Sometimes when you’re in a foreign country, you’ll see something that you wouldn’t ever expect to see “back home” and it makes you laugh. It could be something funny, something strange, or even something mildly disturbing, but no matter the reason, it amuses you and the memory stays with you.

Since moving to Japan, I’ve certainly had my fair share of such experiences, but rarely have I had a camera nearby to capture them. However, on those rare occasions when I do happen to have a camera handy, I always try to politely snap a photo or two (that is, if I can manage to stop flagrantly gawking and pointing for a moment).

Thus, I now present to you the new Random Japan gallery. (I considered calling it the ‘Weird-Ass Shit’ gallery, but that didn’t seem very catchy.) I’m starting it off with the three photos below and will update it from time to time (i.e., when I can be bothered to do so), possibly with some sort of theme for each update. Today’s theme, I guess, is “people”. More specifically, people being weird. Weird-ass people. Doing weird-ass shit.