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Scott Wilson
After getting bored with high school French, Scott came to a crossroads in life whether to study Japanese or Native American Mohawk instead. Mohawk's lack of kanji was its ultimate downfall, and Scott hasn't looked back since. After years of non-stop sweating while working as a translator in sweltering Okinawa, he moved back to his native, delightfully frigid Massachusetts to work as a private Japanese tutor. His hobbies include re-reading One Piece for the hundredth time, dreaming about Shakey's Pizza, and getting feedback on stories he's written from both his wife and cat.
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Forget maid cafes! Lift weights and get jacked with cute girls at a MAID GYM instead【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 24, 2017 - Tweet
Do you even dust, bro?
Japanese Twitter taken over by butt-rubbing bears who love to “slap the bass” 【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 21, 2017
It’s a polar-izing music video we can’t bear to look away from.
“Super Real Mario Odyssey” video ponders what trouble Mario may get into in upcoming Switch title
- Scott Wilson
Jan 20, 2017
Mario can handle goombas and koopas, but what about cops and gangsters in the “real” world?
- Internet
- (funny • Grand Theft Auto • nintendo • nintendo switch • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey • video • video games)
W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 most hilarious Japanese euphemisms 【Weird Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 19, 2017
“Tee hee! Your window to society is open.”
- Japan
- (euphemisms • expressions • Japanese language • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)
Video of capybaras enjoying a hot spring is just what you need to stay warm right now 【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 14, 2017
“Ohh yiss, ohh yiss, that feels nice.”
- Japan
- (animals • capybaras • cute • hot springs • Nagasaki Bio Park • onsen • zoo)
W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 hand gestures that Japanese people don’t understand【Weird Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 12, 2017
Do these gestures in Japan and all you’ll get are looks of culture-gap confusion.
- Japan
- (body language • culture • gestures • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)
Japanese Twitter shows off list of seven hilarious differences between being 18 versus being 81
- Scott Wilson
Jan 12, 2017
Are you closer to the 18-year-old or 81-year-old side of the spectrum?
Cheat sheet for identifying era of dress styles is perfect for cosplay and drawing reference
- Scott Wilson
Jan 7, 2017
This timeline will help you create and identify dresses from any time period like a pro.
Have a moving Hatsune Miku come to life inside your computer desktop background
- Scott Wilson
Jan 6, 2017
Oh, hello there. What are you doing outside of the computer?
- Internet
- (awesome • computers • Hatsune Miku • Idols • Steam • virtual idols • vocaloids)
W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 most annoying sounds in Japan 【Weird Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 5, 2017
Get ready to cover your ears, because these are some of the worst sounds made in Japan.
- Japan
- (annoying • culture • scotto-sensei • sounds • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)
Japanese Twitter user gets Machamp clothes in lucky bag…but not in the way you think
- Scott Wilson
Jan 3, 2017
She didn’t get a Pokémon shirt or a Machamp belt. Instead she got something far, far stranger.
- Japan
- (clothes • funny • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2017 • Machamp • Pokemon)
One of the most popular cosplays at Comiket: a kamehameha beam from Dragon Ball
- Scott Wilson
Dec 31, 2016
Not cosplaying as Goku, but as the actual kamehameha beam itself.
W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 Japanese winter foods【Well-Fed Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
Dec 29, 2016
Winter: stay warm inside with some of these cold-weather treats.
- Japan
- (food • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five • Well-Fed Top Five • winter)
Giant Pikachu used quick attack… it’s super adorable!【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Dec 29, 2016
Pikachu has trained its whole life for this moment to show off for you.
Forget schoolgirl panties, the latest pants craze in Japan now is year-old used fisherman jeans
- Scott Wilson
Dec 29, 2016
No one breaks in a pair of jeans better than a man who breaks through the ocean.
U.S. university has “Reading and Writing About Magical Girls” as introductory English course
- Scott Wilson
Dec 28, 2016
Watching anime as homework sounds like an otaku dream come true.
- USA
- (anime • class • college • magical girls • teacher • university • video)
Japanese kids set hilarious and ingenious traps to capture Santa Claus【Pics, Videos】
- Scott Wilson
Dec 27, 2016
A leg snare trap, a swinging ball trap, and more to capture the Santa while he’s in Japan.
Japanese YouTuber sticks rubber chicken in tailpipe, unleashes screams from bowels of hell 【Vid】
- Scott Wilson
Dec 24, 2016
Who knew that rubber chickens and exhaust pipes were the ingredients needed to summon a howling demon?
W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 strange things Japanese people do for Christmas【Weird Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
Dec 22, 2016
What? It’s just a knife to cut the traditional Christmas cake!
- Japan
- (Christmas • cultural differences • culture • scotto-sensei • society • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)
Japan’s extremely harsh video game reviews may be the reason it gets some new releases last
- Scott Wilson
Dec 22, 2016
Bad reviews from Japan may have lead to developers prioritizing other countries first.
- Japan
- (Amazon • comparisons • cultural differences • Pokémon GO • society • video games)
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