How would you attract tourists to your country – perhaps a big festival, or a lovely museum. Well the Japanese are putting their faith in bras – talking bras. The bra, made by Triumph, is based on a tour guides uniform says “Welcome to Japan” in a variety of languages when pressed. Not making any of this up. There is also space for some delightful photos of Japanese landmarks. C’mon Weymouth, your turn next.
A lifelike Japanese dancing robot. Next stop Terminator. Or Futurama style adult dolls.
Japanese clothing company Uniqlo have launched a new range of video game T-shirts, this time paying tribute to the Pokemon franchise.
Last year the bright colour obsessed fashion chain released a range of t-shirts inspired by a whole host of classic Japanese titles – and LittleBigPlanet. You can see the rest of the Pokemon range below.
Bloody Hell! Seems global warming isn’t just making the beach a lot closer to your house, it’s also responsible for a size-splosion in some sea creatures, including this Nomuru Jellyfish.
Normally resident off Japan, warmer seas have seen the Nomura swell to giant size in recent years, Which means it’s only a matter of time until Godzilla arrives!
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Sure it’s a dorky headline, but the fact is that ES loves giant robot combat more than our own mothers, and this year everyone’s fave Mecha saga hits the big three-o. And in Japan they take this kind of thing seriously. So it is that in the city of Odaiba this amazing, 18-metre tall full size Mobile Suit is going up, which, when completed, will shoot ‘mist and lasers’ and move it’s head, fully ready to butt any Zentraidi invaders into submission.
