Japan is fucking crazy

Japan is fucking crazy, but you already knew that.



Were you aware that Japan has people who fight spiders for the purpose of keeping tradition alive?
No?
Why not?

That sounds crazy you might say.
I agree I would say.
There is no way that could exist you might say.
I would shake my finger and say internet says different, I say.
To which you would say: Say what? you say.

Ok enough poorly written dialogue Heres spiders fighting:

Japanese Spider Fights

I found this out while doing research on spiders in Japan- spoiler alert
Japan has huge spiders:

Nephila clavata, also known as the Jorō Spider (ジョロウグモ（女郎蜘蛛、上臈蜘蛛） Jorō-gumo^?), is a member of the golden orb-web spider group. The spider can be found throughout Japan except Hokkaidō, in Korea, Taiwan and China. Due to the large size as well as the bright, unique colors of the species of the female Nephila, the spider is well-favored in Japan.

Recently scientists have confirmed the first known occurrence of N. clavata in North America.

Isn't that great North America? Now we too can have something else to fear. 

on a more disgusting note and in addition to my research on how bat shit crazy Japan is:

So I'm assuming it's the same spider, though not a spider expert and also rice doesn't make these things appetizing. Just imagining the crunch of a hard shelled cricket between my teeth, leaving shell fragments to be dug out later with floss makes me want to vomit.

Oh spoiler alert:
I just vomited.

Looking at this picture + my imagination is enough to make a human throw up and people eat this. Not only do they eat this, but I'm assuming they pay money to eat these things.
Hold on let me check.

Ok so these pictures are just some guy, Shoichi Uchiyama, who has too much time on his hands, who made a recipe book for people who would like to cook, (or mash into rice or whatever), this shit on their own.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/3526527/Insect-sushi-creepy-crawly-cuisine.html

But probably slightly less gross is this Bug Restaurant where it appears they actually cook or fry the creatures before you devour them. I didn't read the article because of the pictures and I won't post any more nasty shit on this page. Either way that falls into the category of NOPE!

Either way there's a lot of history and other cool shit in Japan that isn't strange and the Japanese people get a bad wrap because, well they do a lot of crazy shit. Im sure I will post more about how crazy Japan is like selling used underwear out of a vending machine or a penis worshipping festival.

Once I get enough money to do Japan properly which means spend like a month there going to the different islands and match the falling dollar to the Japanese Yen then I will have plenty of great pictures and stories of all the weird shit I tried whilst there.

(is it whilst? Do people still use that? Or did that die once the internet was invented.)

I do plan on trying this:

and having the wife try some condom ice cream.

 

until then smell some assess: