Be bear—Be careful

おはくま〜！みなさん、気をつけていってらっしゃいだモン〜☆
Be bear! Be careful everybody, mon!〜☆
(The bear mascot, Kumamon, revels in Tokyo’s Yamamote Line’s priority Bariatric Seating for three persons.)
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#KumaStrips
Our previous reports from the seat of power of Kumamon, include:

Creepy Kumamon mascot gets crazier (3Yen / 2013-07-07)
Kumamon for Peerless Leader 2016! (3Yen / 2015-08-28)
BEARing the days (3Yen / 2016-08-26)

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You better watch out / You better not cry~

^🎶 You better watch out / You better not cry / Better not pout / I’m telling you why / Godzilla is stomping into town!_🎶 @jsusang_2018

via @41Strange

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Nothing is charming?

For past week in Yokohama, I’ve been stumbling across sidewalk signs reading:
“~~Nothing~~ is charming“.
Mysterious.
But hey, everything in Japan is a bit mysterious…especially mangled engrish.

When I finally bothered to read the fine print, I discovered out the Yokohama City government and local businesses especially Starbucks Coffee Japan are holding an holding a “light down event” (sic) named Nothing is Charming on December 11, which is the 21st anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol.

On Tuesday night from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, all lights in the cafes will be turned down to let people enjoy “Nothing” (and to “rethink our life without lights”). Originally the plan was to ban the use of any electronic devices during the “~~Nothing~~” event but the most recent press releases don’t mention that any more here in the Land of the Smartphone Obsessed™.

Yokohama City press release

@Starbucksnews @Starbucks #Japan ☕️🇯🇵 Use hashtags #ライトダウンポートレイト (“light down portrait”) & #NothingisCharming Learn more: https://t.co/QgU2cmIdDq #TuesdayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts #Tuesday #TuesdayTrivia #tuesdaytip #FYI #DidYouKnow #FreedomJMarket #coffee 💖 pic.twitter.com/c17EGPzoh0

— Freedom Japan Market (@FreedomJMarket) December 12, 2017

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♬ It’s beginning to look a lot like Squidmas ~

♪It’s beginning to look a lot like Squidmas…♪^♬~

♬~Gather around the Squidmas tree …♪^♬~

For the-rest-of-the-story, please enjoy our previous explanation of the Spinning Squid Christmas Tree (3Yen / 2008-12-06).

Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo

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Santa’s advice for Tokyo Metro manners

Here’s some sound advice from Santa to make the crowded holiday season better…

#マナーポスター
When we sit on Santa’s lap,
more people can sit comfortably.

Tokyonama, importer/distributer of original products from Japan–Geneva/Tokyo

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Japan’s Land Ministry warns of Atlantean woes

Mulboyne @Mulboyne writes:
Japan’s Land Ministry has come up with a symbol to designate buildings and places which have been hit by a tsunami. sankei.com/photo…

The early Greek temple on that logo does not look like a Japanese building (3Yen / 2008-06-29) at all. The Land Ministry must using the symbol to make the woes of the great tsunami of Atlantis a teachable point.

Vengeful tsunami gods?

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Kumamon’s surprise

Kumamon was surprised to wake up this fine morning in a wooden coffin being placed in his special burial MON/モン〜！ (円墳)

おはくま〜！出かける人も仕事の人も、気を付けていってらっしゃいだモン！ pic.twitter.com/5fxMv9o7rF

— くまモン【公式】 (@55_kumamon) November 30, 2018

Just a few of our many previous reports of Kumamon’s antics include:

Kumamon’s kinky castle (3Yen / 2016-12-27)
Most Majestic Minister-for-Life, Kumamon, (3Yen / 2016-10-27)
Kumamon, Peerless Leader for Life! (3Yen / 2015-08-28)

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Puking good fun toys

"MER CONTINENT" is a capsule toy series of animal figurines that are designed around the MerLion theme. Price: 200 yen each
The series from the new "Panda's Hole" brand of T-TARTS (Takara Tomy Toys' arts division) featuring the work of outside artists.https://t.co/cXR8o1XURk pic.twitter.com/IXF3jaX6aV

— Taro3Yen (@taro3yen) November 26, 2018

Q: Why puking-good-fun “art” toys like the “MER CONTINENT” series?

A: Because of Japanese world’s highest rate of negative population growth, TOMY decided that adult toys would soon be their only market since Japan has so few children being born. Hence, Tomy’s new hinky “T.ARTS” brand.
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Japan’s Miss Universe is a Ninja Sailor Moon

Miss Japan Kurara Chibana in ninja
← Who can forget Miss Universe Japan—a ninja high heels—Kurara Chibana? She won the contest’s national costume competition in her ninja bikini (3Yen / 2006-07-19).

Again in 2015 Miss Japan, Keiko Tsuji (3Yen / 2015-01-26), wore Ashigaru armor as her national costume in the preliminaries for Miss Universe.→

Now in this year’s competition…

Miss Universe Japan debuts Sailor Moon ninja transformation dress as national costume for 2018
soranews24.com | by Oona McGee | 2018-Nov-23
Yuumi Kato thrills audience at pre-broadcast event by transforming from sexy ninja to magical warrior Sailor Moon in seconds…more...