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Godzilla Takes A Break

The Biggest Ebi I Have Ever Seen!

Where is this place?!

for those who don't know what "Ebi" is... its fucking shrimp, dumb ass!

A Girl Finds The Key To My Heart

Sushi USB

Why I Like Sake

If Hello Kitty and Godzilla had a Kid

It's name would be "Necozilla " and it would shoot flaming hairballs out of it's mouth and kick some serious ass!

Sushi for Two

Tako and Ika are served!

Construction On My New Temple

Only two months till the Grand Opening!

Self Portraits

Let's Dance!

Sushi Girls New Year's Party

Bento Box Lunch

with some sushi..

Japanese Brat

I Was a Teenage Cave Woman

My Favorite Japanese Girl Band..

the 5, 6, 7, 8's!

Sake Ninja

A true warrior...

Remember Me?

Chiaki Kuriyama a.k.a. Gogo Yubari from "Kill Bill"

Guess Who!

I'm looking Right At You!!

You better RUN, NOW!

Dam, Those Japanese are Funny!

Please save me!!

Waiting for Godzilla

Godzilla goes Surfing

where is my board?

The Godzilla's go on a Picnic

Live Sushi

Someone is having fun!

Japanese are Funny!

Yummy Sushi

Why I don't go to Sea

Japanese Pussy

Godzilla Groupie

Harajuku Girl

Yes, I've stood in the exact same spot waiting to catch my train to Shibuya and Shimbashi.

Japanese Sex Education

Life on a Japanese Farm

Girl and Octopus

This painting just struck me... what is it trying to say? Yes, it is an embrace with overt sexual overtones. It has an almost classical japanese feel. Is it contemporary piece? Is it based on a story I dont know about? Is it mythology? your guess is as good as mine!

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Summer in Tokyo

Proof that Japanese are actually Crab Monsters from Outer Space!

mmmm... Sushi

T-Shirt of the Week

Sushi Bandit�s Best of 2008

Since 2008 sucked in so many major ways I decided to not bother you with my negative dribble. Instead, let�s talk about what was right and fresh and rewarding about 2008!

Best new musical artist: Kate Nash
Best sports team: Tampa Bay Rays
Best TV series: Boston Legal
Best TV cartoon: Family Guy
Best movie drama: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (france)
Best action movie: The Dark Night (us)
Best movie comedy: Kamikaze Girls (japan)
Best computer app: Google Earth 4.3
Best discovery: Liquid methane oceans on Titan
Best politician: Dennis Kucinich (Ohio congressman)
Best food: Pineapple
Best wife: Pam

Fun Food for Kids

It's Link from the Legend of Zelda!

The Art of Japanese Clothes

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My Kind of Team!

North and South Elves

The North and South Elves help Santa navigate to all the good little boys and girls homes on christmas. South says, "You betta be Good!!"

More Japanese Women Looking For Foreign Friends

Rob Pungi reads e-mails from lonely Japanese ladies

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboPERSONAL12.html

Photo of the Week

I wonder what they sell?

A Private in my Army showing her new uniform

Prankster makes 1,700 emergency calls

AOMORI Japan - An elderly man who made more than 1, 700 emergency calls to police over a six-month period was arrested on Tuesday, accused of obstructing official duties. The charges for which Yoshikatsu Birukawa, 64, was arrested involve 84 calls he made on his mobile phone to police in about seven hours on May 29.

"I'm covered in blood. Come rescue me quickly," Birukawa, from Aomori, reportedly said in one of the calls. Officers of the Aomori Police Station rushed to Birukawa's home several times in response to his calls, but mostly he was not in or pretended to be out. He began calling Aomori police in December last year, saying that he wanted officers to talk with him. In early January, his calls turned into pranks. In one day, he made more than 150 calls. The officers received 1,727 of his calls from December. They suspect that Birukawa had made similar prank calls to paramedics.

... Hello?... Hello??

Imposter wife gets man divorced

OSAKA - A man apparently had a woman posing as his wife attend a court session in order to divorce his wife without her consent, sources close to the case said Monday. After realizing that a divorce had been registered, the wife asked the court to retry the case, demanding that the divorce be nullified.

The husband faces charges of false declaration in an official document, according to legal experts. However, an official of the court refused to comment on how to respond to the case. A woman posing as the man's wife attended the first hearing held earlier this month. The woman was carrying an official document on the arbitration sent to the address of his real wife.

The divorce took effect after the man and his "wife" agreed to break up during the court session. However, the man's real wife filed a petition with the court, demanding that their divorce be nullified. "The divorce took effect without my consent," she said in her petition.

