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There is a Buddhist denomination which has members stand under icy waterfalls. Watch a man at 9:25 and a woman at 9:35 stand under an icy waterfall.

 

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Take a look at a short video of the entire universe, put together by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. (You can also download the entire universe at 3 pentabytes — that's 3,000 terabytes.)

 

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This can help you with pronunciation.

 

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Capsule hotels in Japan

 

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Japan's high-tech toilets are famous. How about an automated, $10,000 toilet that sprays your private parts with water as a 'rinse'? Some toilets even come with an app that controls your toilet from your iPhone.

 

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You can get 99% of those features for 10% of the price with a toto washlet addon. From air purifier, ewater +, light, adjustable pressure and temp etc. even opening and closing automatically.

 

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Buntaro said:

Take a look at a short video of the entire universe, put together by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. (You can also download the entire universe at 3 pentabytes — that's 3,000 terabytes.)

Click to expand...

Downloading the universe, this is where we headed to

 

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A Four Minute Basic History Of Karate

 

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I should add some toilets have heated seats (which caught me by surprise when I first encountered one)

 

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Here is a video of a disciplined drum drill corp — of kindergarten students! (In what other country in the world can we see such things?)

 

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A Japanese boy looks like a wind-up toy at a Japanese festival. Watch him get wound up from 2:45.

 

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Here is a fun video from Toyo DisneySea (which I guess is a Disneyland park with an ocean theme). A 'street-sweeper' named Suzuki-san has some fun with children at the park.

 

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Here are two YouTube video giving us a glimpse into Japanese high schools. (Most high schools in Japan are either girl's high schools or boy's high schools.) Also, all high school students in Japan wear uniforms. At 5:46 the class eats lunch in their classroom. At 7:08 they sweep up the classroom.


Watch from 2:54 as the girls at a co-ed high school have lunch in the lunchroom. The girl buys a ticket from a vending machine for lunch, then gives the ticket to the lunchroom worker and gets lunch. This removes the need for lunchroom personnel to handle money, and I have also used this ticket system at cheaper restaurants in Japan. (I think it is unusual for schools to have a lunchroom instead having the students each lunch in their classroom, although I am not sure about this.)

 

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Here is a look at an elementary school fifth grade class having lunch in their classroom. The 'star' of the video, Yui-chan, gives a look at what she takes to school in her backpack from 0:40, including a luncheon mat, chopsticks, a toothbrush to use after eating lunch, and a cup to use as she rinses her mouth after brushing her teeth. From 1:10 we see how the children walk to school in a group, chaperoned by a couple of parents. From 2:47 we see how all the students put on a smock and 'cap' for lunch. (I think most schools in Japan do not require a smock and cap for lunch, although I am not sure about this.) The 'lunch monitors' (the students who distribute lunch) also go through an interesting checklist from 3:08 before handling the food.

 

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Japan has a tradition of having foreign students do homestay in the homes of Japanese families. Here is an American high school girl telling what it is like to live with a host family in Japan.

 

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Japanese high schools have 'sports festivals' where students compete in track and field events.


The following video shows scenes of a race carrying spoons of water from 0:38, which I think is quite unusual for a Japanese 'sports festival'.

 

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The national summer high school baseball tournament is a big deal in Japan. Take a look at the colorful groups from 0:18 supporting their high schools.


Look at the large number of players assembled in the middle of the field in the opening scene.

 

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Elementary School Rules in Japan

 

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Students cleaning their own classroom everyday (unthinkable in America!) They even take turns serving lunch to their classmates.

 

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Some overseas people are thinking about attending an English-speaking four-year college in Japan. Here is a PR advertising video for one of the top English-language colleges in Japan, Sophia University. (This is about programs taught in English. Programs taught in Japanese is a whole different topic.)

 

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A Sophia University exchange student who is a YouTuber has posted a video about her experience applying to Sophia.

 

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Another well-known university in Japan for foreign students is the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo. One of the nice things about ICU is it is not in crowded downtown Tokyo (like many other universities in Tokyo), it is out in the suburbs to the west of Tokyo.

 

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Another English-speaking university in Tokyo is Temple University Japan Campus (but with a bit less reputation than the two previously mentioned universities). It is the oldest and largest foreign university in Japan, founded in 1982. It has a cooperative study program with Showa Women's University, which is next door (in Sangenjaya, Shibuya, Tokyo).

 

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Waseda University is one of the oldest and most prestigious private universities in Japan. According to this PR video, Waseda has 8,000 international students, 56 degree programs taught in English, and over 3,000 courses taught in English.

 

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I can't resist posting a video of Waseda's school song. I will never forget watching a group of Waseda students singing Waseda! Waseda! while standing in front of Shinjuku Station late at night on a weekend. Listen to わせだ！ わせだ！ from 1:18.