The cutest Shinto priest you’ll ever see is in Kanagawa. A relatively unknown Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture has suddenly become faamous due to its “substitute Chief Priest” having the head of a panda. Located in the Kanagawa city of Ebina Aruka Shrine (有鹿神社, aruka jinja) is a somewhat out-of-the-way shrine that despite being Kanagawa’s oldest shrine – records indicate …

Everyone needs some cute panties. The Japanese toy company Takara Tomy has announced the release of a set of “cute” underwear for its popular Licca-chan line of dress-up dolls. his announcement came via Twitter on August 2nd, which also happens to be underwear day in Japan (it’s due to a pun based on the numbers eight and two and the …

It could be worse… A chain of shops specializing in karaage (Japanese-style fried chicken) called Tenka Torimasu has teamed-up with the Japanese pop idol group Kamen Joshi (Masked Girls) to create a special limited-time karaage that is intended to taste like the sweat of a pop idol. Thankfully, this bizarrely themed fried chicken is not actually covered in anyone’s sweat. …

A Japanese music producer/composer is starting to generate some buzz online thanks to a truly revolutionary product that he is trying to get made via Kickstarter. That product? An electronic crotch drum that will make you the envy of all your friends. Called Banggos, this unique little drum machine was posted to Kickstarter on July 13 by Japanese music producer …

The DJ, music producer and member of the Japanese hip hop group m-flo, ☆ Taku Takahashi has just released a song made using female pubic hair. Called “In Motion,” this new dance song was created using the pubic hairs of 15 women who participated in the “Pubic Hair Grooving” project, a promotional stunt sponsored by a Japanese hair removal website …