20090326 - Giveaway Winner
And the winner is................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................
The Garbage House Woman who has an awesome house filled with garbage.
Comedian Yoshio Kojima uses his celebrity charm to get permission to film inside a gomi yashiki (”garbage mansion”):
Kojima is greeted with a truly horrid sight. Garbage is everywhere, making it very hard to walk through the rooms. Some of the filth is old food that has long since rotted. The old woman who owns the house doesn’t seem to realize just how terrible it smells.
After finding out that she would like to eat yakiniku, Kojima is able to convince her that the big piles of trash make it impossible to hold a barbeque on her property, so she allows him to clean up the outside of her house.
Kojima assembles a team of not-so-popular comedians who are willing to spend a day sifting through garbage and they begin the task of cleaning up the woman’s driveway and lawn. As their cleaning progresses, the woman tries to stop them from throwing away some bags of obviously rotten food. Despite the random appearance of her garbage piles, she seems to remember exactly where she put everything, and she wants to save certain things.
Read the rest at JapanProbe.
As for the photo - T'was my room which you may have seen already in the The Early Years 1 photo article.
And as for the real giveaway and real winner - looks like I got runner up prizes for you - but for only 10 people. Now that I have secured the runner up money, It will make it just that little bit easier for me to choose - but only by a bit. Will announce this week.
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software manager
http://wawawawasuremono.com
aaaa tricked again! orz
dunno how those people live in those conditions... isn't it a health hazard? ^^;;;
Otaku Social Media/Blogger/Event Coverage
Yea, me too. My heart felt like it was going to stop. XD
You know I had some family I don't associate with anymore that were awful people who's house was almost that bad, except they had 2 pre-teens and 2 toddlers, and 14 cats! It was insane over there...I could go on, but I don't think anyone would want to know. lol.
Congrats Danny on attaining the runner-up prizes!
I've seen that room before! It reminds me of mine with the amount of poster coverage. ^^
~HK
Student
Hmm... I remember visiting my grandpa (who was alcoholic) when I was small and the house smell so bad I had to go outside to wait my dad who was talking to him. Well he died few years from then, but that house still smells pretty bad.
Student
And I mean my grandpa died, not my dad. :D
software manager
http://wawawawasuremono.com
14 cats?! and 4 kids? yikes ^^;;;
http://www.marvinryan.com
you almost gave me a heart attack. ^^ thought you already had a winner. ^^;
http://www.marvinryan.com
real decent of those comedians to do some charity for an old woman.
Physical Therapist
http://www.flyingpussyfoot.com
Youve got me there Danny!^^
Web Designer/Graphic/Developer
http://junliwanag.deviantart.com
OMG!!! I'm d 1st to comment yey!!! ^_^
but still omg if my mom see's this she'll run there and goes clean clean clean !!!
ora ! ora ! ora! throw! throw throw! done ^_^
Web Designer/Graphic/Developer
http://junliwanag.deviantart.com
4th!!! Darn connection !!! anyways me too...
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
LOL!
No more NEET, enineering student now...g
http://saiseki.blogsome.com/
I first thought, there's someone called garbage house woman?!?
Hmm... Good luck to the 10people ^^;
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
Wow, 10 prizes for runner up, you really make them bery bery drunk ^^;
I can't imagine stepping foot inside that house..........
http://www.marvinryan.com
"I can't imagine stepping foot inside that house"
~you can, only when you are already bery bery drunk. ^^
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
LOL nice sentence re-arrangement there, marvin XD
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
LOL! then I need to be sober at all time~~~~~~~
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
*hic* lol
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
Yeah wow indeed! 10 runner-up prizes! Good job Danny-san!
Overman
http://myplasticmoustache.blogspot.com/
Aw... You're a party-pooper Danny. Had the party-poppers out and everything.
And I thought Nodame's room was bad.
