Weirdest Things You Can Do in Japan

The Top Ten

1 Sleep in a tiny capsule hotel

2 Buy a square watermelon

So yes, the square watermelon gag from The Simpsons' episode "30 Minutes Over Tokyo" is accurate.

3 Go on game shows about eating noodles in a washing machine or climbing slippery stairs

4 Get a bottled flying fish from a vending machine

5 Bathe in a bunch of ramen noodles

6 Pay to have a complete stranger come sleep with you at a "Cuddle Cafe"

Besides the name this is no different from a brothel in the western world.

7 Meet the man with a white beard on Christmas Eve... Colonel Sanders

8 Go to a festival about... a certain male body part

Yep, you know which one.

9 Visit a maid cafe

10 Visit a robot restaurant

This is getting prevalent nowadays.

The Contenders

11 Play in a real life Mario Kart

12 Compete in a televised urine holding competition

Remember "Hold Your Wee for a Wii", the ill-fated water-drinking, pee holding contest a radio station in California did? Japan has held eerily similar contests (dubbed "Desperation Tournament") for years before and since, though thankfully unlike the California incident none of the participants have died.

13 Visit a cat cafe

You can also do this in the US. In fact, if you're willing to pay the adoption fee and go through the adoption process, in the US you get to keep the cat of your choice because most of not all American cat cafes are partnered with local animal shelters.

14 Get used undergarments from a vending machine

There have been conflicting reports over whether or not you can still do this, or when exactly it ended (again, if it ever really did).

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