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You know the crazy cat lady? Well, I think I found her chihuahua counterpart outside a Tokyo pet store complete with a chihuahua mobile. Check out the personalized decals of her chihuahuas pasted all over her car. The back and the front seats of her car were fully occupied by very comfy looking doggy beds. Lucky little yappers. (by Emily Co)
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Hahaha. This yakiniku restaurant in Japan comes with manga illustrated instructions plus an explanation in Japanese and English. It could have just said, put the meat on the grill, but instead it says:
Spread the meat to the grill with fizzle to the sizzle.
It's just a classic pick-up-after-your-dog poster, but one Osaka town decided to use a real pooping dog as its poster boy. If you look closely enough, you can see the little bit of poop that's coming out. He looks humiliated. (by Emily Co)
And while we're on the topic of silly food you can win from a UFO catcher, here are some fake fried fish (or is it squid?) cakes made to look like the non-existent 100 million yen bill.
It makes sense (kinda) to go to a video game arcade and spent 1000 yen (ten bucks) trying to win a stuffed Pikachu. But this takes claw catchers to a whole new inexplicable, nonsensical level. Why would you spend more than 100 yen to try to win an ice cream cone that you know is 100 yen at the store across the street?
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