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weird japanese trends
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Video: Golf, in a Bra
This Japanese bra-bustier thing unfurls into a golfing mat and comes with an attached golf ball so you can play golf anytime, anywhere! If you're going to wear something uncomfortable, may as well make it double as something useful. Click through to see more double-tasking bras.
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Image: Heart and Star Shaped Cucumbers
From the land of innovation, Japan adds to the square watermelon by creating heart and star-shaped cucumbers. Delicious and absolutely adorable.
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Image: Face Inflation
The bumpy, lumpy art of saline inflation is all the rage amongst Japanese club kids. More pics here. [Editor's note: For those who consider this guy to be your fashion inspo. Sartorialist, anyone??]
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Video: Stacking Food On Animals
A Japanese game/talk show that involves the careful placement of treats. It's not cruelty because at the end there are snacks! This is a widely accepted definition of non-cruelty. In the case of the second woman and her Shiba Inu, there are 300 fluorescent Milkbones.
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The Morning Banana Diet
Culture Buzz The new fad diet in Japan consists of bananas for breakfast, anything you want for lunch and dinner, and bed before midnight. I feel pretty skeptical about this, but there was an entire article in TIME about it.
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Video: Monkey Waiters
A Japanese restaurant has employed monkeys as food servers. I’m starting to feel sort of threatened by the idea of a monkey stealing my job away, especially if they can be paid with edamame beans.
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Virtual Boyfriends
Tech Buzz Japanese girls are finding virtual boyfriends on Webkare, a mix between a social network and dating simulation site. At least it’s slightly less creepy than cybering with pedophiles.
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Ramen Baths
Food Buzz A new amusement bath park in Japan features a “ramen soup bath.” It’d be awesome if David Chang’s next project was to open a ramen soup bathhouse.
