Somehow I don’t this Heidi would wear one of these Tyrolean dirndl, and I ain’t ever seen a kimono with any “cleavage.”
Oct. 23, 2009 – WWD.com….entitled “Dirndl Meets Kimono”, included Austrian designer Susanne Bisovsky's modern and sexy reworking of typical Tyrolean costumes replete with lace, tulle and rhinestones….Four Japanese designers used traditional Austrian dirndl fabrics to create modern, inventive looks, while the Austrians used kimono fabrics to do the same…more…
….a Swarovski CRYSTALLIZED®, Hello Kitty, MP3 music player.
This encrusted, Hello Kitty Pod has a 2GB memory capacity, a pink Audiotechnica earphone set, and the reasonable price of 13,800 yen or about $149.91USD.
Find more details on the Japanese Rakuten site (mega-funky machine translation).
I bet you didn’t know that Astro Boy, Phoenix, Black Jack, and other Osamu Tezuka manga characters are POWERfull.
The above photo of Osamu Tezuka manga characters emblazoned on the side of the wind generator is from ykanazawa1999’s photostream; better photos at pinktentacle.com’s Tezuka wind turbine.
Question:
I bet you don’t know the reason why Japan has fewer wind power generators than any of the other G-8 countries, do you?
Answer:
Though Japanese are universally deaf to right-wing sound trucks and blaring PA systems, wind power generators prohibited in most places because they make too much noise (or at least that’s what the Japanese nuclear power industry wants you to think).
The wind turbine has Tezuka’s manga characters on it is because the mighty forces of otaku/geekdom (2-Ch) can be marshaled to counteract the blanket refusal of use of such turbines by the local braindead-Japanese homeowners’ associations.
Now here’s a cute motorcycle face that only a Japanese could appreciate.
October 21, 2009 — DayLife.com photo—CHIBA, JAPAN – OCTOBER 21: Honda's electric vehicles 'EV-Monpal' are on display (L) and 'EV-Cub' (R) during the 41st Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe on in Chiba, Japan
According to EliteChoice.com these co-friendly electric scooters are designed to be all-wheel drive, which offers traction advantages on loose surfaces and wet roads.
Also check out this folding electric motorcycle, Yamaha’s ‘EC-f’ that is on display.
PRIOR ART to the Yamaha’s ‘EC-f’ … Pushmi-pullyu.
Actually this year’s Tokyo Motor Show is “groundbreaking” as the Auto-Show-That-Nobody-Came-To becauseno major foreign automakers will be represented for the first time in 45 years at the event, formerly one of the world’s five biggest car shows according to Bloomberg.com as you can see in the mostly vacant photo below.
There’s a reason why you never see see Japanese appliances outside Japan—They are the WORST IN THE WORLD. Via engadget.com
With the exception of microwave ovens, Japanese white goods/major appliances are always non-functional, too small and too expensive. Japan only makes counter-top dishwashers, which are the worst of the worst of Japanese appliances. They don’t have ground-fault breakers or a drain.
But never fear…Panasonic is demonstrating their zillion yen robot dishwasher!
Back in April of 2007, I reported on Japanese ‘Love Dog‘ (see below). Finally folks overseas have taken notice to the sexual plight of their pets and a Brazilian company aptly named Petsmiling has created their own DoggieLoveDoll, which according to their press release is, “a female canine manufactured in soft rubber with a silicone vagina and an easy to clean reservoir.”
In case were worried about your doggie getting chafed humping a plastic love-doll, DoggieLoveDoll, “also comes with a tube of water-based intimate lubricant” thoughtfully formulated just for canines.
Hotdoll: The Sex Doll for Dogs - Gizmodo
Is your dog in heat and humping anything it can wrap its horny little legs around? … Protect your leg from a hump attack by getting Scruffy, a Hotdoll ….
In the Japanese language the word “koshi”means both hip and butt as well as lower part of the waist. The Japanese also use the English word “hip” when they mean ‘butt’ resulting in fun-but-fraudulent product names like Venuskiss Hips.
JUJU COSME VENUS KISS HIPS MASSAGE SCRUB 120G
Do you sick from sitting for a long time on the chairs in the office or at school?
~ This massage gel helps improve the skin conditions on the hips [sic]. It contains the peach essence to make your skin firmer:)
~ It’s used to remove rough and old keratin. More importantly, it’s going to leave the skin smooth and shinny.
~ Made in Japan.
How to use?
~ Massage the target area from thigh to hip where you mainly concern about. Massage gel with scrub invigorates the slimming your skin and get silky feel. Recommended before shower!
Feel the elasticity of your hips after applying for a few weeks. it also tighten your hip so that it won’t feel loose, at the same time it is able to make your skin silky soft.
For added fun, Japanese spell the English word “Wow” as “WAO” in Roman letters following the conventions of their Katakana syllabary resulting in the following fun: “Wao it’s a banana!…Chef’s boast.”
Hello Kitty appears to be alive in this vivisection play toy, doesn’t it?
These images and more details come from Dr. Romanelli x Hello Kitty “Anatomy” Release at Highsnobiety.com.
‘I was a teenage vivisectionist‘ is the self-introductory phrase I always use. That is, at age 19, I was a work-study researcher who used to start every day by ripping out the “pipping body” from the brains of 100 live turkey poults. Therefore, this Hello Kitty’s vivisection playtime seems quite normal to me.
I think that visiting the two air crash museums in Tokyo’s Hanada Airport is the perfect place to kill some time if you are stuck between flights, don’t you?
Japan air crash museums | Fear of flying? Give these places a miss
The Age – October 9, 2009—Charred aircraft wreckage, mangled black boxes, photographs of orphans clinging to coffins – Japan's airlines don't bury their worst air-crash memories, they keep them alive in museums. People with a fear of flying may want to give a miss to the carriers' two haunting exhibits near Tokyo's Haneda airport…more…
Checking further into this story (since I live nearby), the JAL plane crash museum turns out not the best place for a spontaneous fun visit. According to the the official website of the JAL Group – Safety Operations…
JAL webpage….The center is open to…members of the general public…reservations are required and should be made the day before the intended visit…Safety Promotion Center staff will accompany visitors at all times during visits…more...
In addition, you can read more [yawn] at http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/200604/000485.html
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means both hip and butt as well as lower part of the waist. The Japanese also use the English word “hip” 
when they mean ‘butt’ resulting in fun-but-fraudulent product names like Venuskiss Hips. 
resulting in the following fun: “Wao it’s a banana!…Chef’s boast.”
