on July 4, 2001, when he ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, almost doubling the previous record of 25⅛. The record was so unexpected that the organizers ran out of signs indicating how many hot dogs Kobayashi had ...
Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as futanari. [citation needed] This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in anime and manga. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional hermaphroditic female characters.
It's expensive. It takes specialized equipment. Most Japanese people don't even know about it." [2] [7] The story's spread came as a surprise to Japanese media outlets, including Excite News, where one reporter declared, "Having never heard of 'bagel head' I was as surprised as anyone to see these pictures of young people. A perfectly cute ...
Kuchisake-onna is the female main character of the manga Even If You Slit My Mouth by Akari Kajimoto and appears in Jujutsu Kaisen. [21] Kuchisake-onna is also featured in the manga Dandadan . Kuchisake-onna was also the basis for a character that appears in "Danse Vaudou", an episode of the American DC superhero television series Constantine .
Yomiuri also publishes the daily English-language newspaper The Japan News [34] (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri), established in 1955. [34] Besides its news website, [34] The Japan News also publishes a weekly e-paper. [35] It publishes the daily Hochi Shimbun, a sport-specific daily newspaper, as well as weekly and monthly magazines and books.
Nure-onna (濡女, "wet woman") is a Japanese yōkai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. They are also seen as a paranormal phenomenon at sea under the name of nureyomejo. In legends, they are often said to consume humans, but they have no single appearance or personality.