I sat right under this giant phallic gong at Chinese Cafe 8 in Roppongi a couple of weeks ago and ate peking duck. It was delicious! More pics on Boing Boing.
TokyoMango reader Jeremy took this photo in Atami. Imagine wiping yourself off with this mess after an onsen bath...
I think this may be the perviest flan packaging in the world. It's called Niigata Oppai Purin (Niigata Boob Pudding) and to unveil the nipple-like cups of flan you have to unhook the anime girl's bra.
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This is one of those pervy inventions that is at once brilliant and disturbing — it's an iPhone app that lets you look up the skirts of pretty Japanese women by blowing on or rubbing the screen. Does this encourage train perverts, or does it provide them an outlet that distracts them from doing this in real life? I don't know the answer.
(Thanks, John!)
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