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
First thing when i saw that vid, I straight away thought of Nodame ^_^
*Hi-5*
Mahasiswa yang terdampar di Singapura.
http://lolipedofin.wordpress.com/
Nodame?? from Nodame cantabile?? never watched it.. ^^;
But for me it somehow remind me of Kamen no Maid Guy.... remember Naeka's house?? lol, she need to employ a maid guy fast!
Overman
http://myplasticmoustache.blogspot.com/
OoooooooooSu!
*CLAP*
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
http://otterhangar.blogspot.com/
=P -oh, if messy room counts as Otaku Room, maybe I should have submitted
Otaku
http://general-noodles.mybrute.com
This is evil...pure evil! On the bright side, good news to hear that there will be 10 runner up prizes.
and that house are really disgusting too.
Blogger, Figure collector, Baby Photographer?
http://www.howagirlfigures.com
dang i wanna know already!!!
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
Congratulations Garbage House Woman!
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
She probably gonna spend the 20,000 Yen on creating more garbage ^^;
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
LoL I had a feeling you were going to post something as I was sifting through the member news so I had to check and got RickRolled instead (if there is a Rick Astley picture in that room XD).
She sounds creepy! Oh wait, that's the identity-hider thingy... Is she the Yomiko Readman of garbage? Or should I say "Gomiko"? XD
Mahasiswa yang terdampar di Singapura.
http://lolipedofin.wordpress.com/
lol... Gomiko....
For me what comes to mind was somehow Fujiwara Naeka... or maybe Naekasu...=p
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
I forgot about her ^^; Didn't finish that show either though I loved it very much.
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
LOL! what a name!
Student and full-time otaku
I was tricked! Really great that you also have runner-up prizes now. Maybe I still have a shot ^^;
Student
http://www.polyvinylcrush.com
mmm that woman's house looks like my room before the contest...thanks to the contest though I got rid of like 6 trashbags worth of garbage laying around on the floor and on my desk ^^.
Otaku
http://general-noodles.mybrute.com
The contest 20000yen prize seem to motivate people into cleaning they're room. ^ ^
Mahasiswa yang terdampar di Singapura.
http://lolipedofin.wordpress.com/
I was already going doki-doki and sweaty all over... Damn you Danny..!
And whoa!! She need to employ a Maid Guy soon...!!! lol.
Front-end Web Developer
http://wilusfira.blogspot.com
The Garbage House... not cool. The runner up prizes... SUGOI :3 !
Student
Go Kylie!
Geek Liaison
http://www.thegeekreview.com
People who live like that tend have a mental problem called Compulsive hoarding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Pack_Rat
Which seems to be linked to OCD. They may have gotten the house cleaned up for now but unless something is done about the under laying mental issues the problem is not solved and most likely the house will revert to is previous state.
University Student
Got tricked! Thought it was funny though, would really like to know who's room Danny considers to be the most "otaku."
Moe Hunter
http://moehunter.wordpress.com/
I think theres a door somewhere among those posters of kylie...
Hope the runner up prizes are good too ^__^ Good luck to you all.
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
O_O;
Student/Gakusei
as soon as i saw the video i knew it was a trap....ARGH!!!!danny!!!
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
Since i'm speed limited, the pages aren't loading as fast as usual.
So i thought the winner was a user called "The Garbage House Woman"
=_____="""
Nekophilia
LOL Congrats Garbage house woman! You now have 20,000 yen to buy more garbage..
Video Reviewer of Anime Figures, Mecha and Merch (youtube.com/user/Actar576295)
http://actar.wordpress.com
Wow. I'm speechless. Her room is so epic.
NEET
Congratulation to the Garbage House Woman!!!!
Student, part-time Haruhi wannabe (that bit about godhood etc)
http://www.aprilius20.com
lol I knew that was Danny's room but I got fooled by the Garbage Woman being the winner;)
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
Evil evil trick lol. But tis good you got runner up prizes. Will make it much easier on u lol. Tis very good thing, way too hard to pick just one out of that lot.
