I've lived/worked in Japan for almost a decade and have experienced a wide range of fun and crazy things. I have been married for 6 years now and we have two lovely daughters. We are thinking of returning back to the States in the next 3 years but I loathe to leave the country I've adopted. This is a collection of crazy and fun things I have seen, heard, and did for anyone interested. 15). I have bathed with multiple naked Japanese men before in a hot spring. I have seen tons of penis types. Tons. 16). On the topic of onsen (hot spring), I went with a couple of my foreign buddies (2 Americans, 1 Chinese, 2 aussies, and 1 Italian) to go for a bath. We got naked and went it. There was an inside portion and an outside portion. The outside was amazing : waterfalls, a cave, different types of baths, etc. One of my friends brought his 3 year old daughter along with us. So as we are bathing, we see a group of primary students looking and talking about us in the corner. Occasionally, they would inch their way to us to get closer. Finally, they suddenly stand up and push one of the porkier kids forward. He runs between us and start doing a dance while naked. It was about 4th grade. He then finished his dance and ran the opposite way and then ran back past us one more time while screaming my name. It then dawned on me that these were my elementary school students. To be fair, that school had about 1,000 students. 17). During my first year in Japan, we went out to dinner for my birthday. We went to a really nice sushi place. It was around 1 am when we were coming back home by car when we saw a really run down building that looked pretty much like it's haunted. Outside it though was a really small building that said "Adaruto" (adult). The girl on our group theorized it's an adult vending machine and got super excited as she always wanted to see one. So we stopped at this place and went to this adult vending machine. It was a small booth with a curtain to enter. The curtain covered up to your lower back but exposed your legs. About 3 people could fit comfortably. Inside the booth there were various porn magazines, videos, blow up dolls, and even toys but no used panties. That is basically an urban myth. 18). My family and I went shopping one day when an elderly lady came up to us; raving about how cute our daughters are. She then said "half children are always cute." Meaning half Japanese and half foreigner. That's always truck a cord for me. Half kids or better said "international kids" have it hard in Japan due a live/hate relationship with the Japanese. The Japanese love them for their "foreignness" while hate them for seemingly lacking "Japaneseness". Japan expects these children to embrace one or the other culture. 19). There's a popular festival that's quite large. It starts at 6 am and ends at 8 pm. About 1,000 people will parade through the city while blowing horns and wearing crazy outfits. The are also pretty drunk. They lead large horses through the street with them too in full regalia. It's a pretty crazy festival and tons of fun. (Not my video) http://youtu.be/3mHU4wipzT0 20) One of my closest Japanese friends is a guy name Richard...which is his self-appointed English name. He's in his 70's and used to be in the Self-Defense Force so speaks Japanese, English, and a bit of Russian. We went out hiking together and he pulls out a bag of white powder and asks "Hey, do you want some Siberian Salt?" I thought it was...well...drugs at first glance. But he reassured me it's actually it was salt from Siberia. It turned out to be but became a running joke between us two. 21). I went to a work related drinking party and one of the 6th grade teachers left feeling sick. Everyone was really concerned as he was the MC of the event. After 16 minutes, he returned suddenly in full Phantom of the Opera garb and started singing opera right then and there. That was when I found out he used to sing opera prior to becoming a teacher. 22). Unusual school lunches I have eaten: *squid salad *Fried deer cutlets *Curry and nan *Fried pregnant fish *baked pregnant fish *Fermented beans on rice (Natto) 23). I went to a mountain full of monkeys with friends once. I made the mistake of looking into the monkeys eyes and he started to chase me around the area. So here's a white guy being chased by a Japanese Monkey with everyone watching.