Many miles from the motherland it may be, but reassuringly, it has remained true to British telephone box regulations, and refuses to work.
Although luckily it looked like it has yet to be used as a lavatory after some late night lagers.
Photographs from a small group of islands
Many miles from the motherland it may be, but reassuringly, it has remained true to British telephone box regulations, and refuses to work.
Although luckily it looked like it has yet to be used as a lavatory after some late night lagers.
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.
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.
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)
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.