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Top Obscura
21 Amazing Bangalore Breakfast Dishes 
The Creepiest Amusement Park of All Time? 
China’s all-time favorite (and all-time darkest?) comic book: Sanmao 
Classic Chinese Torture Methods (and their cute names) 
Amazing Old Bollywood Poster Shops 
Why Chinese People Eat Sea Horse 
Beijing’s incredible (and completely fake) Disneyland 
The 38th Reich: Korean Nazi Cosplay 
India’s Incredibly Cool Hand-Drawn Movie Posters 
Prosthetic Noses, Red Wigs, and Whiteface… American Characters in Chinese Films 
Why Chinese People Eat Ants 
This Hindu God has 1,000 Vaginas! 
Castration Classes at the Beijing Eunuch Culture Exhibition Hall 
Nazi Fashion in China 
What the Fortune Teller Told Me (Hong Kong) 
One Ghostly Cambodian Ruin 
Why Chinese People Eat Deer Penis 
About Andy Deemer & AsiaObscura 
The Insane Monkey Bar in Tokyo 
Beijing’s Single Most Horrific Meal 
The Sick Collector and His 1000 Pairs of Shoes 
Whoring in Chiang Mai 
Learn How to Speak North Korean 
A Huge Pile of Gorgeous Old Thai Movie Posters 
Those Creepy Japanese Videos, Finally Explained 
Why Chinese People Eat Snake as Medicine 
The Best Place to Eat and Poop, Together! 
Philadelphia CheeseSteak Ice Cream - Awesomely Steampunk Portable Corn Roaster
Pyongyang Too: A Tribute to Guy Delisle 
Red Onion-Flavored Red Wine 
A Huge New Horde of Hand-drawn Indian Movie Posters 
The New iOS Game From the Creators of AsiaObscura 
18 Terrible Moments from a Taoist Hell 
American Imperialist Bastards in a North Korean Comic Book 
Outrageously Cute Korean Cosplay: The 21 Favorites 
Gorgeously Gory Paintings in a Burmese Temple 
Beijing’s Dongyue Temple and Their 19 Incredible Taoist Gods 
A Postcard from Erenhot - Why Chinese People Eat Fried Worms
Sweet gruesome statue asking for donations 
On Horse Meat Sashimi 
The Taj Mahal… Murder, Incest, and Fratricide 
Small Children Feeding Live Animals to Tigers in a Chinese Zoo 
A Sweet New Batch of Indian Movie Posters 
Antilia: The Most Gratuitous House in Mumbai 
Another Diana Pose at the Taj Mahal 
The Eko Nugroho Flower Suit Lives On 
Mad Costumes Across Asia 
Porn, Rats, and Antique Projectors at Sri Lanka’s Classic Cinemas
Tag Archives: death
Holy Curiosities, Theme Parks
The Creepiest Amusement Park of All Time?
Singapore is bland. It's a high-priced row of shopping malls and fine eateries, with a few hawker markets thrown in. "It's soooooo boring," warned my hairdresser Miss P. But then you stumble on something like this. The Tiger Balm Gardens: The most disturbing theme park of all time. There's sex, violence, bear-maulings and scabies. ...
Historical Wonders, Modern Ruins
One Ghostly Cambodian Ruin
It used to be a retreat. 90 years ago, the French spent 9 months building Bokor Hill Station up as the ultimate getaway: escape from the miserable heat and humidity of Phnom Penh. 900 laborers died while building it, but to the French all these ghosts were worth it. There was a ...
Historical Wonders, Holy Curiosities
18 Terrible Moments from a Taoist Hell
A few weeks ago, I posted about the Incredible Taoist Gods -- cool court officers tasked with enforcing rules of life and the afterlife. Well, to further display how far traditional Taoism strays from the mystical romance of the Tao Te Ching, here are some of the darker views of the Taoist "Way." I found ...
Holy Curiosities, The Occult
The Modern Afterlife
With Melaka being a culture mix of Indian, Malay, Chinese, Dutch and Portuguese, amongst others, local customs are very much honored and preserved. Buddhists, keeping up with modern times, offer their ancestors the very best in the afterlife. Apart from the expected cash to spend and incense to purify and keep them from ...
Modern Ruins, The Occult
Fake Graveyards outside Beijing
The Beijing suburbs are expanding like mad.We spent the last ten days living in a small Tongzhou village, an hour east of Beijing, and construction was non-stop. Every day we were there, a ramshackle house was torn down and replaced by a building site. New walls would go up in hours. Bricks and dust were ...