Tokyo Times

Mar 22 2008 1 Comment

Yuri Ebihara yearnings

With temperatures in Tokyo gradually rising, Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido has rather aptly started to roll out ads for Anessa, the company’s super selling sun block cream. And, after the success of previous campaigns, it has once again enlisted the youthful Yuri Ebihara to further boost its fan base.

A combination that perfectly gets the point across, as one look at either the photo above or the commercial below immediately reminds me to give my more sensitive bits a good rub, meaning I can then venture outside both ready and relaxed.

Mar 21 2008 1 Comment

Tokyo pedal power pioneers

Bicycles remain a typical form of transportation in Tokyo, with sojourns to the supermarket often made using pedal power. So, as such practical concerns are paramount, most of those in use are rather boring beasts of burden bearing baskets.

But that said, one or two of them manage to imaginatively break the mould, with those that are combos,

cool,

and even comical contraptions.

Mar 20 2008 7 Comments

Pronounced party pants

For the Japanese party-goer intent on making a mark of sorts, the pants pictured below may prove perfect — their curvy contours clearly capable of causing a commotion before one can even call out ~~camelt~~ conspicuous.

Mar 19 2008 8 Comments

Japanese anime altruism?

Unfortunately, despite the best of intentions, somebody offering a hand can actually be more of a hindrance than help. And, in a slightly similar sort of vein, anime-based altruism can also go awfully awry.

A situation it would seem that is particularly pertinent when protection is prescribed, although absolute horror rather than mere hindrance is arguably a more honest assessment.

(naughty but not intentionally naughty image nabbed from Neta)

Mar 18 2008 Leave a Comment

Japanese infant honesty

Despite masses of coverage in the media, Japan’s birth rate remains stubbornly low, with some predictions claiming that the current population of 127 million will fall to somewhere in the region of 89 million by 2050. A transformation that may actually make catching a train in Tokyo more tolerable, although on the downside, the almost inevitable staff shortages could well result in carriages under the control of overworked octogenarians.

However, a somewhat unsettling future aside, even those currently having kids aren’t always exactly overcome with emotion, as, going off this garment, some people are seemingly more pragmatic than passionate about their parenting.

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