I'm not really sure how to describe this website, but it is maddeningly addictive. Click the link and then move your mouse around. There's automatic sound, so you may want to turn your speakers down a bit.
Maybe some Japanese-speaking Neatorama user can translate for us. Assuming that they're speaking Japanese.
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"Mai" is front, "hidari" is left, "migi" is right, "oshiro" is backwards, "gyaku" is diagonal, usually backwards, and I cna't make out what they're saying when they lift the thing.
Still, it's funny.
Washoi = word used by men carrying shrines (Omikoshi) at festivals.
Ikuzo = let's go! (if you move the mouse quickly)
They say gyaku literally 'opposite' when your mouse slows down
Mae = forwards
Ushiro = back
Naname = diagonal
When you click they might be saying yoisho which old men say when standing up.
Um...no, not really.
yep, was here about three years ago if i remember correctly. maybe two and a half, i was working for westinghouse at the time, that was late 06/early 07