Geez, many major Japanese retailers' websites are far worse... e.g. Bic Camera (market cap $70 billion): http://www.biccamera.com http://www.biccamera.com The

Geez, many major Japanese retailers' websites are far worse... e.g. Bic Camera (market cap $70 billion): http://www.biccamera.com http://www.biccamera.com The basic design goal of Japanese retail sites seems to be "complete visual overload" (stun your customers into buying?)... [Come to think of it, this rather matches their physical stores, but it's a lot more annoying crammed in your browser... in a store, it's kind of fun...]