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
well i kinda saw it through since the pic was of Danny's room from long ago ^-^
Student
http://www.dealbreaker.com
A kid on my soccer team had a room like that the first year he was at UVA. Another friend went and stayed in his room while visiting. He told me they were continually receiving fines and notices due to health and fire code violations. There was literally nowhere you could see the floor, and there was a little too much rotting food stuck under piles of laundry. I'm not sure how someone could live like that...
Close-protection officer/Martial artist
So there are going to be more lucky people this contest?! That is so awesome, I'm happy for all the winners already! ^.^
Also, I lol at your room ever time I see it. I don't think I've ever been that interested in a girl before. O.o;;;
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
the poor woman certainly can do with the 20,000 yen to improve her life. i fully support giving the money to her.
Technical Account Manager
http://howdoyoufigure.wordpress.com
I've just been Danny Roll'd!
Student
http://www.lesterho.com
LOLWUT? The worst I ever seen in my whole life. ^^;;
Student
http://www.lonelyguy0.blogspot.com/
Haha being trick. Anyways, after watching the video clip I felt pity for her. I just wondering how the neighbor is not complaining or take any action.
Video Reviewer of Anime Figures, Mecha and Merch (youtube.com/user/Actar576295)
http://actar.wordpress.com
Wonder if I'll win...
Art/Media
http://sgallen.wordpress.com/
o.o That is a lot of trash.
Wie kann sie leben, wie das?
Asuka Langley "あんたバカァ！"
Those people have did a nice job helping her out.
I wonder why she did in the first place ^^;
Student
http://lordofgundams.blogspot.com/
Lol, I had doubts before clicking this article. The".........." and that photo made me real skeptical, my intuition was on the money.
Good luck to the grand prize winner and the 10 runner ups.
Filmmaker/Blogger/Sales Agent
http://www.runffm.com
wow O_O time to clean up I would say.
University Student, Hikkikomori? (or not), Go/Weiqi/Baduk player
Damn...got tricked there...but when I saw the video..then I knew..
I saw the videos earlier in alafista's website...it was rather touching..hearing the story of what the woman had gone through. Lucky those comedians came to help her :) Though I only recognise 2 of them =.="
Good luck to those lucky 10 and the winner :D
Graphic Designer
Was so excited, and then pow! Right in the kisser! XD
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
http://gndynames.wordpress.com
ehhh maybe I should have joined. Oh well ^^;
Student
Danny! It's not April Fools yet, silly! ^^;
Also, Garbage Woman reminds me of the old lady in Darker than Black. XP
Student at a school somewhere
http://pixiebee.deviantart.com/
Darn you, you trickster you! *kick'd*
Gosh that looks disgusting :U
I wonder how many rats she has...
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
Haha, seems like everyone was waiting for the announcement of the winner and Danny fooled them all good, including myself!
That trash woman is, my oh my... I surely hope I don't end up like that with my stuffs, unless my books can rot >_<
Student / Sneakerhead & Otaku
Wow ~ nice one !! When I first saw this, I almost had a heart attack ~ Lol
I really enjoy watching japanese reality shows ~ it's very entertaining indeed ~ !!
Some times I wish that US's reality shows can be more entertaining as the Japanese ones.
三年せいとオタク
O.O I have the strange urge to clean.
Oh my lord.....so much mess.....
Glad she had few nice guys to help her clean up her driveway and lawn.
Now to move on into the house.
Theme Park Otaku
http://servoism.blogspot.com/
I really believe a personal room is just a physical, ever-changing representation of the true spirit that resides in it. What one might see as something unimportant, the person living there might see as a valued treasure. The amount of clutter or lack thereof, is a statement of comfort. Some people can't stand clutter, others live in a mess. I don't know what goes through the mind of those extreme opposites, all I can know is when I'm at peace with my room and when I am not.
(^ ^)
Now I really need to throw out empty Action Figure boxes in my closet.hmmmm...wonder if that says anything my mental state? Heh heh.
hw sw engineer
http://darkfader.blogspot.com/
If there are runner-up prizes required to choose more easily, it can either mean there are only bad or only good photo's.
Too bad my room is too small to fit in one picture.
