Category: Japan

The Greatest Motorcycle Ever is the Honda Cub

The Honda Super Cub is a Honda underbone motorcycle with a four stroke single cylinder engine ranging in displacement from 49 to 109 cc (3.0 to 6.7 cu in). In continuous manufacture since 1958 with production surpassing 60 million in 2008, and 87 million in 2014, the Super Cub is the most produced motor vehicle* in history.

Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan and has been since it started production in 1955.

In June 1963 in US media, Honda began the 12-year-long advertising campaign “You meet the nicest people on a Honda”, created by Grey Advertising. Grey had bought the idea from a UCLA undergraduate student, who had created the concept for a class assignment. The event marked the beginning of the decline of domestic and British motorcycle brands in the US market, and the rise of Honda and the other Japanese companies.

Kirin Ichiban Shibori Together Under the Hanami Kotatsu

Hanami (花見, “flower viewing”) is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers, flowers are (“hana”) in this case almost always referring to those of the cherry (“sakura”) or, less frequently, plum (“ume”) trees.

A kotatsu (炬燵) is a low, wooden table frame covered by a futon, or heavy blanket, upon which a table top sits. Underneath is a heat source, formerly a charcoal brazier but now electric, often built into the table itself. Kotatsu are used almost exclusively in Japan, although similar devices are used elsewhere: for example the Spanish brasero.

Kirin Brewery sells two of the most popular beers in Japan: Kirin Lager [キリンラガービール], one of the country’s oldest beer brands which started brewing in 1888; and Ichiban Shibori [キリン一番搾り生ビール].

The members [of Japanese idol group Arashi] are Ohno Satoshi, Sakurai Sho, Aiba Masaki [相葉雅紀, seen here], Ninomiya Kazunari, and Matsumoto Jun.

Shunsuke Kazama (風間 俊介 Kazama Shunsuke, born June 17, 1983 in Sumida, Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer affiliated with Johnny & Associates.

Johnny & Associates (株式会社ジャニーズ事務所 Kabushikigaisha Janīzu Jimusho) is a Japanese talent agency, formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which trains and promotes groups of male entertainers known as Johnnies (ジャニーズ Janīzu).

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen

Kazuhito Kosaka (Japanese: 古坂和仁 Hepburn: Kosaka Kazuhito, born 17 July 1973), better known by his stage names Daimaou Kosaka (古坂大魔王 Kosaka Daimaō) and Pikotaro (ピコ太郎 Pikotarō, born 17 July 1963), is a Japanese comedian. He is best known for his single “PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)”.

Kosaka said in an interview that he came up with [PPAP] sitting in his house. He was listening to the tune when he picked up a pen to start writing. He thought about his background of being from Japan’s biggest apple-producing region (Aomori Prefecture) as he also realized that he had an open can of pineapples on the table. It was released as a music video on YouTube on 25 August 2016, and has since become a viral video.

Animal prints have long been a popular style for many reasons. For one, they are generally expensive and considered rather exotic; hence they are a symbol of wealth and status.