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Perfect summer dress for Tokyo

Here’s a perfect summer “dress” for Tokyo’s torrid summer—a seemingly endless five months of more than 30°C (86°F) heat and 90% humidity, arg.

Also, this was on the Japanese news today…

“女子陸上のユニフォームヤバくないすか？>#何故このデザインにしたのか”—@INUIROCKET
“Women’s athletics uniforms, aren’t they?” #WhyDidYouDesignThis

Our previous reports of Japanese swim dressing include:

In Japan, Spider-Man wears a woman’s swimsuit and pink arm warmers (3Yen / 2009-06-19)
Japan’s Swimsuit Doping bedevils the sport (3Yen / 2008-04-27)
Japanese bathing beauties of old (3Yen / 2008-09-14)

Kinky Police

The Kinky (sic) Police administer the Kinki region—the southern-central area of Japan’s main island containing the major cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto.
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Kinki police staffer flashed woman
Tokyo Reporter | 2018/Apr/25
… Osaka Prefectural Police revealed on Tuesday that a 47-year-old staff member with the National Police Agency was sent to prosecutors for exposing himself to a woman last year…

Previous Kinki reports on the 3Yen include:

Higher Kinky learning, hee, hee (3Yen / 2014-05-21)
Kinki Media Plan exposed in Kyoto Japan (3Yen / 2006-04-18)
Kinki & comely in kimono (3Yen / 2005-10-07)
Let’s cosplay kinky! (3Yen / 2012-05-30)

TRUE LOVE (pillow)

Japan’s goofiest mascot, Kumamon, has found his true love. That is, his true love-pillow/dakimakura (抱き枕).

ごろ〜ん・・・かーらーのー、おやくま〜☆!!❤

Our previous reports of Japanese love of dakimakura pillows include:

Japan exports pillow love, yowza! (2012-11-26)
Japanese virgin otaku love (2010-05-11)
Pillow lover (2009-07-24)

Toys Ain’t Us®

Here in Japan, Toys Ain’t Us®, is still chugging along serving the screaming needs of bratty, I-want-I-want-I-want Japanese kids demanding immediate gratification (online sales doesn’t serve this need and thus brick-&-mortar still reigns supreme in Japan).

Toys R Us in talks to sell majority stake in Asia unit, including Japan business
The Japan Times | 12 Apr 2018
…Toys R Us Asia Ltd., its parent, is in talks with …The Hong Kong-based joint venture with Fung Retailing Ltd. includes over 400 physical stores and eight online stores across Hong Kong, Japan, China, Macau, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand…more…

Our previous reports of Toys R Us include:

Just average Sunday afternoon in a Japanese toystore… (3Yen / 2010-09-05)
Japanese toys for boys… (3Yen / 2011-11-25)
Oh, those Japanese ‘toys’! (3Yen / 2011-01-18)

http://news.3yen.com/2011-01-18/oh-those-japanese-toys/

Pole dancing mascot?

ア〜イアイ〜♪おさ〜るさ〜んかモーン！おやくま〜☆
The mascot Kumamon’s attempt to broaden his appeal by pole dancing at a nursing home may have been misguided, mon〜☆!! ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

Our previous reports of krazy Kumamon include:

Kool Kumamon (2018-01-22)
Japan’s Kumamon finds his True Calling (2017-06-09)
Seeking clarity Kumamon, モーン！ (2017-06-06)

God-of-Things-As-They-Ought-to-Be smashed

The 3Yen’s favorite deity of Japan, Billiken -“The God of Things As They Ought to Be”- has been brutally assaulted and robbed!

“Billiken” statue overturned, its stone face smashed, collection box stolen
Yomiuri.co.jp |April 05, 2018
Chiba Prefecture, the “Tone Tower Billiken Statue” (height about 40 cm) on the Tone River…at the Tone Transportation Center discovered that the statue was shoved from its pedestal around 8 pm and that part of the face and the back were damaged. It was also confirmed that the money box was gone…more…

Best Korea’s ‘Hotel Doom’ gets a face lift!

Best Korea has added a massive LED display showing a waving North Korean flag to the top of Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel…aka “Hotel Doom.”

Finally, we see the Ryugyong Tower at night
@vunamphuong | 2018-04-02

April Fools!

I am not religious, but funny shirt…
— The Goat (@Mr_Jitters) March 28, 2018

More Easter fun on the 3Yen:

Happy Hemorrhoid Easter eggs, from Japan of course (2015-04-05)
Tokyo Lucky Hole Easter, Happy! (2015-04-05)
Zombie Easter Bunny (2009-03-16)

Good Friday, Japan

Go go Good Friday, Japan!!~
Have a Happy Easter.
第30話「魔人ハサミルゲが待ちぶせて切る!!」

Beer promotion or train car, you make the call

I think I’ve been on this train before ❮hick❯.

Japan Station @JPNStation
Keihan Railway’s Premium Car is a new service offering spacious reserved seats on express trains between Osaka and Kyoto.

osakastation.com/the-keihan-main-line-traveling-to-kyoto-from-yodoyabashi-station/

suntory.com/beer/premium/en/

Our previous reports of luxury Japanese trains without beer promotion:

Tactless tumescence of ToQger train’s todger (2015-11-21)
‘Experience the thrill’ of Japan’s maglev train! (2005-06-24)