New Year's Eve in Japan. We did the usual - hung out with friends, ate a lot, and watched the television count down, most of which was entirely incomprehensible to us. Some Japanese guy was going to jump off a huge platform into a fire. Fair enough, beats watching the ball drop in NYC. He got ready and pumped as the clock counted down and excitement built. Then as the clock hit midnight - he continued to get ready for the jump. Waited ten more minutes before he finally jumped. We were feeling a little ripped off, but at least he did jump, we were beginning to wonder if he had just plain chickened out or something.

Anyway, see it all here...