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Foot Odor Fetishist Caught with 27 Pairs of Boots

A hard core boot fetishist was arrested this week for stealing a pair of women's bootsfrom a sports club in Kitakyushu. They were cheap boots--less than $50--but when authorities went to his house, they found 26 other pairs of boots in his house and car. Wow! The guy's name is Kazuhiro Watanabe and he's 33 years old. This is what he told the cops about his unacceptable behavior:

I got excited when I smelled them and fantasized over what the women who wore them looked like.

I think he was more disappointed that the cops were going to confiscate his collection than he was about being arrested. Apparently it took him years to accumulate this many boots.

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Tokyomango Blocked in China!

Is your blog blocked in China? Mine is. A friend is in Shanghai for work this month, and he just told me so on gchat. (I guess gmail is not blocked.) Hmmm. We all know that China has a massive firewall, and that the Great Firewall is kinda patchy and not very consistent and hackers are always trying to figure out how to get around it, but I wonder if there's anything you can do about individual blogs being blocked. Ideas?

Oxygen Capsule Makes Skin Clear, Takes All Day

My brother and I saw this oxygen capsule at the Tokyo Int'l Gift Show. We asked the guy if we can go in, and he said yes. But then he told us it takes at least 40 minutes for one beautifying cycle to complete itself. The oxygen capsule works by slowly releasing oxygen at high pressures inside the tank. Apparently it has extreme health and beauty benefits.

I like to look pretty, but I can't be spending all day in an oxygen tank. My brother, well...he doesn't need to be any prettier.

Apparently, these are becoming increasingly popular in Japan. There's a photo of a sexy model in white boots in a similar one on Mainichi.

I Fought Gamera and Won

I ran into Gamera the other day, so I decided to fight him. He weights a lot more than I do, and his arms are a lot thicker, so I just stood there screamed in his face. I knew he could only blow flames from his legs so as long as he stayed on his stupid wooden platform I knew I would win.

"I thought you're supposed to be able to fly," I said.
"GAOOOOO," Gamera replied.

Artist Draws Humans With Flowers as Heads

 

I love this piece depicting these strange flower people that I saw at at the Media Arts Festival in Japan earlier this month. In this artist's universe, we are all born from flowers. And the flowers sometimes turn a little bit weedy.

Does anyone know the artist's name? It's not in the press kit they gave me.