…Contest winner Kaho Watanabe poses for photographers at lingerie maker Triumph International Japan’s “best hips” competition in Tokyo…more…

This PR event was called “Show Me Your Sloggi” — contest for a “hip beauty” sponsored by lingerie maker Triumph International Japan in Tokyo. The winner, Kaho Watanabe, now will advance to the world contest that will be in Germany at the end of this month where two worldwide winners will each get 10,000 Euros ($14,000 USD).

Now the real question is how did Yahoo! News (Reuters) follow the odd Japanese-engrish translation of calling this the “best hips” competition. when it’s officially called “World’s Most Beautiful Bottom“?
Japanese always incorrectly translate oshiri (butt) as a “hip” in English, even though Japanese has perfectly regular word, Oshiri, for butt. Japanese are not the least shy to talk about their body parts, clothed or not, so this is not a euphemism.
Anyway for comparison, below is a photo and YouTube video of Kaho Watanabe’s competition for who has the world’s most delicious derrière.

Refer to the official Sloggi website for more information.

UPDATE:

Burnt backside no bummer for beautiful-bottom babe
MDN-Mainichi, 19 Oct
An 18-year-old girl was surprisingly crowned “Japan’s best bottom” babe at Triumph International’s “Show Me Your Sloggi” Japan contest held on Tuesday in Tokyo after a freak accident …”I always take care of my bottom, but I’m embarrassed to show it today…

Click to view all the photos…<

Horseradish soda? Why not?

We drink ginger ale, which can be rather spicy in its original/traditional recipes.

It’s not a stretch to use Japanese green death, WASABI horseradish, to make a soda pop with a little more of a bite to it.

According to the always the informative Octopusdropkick website, the Kimura beverage company is now offering both wasabi- and curry-flavored sodas. Refer to this machine-translation of the official Kimura new product announcement.

Kimura, the company that makes wasabi soda, is best known for its legendary “Ramune“, that drink that comes with a glass ball stuck inside the bottle forcing you to drink it a special way. It’s been a part of Japan’s history for over a hundred years, appearing in the 19th century—the name is a mis-pronunciation of “lemonade”— and achieving worldwide fame with the rise of anime and manga fandom. This year Ramune was chosen for the World Gold Medal–‘Monde Selection Grand Gold Metal 2007′.

SHAMELESS PRODUCT PLUG: As shown above, you can sport this famous image of Japan on a cool katakana T-shirt, made just for you by our sponsor J-List. The shirt features a colorful bottle of Japan’s most famous soft drink with the name RAMUNE printed in Japanese. Buy the look of Japanese summer, available in sizes S, M, L, and XL.

As I’ve written before, Japanese are willing to make ANYTHING into soda pop such as Octopus-dumpling soda, cucumber cola, and juiced Japanese eyeball.
And, don’t miss my previous reports on the wacky drinks of Japan such as:
– Drink down a cool can of Mucos?
– su.no.mo black vinegar drink in a soda can
– Shot & Snot can coffee
– DEPRESSO, the sad coffee of Japan

Mixed Bathing sadly is a becoming a rarity for the Japanese. Likewise, going to the sento—public baths is also a fading tradition, especially going to a dorm sento for students.

Luck for you, here’s a homemade video of large gaggle of naked Japanese college girls teasing each other in a sento (public bath).
Click to watch–obviously, this video contains clean girls naked.

via DailyMotion

UPDATE:
Many Japanese morn the loss of their tradition of konyoku [混浴 ] / mixed bathing. Therefore, there are many Japanese bathing videos available such as this adult series from the 3Yen’s kind sponsor J-List, by the called, “Zenta …”