Episode Details

This is a re-broadcast of an episode originally released on 8/21/21.

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Is Yamaguchi cursed to have "ugly" girls? We also discuss other places in Japan known for having many beautiful/ugly women.

• The three most scenic views in Japan
• What the Sandaibijin (三大美人) is
• What places in Japan are most known for having beautiful women
• Fukuoka (Hakata), Akita, and Kyoto's status as places in Japan known for having many beautiful women
• How Kanazawa/Ishikawa/Kaga is known for having beautiful women
• Some theories about why Hakata, Akita and Kyoto (supposedly) have so many beautiful women
• The theory that short days and humid climate contributes to the white and moist skin of Akita's women
• How white/fair skin is considered beautiful by many in Japan
• The theory that the women of Kyoto are cultured and refined so that results in there being so many beautiful women in Kyoto
• The theory that collagen consumption via motsunabe and chicken helps produce the beautiful women of Hakata
• How pleasure districts might be connected to the impression that Akita, Fukuoka, and Kyoto have many beautiful women
• The idea that the Sea of Japan side of Japan is home to many beautiful women
• The theory that genetic mixing may be a reason for why the Sea of Japan side of Japan supposedly has so many beautiful women
• What the Sandaibusu (三大ブス) is
• The three places in Japan known for having "ugly women"
• Sendai, Nagoya, and Mito's status as the three places in Japan known for having many ugly women
• The theory that claims Tokugawa Yoshifusa sent groups of "ugly" women to Sendai, Nagoya, and Wakayama
• Nagoya's reputation as a boring place
• The so-called urban legend that women from Yamaguchi are all ugly
• The story of Oman's curse as a possible explanation for why women from Yamaguchi are supposedly ugly
• Throwing snakes at women
• And much more!

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