HELP ME I AM IN HELL
by joostay
Delving deep into the soul of a three-year-old
Categories: Kindergarten Life • Tags: art, asia, culture, david lynch, hell, horror, japan, kindergarten, lynch, nin, nine inch nails, surreal, teaching, tokyo, weird
Tag: hell
Hell: A Beginner’s Guide
by joostay
Be a bad boy or girl and you’ll be stabbed, burned and cut into little pieces. Okay? “Excuse me. What does chinoike jigoku mean?” I ask one of my Japanese female colleagues at work. She can’t tell me in English so gets out her phone and translates. “Ahhh. It means Blood Pond Hell.” Hmm OK. What about katsu jigoku? “That”s Thirst-Hell, where red-hot iron pills are administered.” Hinokuruma? “A fiery chariot which carries the souls of sinners into hell.” What about Harinoyama? “Hell’s mountain […]
Categories: Bizarre/Unique, Kindergarten Life • Tags: asia, backpacking, bizarre, blog, book, buddhism, culture, devil, drawing, evil, hell, japan, japanese, jigoku, kids, kindergarten, surreal, tokyo, weird, Zen
Gokiburi Combinato: Hell in Tokyo
by joostay
Extreme fetish performance troupe Gokiburi Combinato makes sure Tokyo hears its victims scream. Downtown Ginza. A place filled to the brim with designer brands, boutique shopping and well-dressed dogs wearing Prada sunglasses. Not a place usually associated with death, debauchery and sadism. I’ve seen some pretty crazy stuff since I came to Tokyo. I’ve partied in an abandoned hospital. Hung out with sex-crazed zombies on a Sunday afternoon. And watched half-naked girls fight robots in the city’s red light district. […]
Categories: Bizarre/Unique • Tags: bizarre, death, fetish, fetish party, Gokiburi Combinato, hell, japan, sadistic circus, sex, surreal, tokyo, weird
