The February 2011 edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri brings to you eighteen fantastic submissions from around the blogosphere presenting to you articles related to the theme “Famous Japanese Events”. Participants were asked to tell us about a current or historical notable occurrence related to Japan. The possibilities were endless. It could have been a current event, a recreational event, an historical event, a religious event, a sporting event, a cultural event, an entertainment event, a political event, a social event. The event did not necessarily have to occur in Japan but it must have been related to Japan.
There’s something here for everyone, so take a swig of your sake, swallow down your sushi and enjoy the ride.
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In 2010 around ⅓ of referrals to this site were from search engines. In fact, for the year, search sent 86,389 total visits via 32,571 keywords. Following is a list of the top 10 queries by search engine users to arrive at this site in 2010.
“japanese love dolls”
Top spot in 2010 for search referrals was keyword search term “japanese love dolls” which led searchers to the article Japanese Love Dolls – Taboo?. This article was the first ever guest post on this blog by Gakuranman and still remains one of the most popular.
Number of search referrals: 5,706 visits (in 2010)
Page position in Google result set: #4 (at time of writing)
“weird japanese food”
At 2nd place was the keyword search term “weird japanese food” which points to 10 Weird Japanese Foods, a top 10 list of Japanese culinary weirdness such as fugu, raw horse meat, aquatic insects, grasshoppers and more.
Number of search referrals: 2,042 visits (in 2010)
Page position in Google result set: #1 (at time of writing)
“love hotel”
Edged into 3rd spot is the keyword search term “love hotel” which lands the surfer at Top 10 Love Hotel Room Themes, a top 10 list of decorated love hotel room themes where you can live out your kinky, erotic and naughty fantasies.
Number of search referrals: 1,905 visits (in 2010)
Page position in Google result set: #4 (at time of writing)
“cosplay fail”
When cosplay goes wrong is in equal 4th position with the keyword search “cosplay fail” which finds it way to Top 10 Cosplay Fails – a look at anime and manga characters being poorly portrayed in costume role play.
Number of search referrals: 1,843 visits (in 2010)
Page position in Google result set: #5 (at time of writing)
“pikachu cosplay”
Another cosplay-related search term is also in equal 4th position. The keyword “pikachu cosplay” lands on the page Sexy Pikachu Cosplay – a demonstration on how Pikachu cosplayers seem to be getting sexier.
Number of search referrals: 1,843 visits (in 2010)
Page position in Google result set: #3 (at time of writing)
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Teacher, writer, performer and Mum, Wendy Horikoshi has lived, breathed and worked in Japan for a little over 13 years. Taking a left turn from tarting up medical journals and wedding speeches, she explores the traffic hazards that gaijin present as they walk the streets of Tokyo with their big noses, eyes and boobs.
Living in Tokyo, the first thing that strikes you as a foreigner, is you stand out. This is a very homogeneous culture. One race, one religion, one language. As a gaijin, you get looked at intently where ever you go. Really intently. Like people are trying to memorize your face so they can tell the cops about it later.
I live in a town that has about 80% of it’s people over the age of 65. They are a special breed of Stare Bears, right here in Kodaira. Every day, I have little old ladies point at me and say “Oooo, what a big nose you have!” and “Oooo look at your great big eyes”. On the odd occasion, they will come up and goose me on the boob, and comment on my “gorgeous bosom”. It gets more bizarre. I am often guilty of the crime “Walking While Gaijin”.
First summer I was here, it was hellishly hot, and over 90% humidity every day. I stripped down to cut off jeans, and a white T-shirt to stroll out to the shops. I was waiting to cross the road, and I saw an old man on a bicycle, stare at me so hard, he almost turned backwards, trying to keep me in his line of sight. Not looking where he was going, he crashed into a hedge, and I raced over the road to see if he was OK. I pulled him out of the bushes, and instead of “Thank you” I got “Ookii Oppai, ne!” (Look what big boobs you have).
This was not to be an isolated event.
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