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In this promotional video for a new Takara Tomy toy, a cheesy white guy shows us how to use the "potechi no te", an artificial hand that is designed to pick up potato chips firmly without breaking them and even brushes off its own fingers afterwards.
Product page (Thanks, Kazu Y!)
If you're in Japan this summer, you might have seen this catchy commercial for Delicare M's, a jock itch cream. The lyrics go something like this:
♪ In the summer time our genitals become itchy (itchy)
When they become itchy, use Delicare M’s
[humming humming] it works!
don’t scratch them, use Delicare M’s♪
via Spoon and Tamago
Otamatone, the theremin-like tadpole-shaped instrument created by art collective Maywa Denki, is now available as an iPhone app. Watch this entertaining video by Novmichi Tosa, the president of Maywa Denki, to learn how to use it.
Come over to Boing Boing today to read my special feature about the "birthing" of Estee Longah, a fabulous drag queen who is empowering gay Asian men to be whoever they want to be.
TokyoMango tipster Kazu Y clued me into a new drink on the market (it came out July 13 and is only available to order online): sparkling soy water. Has anyone tried it?
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