College Freshmen
I was wondering why the heck this was the winner. Took me a while to realize it was a joke...
Young Grasshopper
http://miragestrike.blogspot.com
Just ate lunch while watching this... Pizza tasted delicious!
Student/ 3D animator game designer
Thats pretty heart wrenching, holy crap.
大学生徒
http://ichinichijuu.blogspot.com/
Bonggggggg... We've been had! I remember that article, and thinking "I need this level of wall coverage in my own space!" hee. ^^;
Actually, I hope it's someone who has barely nothing (due to the lack of money). If someone with a ton of stuff wins, they probably could have afforded anything without the budget notice. As for someone who struggles with figures, loves them and can't afford. Well, I'm just babbling xD Good luck all that posted~
projectionist, artist
It's always sad for me to see people who's homes are littered with trash and clutter like that. I was looking up some websites on pack rats, because my mom is one(but not *that* bad), and ran across a page about compulsive hoarders. It's a type of OCD but usually less sever then most other OCD types. They just mentally can't get their brain to throw things away, it becomes a comfort for them and a way of dealing with anxiety. So very sad. ;_;
OH and even if you clean up the mess, unless they get help dealing with their problem, it'll just happen again.
unemployed machinist.. yeah
Thats really quite sad, I knew of a woman in a very similar situation that lived nearby. When she passed away.. they found her, in her house full of.. well.. everything including the kitchen sink. She also had about 30 or so cats. Very bad situation.
Student
Wow i can not believe that there is a person who could live in all that garbage
ソフトウエアエンジニア (Software Engineer)
http://timkoh.info
Garbage House Womanに完敗して圧倒されました！orz
Exostential mouse herder
http://www.yousaytoo.com/big65mopar?8530
The career I used to be in would take me into peoples homes 3 - 8 times a day in all sorts of neighborhoods and economic status, basically I installed digital broadcast signal service or satellite television. During my 6 year career I came across many homes that were poorly cared for and about a dozen that were as bad as this ladies and two that were far far worse one of which I notified health services and local authorities on because of the severe conditions I found within. If you've ever seen someone who drives around in a vehicle and theres stuff packed full to the ceiling all the way around except the drivers seat then chances are that their home is in this same kind of condition.
University Student
http://twitter.com/shikinami
Great Danny! 10 runner-up prizes is indeed a good surprise for everyone. ^^
And unfortunately it is not that difficult to find people in situations similar to these in Brazil (or at least it is what the news try to show once in every four-six months).
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
danny, maybe can consider announcing one winner daily. to keep the suspense. ('~')
Soulless Corporate Lackey
Now thats a good idea!
???Confused???
I had to sudden urge to buy sanitizers and air fresheners....
IT Expert / System, Network, Security Administrator
http://www.digitalanime.com.br
Holy shit! I bet she even got some radioactive stuff there!
こうこうせい
http://stickymochi.blogspot.com
Oh my. Better start cleaning up my room as well xD
Haha at first I thought someone actually sent in a video submission.
Student
http://konadora.wordpress.com
I hear a lot of people die in Japan because of such garbage pileup when a fire breaks out...
that's so gross
Student, part-time worker
Poor Kojima. D:
She probably has nothing left to cling to in her old age but objects. -_-
Looks like Danny had cenophobia as a youth.
There should be categories for some of the runner-up prizes. For example:
Holy Grail Award: For the room containing the rarest item(s).
Clone Army Award: For the room with the most duplicate items or most versions of the same character.
Mirror Universe Danny Award: For the room most resembling Danny's house/office, w/ plenty of Ikea furniture and Macs.
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
http://www.vimeo.com/longhim
...(psych!)
Garbage pileup...others have noted it's a form of OCD. I watch this and I wonder if this has anything to do with a war mentality, when resources - food in particular - is short.
I can fully understand how someone might come out of such a situation and begin to hoard everything. "What if I need this at some point?" "This can still be used, somehow." "I've had worse than this, so I shouldn't waste it."
Retailerz
0_0 what the hell that would be illegal here XD