Teen killed by exploding toilet

TSUKUBA, JAPAN - A teen knocked unconscious when a hospital toilet exploded died Wednesday, police said.

The 19-year-old, whose name has not been released, died as a result of the severe burns sustained throughout his body in the Tuesday night blast. He had been unconscious in the agonizing few hours until his death. Police said the victim, an unemployed youth from Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, was found lying unconscious next to a bottle containing a liquid believed to have been the cause of the blast. Forensic scientists are currently analyzing the contents of the bottle to determine what it is.

Police inspector in hot water for clubbing sleepy sergeant

A police inspector faces punishment for hitting a sergeant on the head with a truncheon after finding officers napping at a police box during working hours, it has been learned.

The Metropolitan Police Department is questioning the 54-year-old inspector, whose name has been withheld, over the incident. He has reportedly admitted overstepping his authority."I was offering instructions, but I went too far. I'm sorry," the inspector was quoted as saying.

Investigators said the inspector called on a police box outside Akabane Police Station in Tokyo's Kita-ku shortly before 9 a.m. on Feb. 12. Officers at the police box were supposed to have been working outside that morning, but the inspector found two officers napping.

"When the inspector told them off, a 52-year-old sergeant stood in front of him and attempted to offer an explanation, but the inspector pulled out a 70-centimeter-long truncheon and clubbed the sergeant on the head.

The sergeant was taken to a hospital for examination, but he was not injured in the incident. The inspector was transferred from his position in May. Police said they would punish the inspector after deciding whether to form a case against him.

Fallen woman escapes death after train passes overhead

OSAKA -- A woman miraculously escaped death after she fell off a platform onto the tracks and an express train passed over the top of her.

Police said the 40-year-old woman fell 1 meter from a platform at Rinku Town station on the JR Kansai Airport Line moments before a limited express train rushed pass the station. The driver of the train, which was traveling from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto Station, slammed on the emergency brakes, but was unable to stop in time and passed over the woman.

The woman had fallen between the rails of the track and suffered a scratch on her hand when the train passed overhead, but escaped major injury. Local police officials said the woman had dropped one of her belongings, and when she bent down to pick it up she became nauseated and toppled over onto the tracks.

The width of the tracks was about 1 meter. There was a gap of about 30 centimeters between the ground and the bottom of the train, and the woman had fallen face down on the tracks, police said.

Teacher suspended for hanging 'brat' upside-down

YOKOHAMA -- A Kanagawa Prefecture public elementary school teacher has been suspended for one month for holding a boy upside down as he carried him over a pedestrian crossing, education officials said.

The 11-year-old pupil sustained injuries to his neck and ankles, causing him to miss 10 days of school, but his absence was prolonged even further because he developed a fear of the 54-year-old teacher who punished him. "We would like to deeply apologize to prefecture residents," a spokesman for the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education said. "We want to thoroughly instruct our educators so that this sort of incident does not occur again."

Board officials said that while on an excursion on Oct. 7, the boy persisted in trying to climb up the side of road signs, constantly ran out onto the road and repeatedly acted in a dangerous manner. The teacher warned the boy about his behavior several times, but the pupil from a public school in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, ignored the teacher and persisted in messing around. Finally, the teacher bent down and grabbed the boy's ankles, flung him upside-down and carried him across a pedestrian crossing. He then slapped the boy to the face several times and dragged him for some distance by the scruff of his neck.

My Hero!

Arrested lecturer uses twin brother as stand-in student counselor

KUMAMOTO -- A former university lecturer arrested and charged with drug possession used his twin brother as a stand-in to counsel troubled students, despite the brother having no qualifications, it has been learned.

Furious Kumamoto Prefectural Education officials plan to file a criminal complaint with police against the former lecturer, Yujiro Sonoda, and his twin brother, accusing them of fraud. "These were actions that trampled on the feelings of troubled students," an education official said. "They defamed education. It was extremely malicious and we therefore decided to file a criminal complaint."

Despite knowing about the fraud, however, the principal did not report the incident to the Prefectural Board of Education for months. The Prefectural Education Board also paid him 260,000 yen.

Man nabbed for 1,300 fake emergency calls in 1 month

NAGASAKI -- A man who made over 1,300 prank emergency phone calls to police in one month to vent his pent-up feelings has been arrested, law enforcers said.The man, Kazuya Nishimoto, 41, was arrested by Nagasaki Prefectural Police for obstructing officials from carrying out their duties. He has reportedly admitted making the false emergency calls."I did it to vent my frustrations," he was quoted by police as saying.

