Tarako song and dance
Posted on 28. Oct, 2006 @ 1:30 pm by harvey in Culture, Food, Media Views: 1,310
There is a company in Japan called キューピー “Cupie” which makes a mayonnaise. The image character for this mayonnaise… is TARAKO (たらこ).
※ Note, if you check the Tarako webpage the Tarako image characters will appear to close in on you, back you into a corner, and follow your mouse around the screen. Do not panic. No harm will come to you.

Tarako is a pod-like red thing with an eerie cute baby face.
If you ask me, Tarako looks like something that would appear in a psychedelic nightmare after studying a bit too much Kanji in one day.

To make it worse…
This song and video on YouTube is the promotion video for Tarako.
The song sounds like it should be in a Tim Burton movie. Happy… Yet… Some how creepy and forboding… If you can understand the lyrics. Please read them. In fact. I’m going to post the translation soon.
Memorize them, and sing the theme song while walking down the street to amaze (and probably creep out) Japanese around you.
I’m sure this song is also available in Karaoke booths, so practice and bust a move!
If you can memorize the dance… Impressive.

Most Impressive…
Ominous even.
You can download you Tarako wallpaper here. I’m using it. You should too. If you haven’t had enough, there are more Tarako commercials available on the official website as well.
- Harvey
[tags]Tarako, Japan[/tags]
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