Me: What if the staff says she looks mixed with white?
Friend: Oseiji! White people are very attractive to Japanese people. Japanese people like blond hair and blue eyes…
Me: Most white people don’t have blond hair and blue eyes though…
Friend: Don’t care. White people are kawaii…Japanese people think white people are more beautiful than Japanese people.
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Super Kitty Sisters
Beware! This is cuteness overload you'll most likely suffocate!
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Fukurou Koban, a "kawaii" police station

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Unko san: Animated Poop!
Regular readers of Japundit probably remember the fine discussion we had about unko cartoons drawn to help advertise laxatives. Now let me draw your attention to Unkosan. And let me also draw your attention to the fact that "un" means luck (hence the poop on poop moment later in the little clip).
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Asian Poses
Can you do cat claws? Can you blow out your cheeks? Are you cute? Would you pose for a photo like an Asian girl and send in your results? Could you pass as a cute Asian girl, that is, could you pose successfully in Asian poses?
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Tokyo girls back in black as tough girl styles sweep the fashion scene
Tough girls? Have they watched vampire shows? Oh, whatever. If they can get their country's economy back into black...
Read more »About Kawaii - Scariest beach warning
Is this supposed to be scary? Or, who knows, maybe a warning playfully told can be more effective than a “serious” one…
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The Shape for Summer
This is the shape for summer in water! Hello Kitty water bottles shaped as shapely ladies! Very innovative - only in Japan ? I am sure they would be a great export.
Read more »Kawaii in Tokyo
Loving Tokyo is a hobby, but in loving Tokyo you have to get used to the phrase "kawaii", which is used almost every five minutes around this city.
I'm pretty sure this is universal in Japan right?
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The History of Kawaii
Kawaii (可愛い) is one of those Japanese words that when you [hear] it for the first time you will never forget it. And you will not stop listening it, using it and finding the concept that it represents embedded in Japanese society.
Read more »I'm Your Kitty
In this promo video, a Mac cosmetics model lounges on a bed of pink cotton candy before, like Alice in Wonderland, following a black cat down a cotton-candy-hole (yes, I'm serious) to discover a world populated by mutant dancers sporting big black cat heads.
Read more »Asian Teen Has Sweaty Middle-Aged-Man Fetish
Nakajima san, here's my number! OK, I'm not an actuary, not a claims adjuster, not overweight, not balding, and I don't even live in the MidWest. But I got buddies who are CPAs! And I get out of breath real quick if I run for a bus!
Read more »A Collection of Christmas Themed Bentos!
Enjoy this list of Christmas themed bentos by many talented bent artists! Merry Christmas!
Read more »Booth babes march out.
As TGS2008 ends the girls of the Microsoft stand march out. Its veru cute to say the least. Wish I would have been there.
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