Police said Nishimoto began making prank emergency calls from about February last year. In August this year, he was allegedly making between about 30 and 120 calls a day, and more than 1,300 were reportedly recorded in one month, before his arrest on Wednesday.Between 8:24 p.m. and 11:01 p.m. on Aug. 26, he made 98 fake calls to police from his mobile phone, saying things like, "I've been stabbed," and "I've got drugs," investigators said.

Smoking snapshot sparks brawl

KAWASAKI -- A man has been arrested after he bashed another man because he took a photo of him as he illegally smoked on a train station platform, police said Monday. Hiroshi Matsumoto was arrested for assault after allegedly unleashing an attack that left 42-year-old Taro Goto with a broken nose.

Matsumoto, 25, admits to the allegations. "I was just furious when he took my photo, so I thumped him. Police said Goto admonished Matsumoto for smoking on the platform while the pair waited for a Tokyu Denentoshi Line train. Matsumoto ignored the older man's warnings, so Goto took out his camera-equipped mobile phone and took a photo of the younger man.

I told you� Cell Phones ARE dangerous!

Goldfish catching superstar netted in cheating scandal

Nara, Japan -- A corrupt superstar has rocked the foundations of the National Goldfish Dipper Catching Federation after he was caught cheating during the fledgling sport's recent national championship.

The 53-year-old Saitama Prefecture man who has recently dominated the sport was stripped of the team title he won and banned from goldfish dipper competitions for life after he admitted to using an illegal dipper he had secreted away instead of the officially sanctioned paper type. A competitor who videotaped the national record holder during the 9th National Ladle Goldfish Catching Championship to try and learn the secrets of his success inadvertently caught the top dipper using the illegal ladle on camera, leading to his demise. Shaken National Goldfish Dipper Catching Federation officials said the man's ouster from the sport was the only real option available to them."We're truly sorry. We made the decision because we want to maintain the meaning and integrity of the competition as one that abides by its rules and is perfectly fair to all," federation Chairman and Yamatokoriyama Mayor Kiyoshi Ueda said. "We want to try and make the competition as fair as possible so that we don't destroy children's dreams."

Federation officials said the national championships have an individual and team competition. This year's national titles attracted 1,862 competitors from 33 of Japan's 47 prefectures. Competitors use a paper dipper they scoop through a baby pool to catch as many goldfish as possible in a 3-minute period. Before each contest, a judge will show competitors a handful of dippers and they can choose whichever one they like best. During the team competition, the Saitama superstar of goldfish catching, taking part in the team event for the first time ever, used his own dipper instead of one offered by the judge. His three-member team went on to capture the national title, snaring 138 fish in their allotted period. Twice a national individual champion, the Saitama superstar goldfish catcher has taken part in all but one of the 10 national competitions.

His technique is renowned in dipper catching circles and he nearly always attracts a crowd when he competes. With the superstar's confession in hand, a meeting of the federation's board of directors decided to strip his team of the national title and take away the all expenses paid trip to Hawaii that came with it. The superstar was also issued with a lifetime ban. His teammates said they had no idea he had been cheating.

Is nothing sacred?

Japanese teens collect, trade Democratic presidential candidates

Tokyo, Japan � They�re cute, clean, and relatively quiet, and they have the fad-hungry Japanese going crazy. A growing craze for Democratic presidential candidates is an obsession among teens in Japan, who collect and trade the many politicians with glee.

12-year-old Ikuko Yumiko traded her Al Sharpton and Dennis Kucinich for Joe Lieberman, after borrowing the former vice-presidential candidate from a friend. �I had to have him when he started telling me why NAFTA was a positive step taken by America to increase economic opportunities at home,� she explains. �It was the cutest thing I�ve ever seen in my life.� Teenagers say that the presidential candidates are a symbol of status, and that the most desired Democrats are difficult to obtain. Meanwhile, several schools are banning their students from bringing their treasured candidates to classes. �This isn�t a Pokemon Pikachu, this is a real living person,� school administrator Keiji Eki said. �I appreciate that young girls are eager to learn about responsibility, but it�s clearly a distraction from learning when a lovable candidate passes out in class because its owner forgot to feed it.�

At least one of the presidential hopefuls have died as a result of poor care by its owner. Bob Graham was found dead outside a young girl�s home after he was stranded in a yard for several days. The girl and her family had taken a vacation to Tokyo Disney and had simply forgotten about the candidate.