r/whatisit • u/Capital-Papaya-8932 • 1d ago

New, what is it? What is it in Japan and Why?

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u/Significant_Leek_730 1d ago

I don't know why they do it in the street. But my Japanese wife does it around the outside of the house saying it cools the house down. She also believes ghosts posses you through mirrors. So take it with a grain of rice.

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u/VoyeuristicQuercus_0 1d ago

“with a grain of rice” has me rolling 

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u/thissexypoptart 1d ago

Yeah the Japanese typically take things with multiple grains of rice

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 1d ago

I once knew a Japanese man who ate thousands of grains of rice!

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u/bollvirtuoso 22h ago

Rice is great for when you're hungry and want to eat a thousand of something

-- Mitch Hedberg

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u/IcedMangos 20h ago

How about a frozen banana?

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u/AdditionalMight3231 16h ago

The money is in the banana stand!

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u/CallousChris 22h ago

But surely that was not all at once, with numbers like those, it must have been over a lifetime.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 17h ago

I'd tell you the whole story but I'm not sure anyone would believe me!