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8 funny and interesting Japanese websites
A list of 8 funny and interesting Japanese websites that you can use to practice your Japanese reading skills.
Even the internet connects individuals all over the world, still language barriers remain. And each community is being developed individually.
Have you got tired of humor in english side of the internet? This article introduces fun japanese websites hidden by language barriers.
bokete
bokete is a meme sharing platform that you can play “caption this” game. It’s the most simple fun website on this article.
“待機中の残機” means “remaining lives waiting their turn”
omocoro
omocoro is a website that publishes mangas and articles to kill boredom everyday. My favorite article is “やったー！やったー！やったー！(Yatta! Yatta! Yatta!)” which means “Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!”. This article is released to promote receipt scanning software. The reason why they are so delighted is because they can finally dump their receipts due to the recent japanese law amendment(until that, generally, physical receipt had to be saved for 7 years). You can see their relief from annoying tasks even if you don’t understand japanese.
【領収書が捨てられる】やったー！やったー！やったー！ | オモコロ
Daily portal Z
Daily portal Z is also a website that publishes articles to kill boredom everyday. My favorite article is “New iPhone costs 200,000 yen, so I carry 200,000 yen itself instead”.
新しいiPhoneが欲しいが20万する（iPhone14Pro 512GB）
そんな物をポケットに入れて持ち歩いたり、トイレに持っていったりするのか…。恐ろしい。
だったらもう20万をそのまま持ち歩いたらどうだろう。
これがおれのiPhone14だ。
translation
New iPhone costs 200,000 yen（iPhone14Pro 512GB）
Do I carry such (expensive)thing in my pocket or, bring it into the bathroom..? It’s scarry.
Then, why don’t I carry just 200,000 yen itself.
This is what I think iPhone 14 is.
Kyoko Shimbun News
Kyoko Shimbun News is a joke website that all articles are lie news. Even more, they apologize when their lie articles come true. My favorite article is “「10 digits are enough」Pi is finally divisible”
Ossan rental
Ossan rental a website that you can rent a “ossan”(middle aged guy) all over the country from 1000 yen per hour. But, what would you do with that middle aged guy? Well, you can chat with him, make him walk your dog, make him listen your complaint or whatever he can do.
SPAM MESEUM
SPAM MUSEUM is a website that provides ranking of spam e-mails. My favorite one is “Maybe you won’t believe this, but I’m a chimpanzee”
SPAM MUSEUM|スパムメール・迷惑メールランキングサイト
Perfectly Ordinary Stones, Carried For 1,300 Years.
This website is little bit different than other one in this page. This is an explanation of an unique project.
Six small stones are carried, one each, by six people, passed on every five years and simply carried for 1,300 years. This long series of actions commenced in the year 2014, starting from the Kunisaki Peninsula in Japan. It will be complete in 3314, 1,300 years after it began.
This was written in the year 2014. How many years have passed until you are reading them now? Perchance, these words that you are reading now may very well feel rather unreal to you. As much as you can, please use your imagination.
Hen na WEB media (Wierd WEB media)
This website explore new ways of presenting web articles. My favorite one is