Odd

As most Japanese cities, and especially the capital, are not only crammed but seem to be constructed almost completely out of concrete, getting out now and again and seeing some nature is not only nice, but necessary. A need that makes the huge northern island of Hokkaido a common summertime destination due to its colossal coastal plains and comfortable climate.

These appealing attributes more often than not making it the perfect spot for city types to de-stress and soak up the scenery on their, erm, Segways.

As bath time in Japan is often an important portion of peoples’ daily life, it’s understandable that this sunset soak should be as comfortable and relaxing as possible, meaning it may well include the likes of music or even manga. Other foibles, however, are arguably far more unfathomable.

Ok, so maybe it’s just because I’m a fella, or that my feet aren’t festoon with fungus, but isn’t a device specifically designed for towelling between one’s toes a tad over the top?

There again, if it sells, then why stop there? A bottom buffer or even a penis powderer may also prove to be improbably popular.

Perhaps.

With its plentiful supply of commode equipped convenience stores, Tokyo is very welcoming indeed for those blighted by a weak bladder or excessively busy bowels. And, with a recent Japanese fashion show claiming that adult diapers don’t have to be dowdy, most people can now happily go out without having to be overly mindful of a mishap.

However, after a large coffee or a load of lager, the possibility of getting caught short should never be completely ignored; a predicament the young lady below amply proves. As, after inexplicably going about her business in a bikini, her bladder was obviously so bulging that she had to relieve herself right in the middle of a busy road. An acutely embarrassing situation that was luckily eased somewhat by a kind-hearted crowd covering her inconvenience with cameras.

Click image for possibly not safe for work wanton weeing.

(image via the FG Forums)

With digital cameras of one description or another now commonplace, there’s the ever increasing problem of what to do with all the resultant pictures — bar printing off the odd one and leaving the rest on the computer until its hard disk dies and neatly nixes the problem.

An issue that Japanese company Sha@Lark hopes to solve with its Purimen Gurumi (プリ面ぐるみ) effigies.

A product that allows people to cut the faces out of pictures and have them placed onto disturbing looking dolls.

Beastly abominations that arguably make the horrors of hard disk failure a little less worrying.

Welcome even.

(via the FG Forums)