Why weird? Why wonderful?

So, why weird? Why wonderful? Well I reckon that Japan is a country that you can see something weird or wonderful every day. Not everyone will agree with me, but I find that I'm constantly sent into fits of baffled laughter by the bizarre things I see around me. I mean seriously let me give you a couple of examples.

Last year a friend and I were visiting Tokyo, and while walking down a street, a couple in front of us stopped and swapped shoes. The man put on his girlfriend's evidently uncomfortable high heels and she put on his comfy sneakers and then they carried on walking down the street. Wow, it's got to be the ultimate in gentlemanly behaviour, may slightly ruin the masculinity of your boyfirend though! And could you seriously ever imagine it happening anywhere else in the world?

And then there was the little shop we came accross selling clothes for dogs. And I don't mean just little raincoats or sweaters to keep your little pooch dry and warm. I mean jeans, sneakers, denim skirts, hoodies, t-shirts, hats and, of course costumes so you can dress them up for those fancy dress occasions. My favourite were the Pooh Bear or little animal costumes that mean if you're a little bored of your pooch being a pooch you could turn it into someting else - a bee or a dinosaur perhaps.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Japan is full of the unique, the strange and the just plain bizarre. I mean in a country where a boyfriend will swap shoes with his girlfriend, and you can buy a Superman costume for your dog life will never be boring again!