The made-in-Japan celebration is picking up steam around abroad too.
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Three different styles, multiple, materials, and five different colors let you customize your look for cleaning your techno-dwelling.
The place to go for three of the world’s most delightful things: wine, cats, and girls in thigh-high stockings.
The peek-a-boo “pumpkin pants” will ensure all eyes are on you this summer.
If you’re out enjoying the fantasies and frills, don’t forget that they come at a very real price.
Azumi the holographic robot wants to brush teeth, watch TV, and send cute text messages together with you.
According to this survey, tracksuit gym uniforms aren’t as bad as some more popular cosplay choices.
Japan has a long-standing and highly publicized infatuation with maid outfits. As such, it’s really not much of a surprise that you can find a video on YouTube that bears the English title 100 Sizzling Japanese Maids in Action.
The 100-second video isn’t a contribution to Japan’s highly specialized pornography industry though. Rather, it’s an ad for something altogether less prurient, as its true theme isn’t so much “hot girls” as “hotcakes.” It is, nevertheless, extremely compelling viewing.
As an American living in Japan, I often get asked, “Do you miss McDonald’s?” This always strikes me as a strange question, as living near downtown Tokyo puts me in closer proximity to more outlets of the Golden Arches than I ever had growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
Plus, it’s a little hard to get homesick for McDonald’s when you’ve got access to mouth-watering okonomiyaki and sushi joints, not to mention delicious Indian and Chinese restaurants. Being surrounded by the culinary delights of Asia means it takes something pretty special to coax you into a Big Mac run.
McDonald’s cashiers in Taiwan dressing up in frilly pink maid outfits definitely qualifies.
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