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More weird and wonderful Japanese products

As I am growing my pet project, Meiji Amino Collagen, I have been keeping an eye out for lucrative Japanese items. Through my foraging, I’ve come across a couple of hilarious, and disturbing, things for sale in this land of high tech products and massive consumerism.

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I couldn’t believe it when I saw the words F Cup Cookie. Apparently, the active ingredient to increase your bust line is pueraria mirifica. The reason why I even know how to spell this herb without referring to Google is that I’ve written about a certain brand of bust cream back in the day when I was a magazine journalist. There are some bits of my portfolio that never see the light of day and this advertorial is one of them. Let’s just say, I had no idea this could be consumed orally and what if these delicious biscuits go to your butt and not your bust?

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Another bewildering product is curry bath powder by Bandai. These bath salts will turn water brown and has curry-like spices like ginger and red pepper. Ew. I would feel more dirty after such a bath, rather than squeaky clean and relaxed. Even worse, what if some dumb gaijin picks this up thinking it is really curry powder?!

I kind of get the bust enhancer cookies because Asian women are constantly trying to make their boobs bigger, but the curry bath powder? Go figure…

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2 Responses to “More weird and wonderful Japanese products”

  1. ambien Says:

    hey can you try the curry one so you can put a fun review up for me to read? hehe…

    could you change my link on LINKLOVE? can put in iloveaglaia.blogspot.com too if you like….

  2. yuming Says:

    LOL - it sounds too too gross for me to try… We’ll see…

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