Snow White
Critics are calling the modern anime aesthetics “inappropriate,” but publisher says they’re missing the point.
Open the lid and step into your favourite fantasy world with these new ice creams from Japan.
Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland are ready to hit the sand and surf.
Snow White and the Wicked Queen cosplay is now complete with this specially grown black “poison apple”.
Peek through the pages of either of these two wonderful “360° Books” from any angle and you get treated to an intricate view of a fantasy world like you’ve never seen. All you have to do is keep opening the pages until you’ve created a circle and the scene inside has taken shape. Read More
Earlier this week, we heard the confessions of a crossdressing man in Tokyo (the beauty in the middle of the above photo). As it turns out, this one-night crossdresser works with our next costume-wearing confessor (and they all work at our Japanese sister site, Pouch).
Snow White, pictured above, was hesitant to walk the streets of Japan in costume on a weekday. However, she swallowed her fear and spent the entire day as a Disney princess. The following is her account of a day as Snow White in Tokyo on a weekday.
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