Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, Ice City
The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival was established in 1985. Harbin is the capital city of the Heilongjiang Province which is the most north-easterly part of China and borders Russia. During the long cold winter months the temperature can drop down to as low as -22°F (-30°C). Subsequently, the ‘Ice City’ of Harbin is recognized [...]
Story Of Love and Persistence…Of A Lizard!
This is a so called true story that happened in Japan .In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered [...]
Why Americans Are Jobless
John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN PHILIPPINES). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN VIETNAM). [...]
The Kanamara Festival – Penis Fest
Huge pink and black phalluses were paraded down the streets of this Japanese town in an annual fertility festival, as some 30,000 worshippers asked for blessings and protection from sexually transmitted diseases. The Kanamara festival, dating back over three hundred years when ladies of the night asked for protection from an epidemic of syphilis, was [...]