On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about some of the more creative ways people in Japan are battling the intense summer heat.
👉Topics Discussed
- What is kokushōbi (酷暑日)
- How kokushōbi was decided via a survey
- About the Dohiemon Box/Human Refrigerator
- About Mandom’s “Sweat Management” seminars
- About ice cream holders
- About the parasol curtain from Three Coins that makes you look like a Heian Period princess
- About Sofy Cool, the minty fresh cooling sanitary napkins that went viral
- The controversy behind men wearing shorts in the workplace in Japan
- The electric uchiwa fan machine
- And much more!
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