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Weirdest Japanese product ever!

flickr.com — "I've run into some very strange products at Japanese markets, but this one trumps them all."

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  • unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+66Now I know what to buy my family members for Christmas this year, seriously.
  • Jpantoga, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4I, myself, feel that bukake out-weirds that as the weirdest japanese import ever.
    • shrewduser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+78what's bukake you ask? well son, its when a mommy and a daddy and a daddy and a .........
    • Agret, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yeah but it says product not import/export.
  • trevah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+37"The Inflatable Swan Strap-On!, bringing an end to penis envying ballerinas everywhere!"

    Almost as weird as the finger in the butthole game. Almost.

    SPROOOOOOOOOOOOOING!
    • coldstatue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1what is that game called again? i read about it on the blog of an english teacher in Japan. he protested, but only half-heartedly.
    • trevah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4BOONGA!

      http://www.syberpunk.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=boonga
    • bieber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I believe he was referring to Kancho, but that's also _very_ amusing.
    • josak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Boonga.. they should bring that to the U.S. It's about time we had an anal-probe simulator.
    • omarciddo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Welcome to the social.
    • richpav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OK, allow me to chime in with my usual attempt to dispell common online myths about Japan. Boon-Ga Boon-Ga was originally photographed years ago at an arcade video game expo in Japan. That's why you see the same photo of the machine everywhere on the internet. You're NOT going to find one of these machines in any arcade, no matter how hard you look. (However, sneaking up behind someone--for example, your unsuspecting American father--and goosing him, is a fun little game both Japanese kids and half Japanese kids alike love to play.)

      And while we're on the subject of things that supposedly exist everywhere in Japan but really don't, there are no goddamn used panty vending machines either. Period.

      http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/The_FINAL_word_on_used_panty_vending_machines_in_Japan

      P.S. The inflatable dick swan can be purchased at any Tokyu Hands location in the gag gift and novelties department.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyu_Hands
  • bibigon, on 10/12/2007, -21/+0Ooh! I like it!!!
    I wish I could use it with my grand ma. ;)
    • bibigon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0You don't understand! She loves it much more than I do!
  • growlzor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32I like how the guy on the box looks like a dirty rapist
    • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33You mean average Japanese business man?
    • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5Don't call me a racist. I've seen things that will blow your mind. They will alter how you perceive the world.
    • mdmadph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually he looks like one of Japan's stereotypical animated Black people. They can be bad for that sometimes, but then again, so are we with creating animated Asian stereotypes.
  • ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Looks like one of the gags they would show on diggnation after the sponsors.
  • noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12The Japanese have less of The West's silly little stigmas on sexuality. They would probably giggle like we are if they saw how we avoid little sexual mannerisms like the plague.
    • dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, but even the japanese don't go out and actively purchase swan-headed strap-ons like going shopping for groceries or buying a hammer. Japanese Porn and it's ilk is rarely exported in such odd levels enough to warrant putting out something as obscure as an inflatable swan-dildo.

      And a place like J-List only stocks the "spencers gifts" version of sick stuff you can actually get in Japan. Go to Akihabara at night sometime. It's pretty damn freaky. I saw a sex shop that covered it's front window with S&M/Cosplay outfits like you'd see a head shop cover it's windows with rock concert tshirts it sells. It was pretty out there...
    • mancat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Yeah, stigmas like paedophilia and rape and incest and *****-eating tentacle *****... Yeah, you're right. We're prudes here in the West.
  • KillaGoat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I love it, if somebody can get information on where to buy these I would go for a case of them.
  • assassinmaids, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2If I remember correctly there was a Japanese comedian on an ensemble Comedy variety show that used this Swan head as part of his act. The show was on a long time ago and was really popular but i'm pretty sure that this is a 'homage' of it.
    • Midnightbrewer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The box says that it's a party gag, so there you go. You get weird stuff like that everywhere.

      As for the weirdest Japanese product ever, I guess I'll have to upload my picture I took in the Umeda Sky Building gift shop, of "Breast Pudding."
    • richpav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Shimura Ken is the commedian who popularized the ***** swan.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shimura
    • assassinmaids, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes Richpay is right. The show I'm thinking of is the Drifters and ran from 1969 to 1985.
  • secion8, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Choke the chicken!! Does it come with a dvd?
  • commitone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6My cousin just showed me a video he took of this guy(in Tokyo) wearing this and rapping outside. I'll post it as soon as he youtubes it, for anyone that's curious.
  • tehkain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Do you squeeze its balls to inflate it? Or is that chick just feeling for cancer?
  • electronicmaji, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Shes giving herself fellatio.
  • MikeTheC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0That's awesome. Another milestone in the advance of Japanese innovation. [/sarcasm]
  • Elec, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3The "kooky stuff from Japan" topic is extremely tired and very rarely has the promise of "weirdest stuff from Japan ever" been followed through. Yeah, a little strange, but so is stuff from all over the world, to our eyes, and vice-versa. It also bothers me because it focuses more on the consumer-based products of a country than the country's people themselves.

    Whatever, though.
    • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I think an inflatable swan cod piece justifies weirdest.
    • dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I'd like to live in your world for a day... One where inflatable swan dildos are boring.

      That must be like, elitist plus or something. :)
    • DeleteForever, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Thanks for the pedantic and obvious commentary, wet blanket.

      You're probably the guy that stands over in the corner with the other guy you came with bitching about how stupid parties are and otherwise making fun of all the people actually enjoying themselves.
    • Elec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Not at all. I'm not saying that said item in question is not weird, as I do have to admit it's pretty bizarre. But somehow, it seems that its very nature of coming from Japan makes everyone go buck-wild laughing. If I was misinterpreted as elitist or "pedantic", well, that wasn't my intention and I apologize for that.

      If I'm a "wet blanket" for having a perfectly good reason that I disapprove of poking fun at a country's manufactured goods, writing off anything that comes from it as 'weird', which I think does a disservice to our understanding of its people, then so be it. In the end I don't really mind if y'all enjoy it, though. Just bringing up the point.

      I enjoy myself at parties, thank you very much. :-P
    • Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"But somehow, it seems that its very nature of coming from Japan makes everyone go buck-wild laughing."

      I personally think it's because the product is very weird and we don't usually have penis birds marketed to 12 year olds in western cultures.
  • djjuice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6assassinmaids is correct, its a toy, a famous japanese comedian wore it all the time.
    the box says "surprise wild swan" it has no purpose, its just for fun and its a sex joke.. the directions tell you to "twang" it
  • levyjl1988, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Has anyone here watched One Piece fansubbed? They have a guy with this, he copies faces... Anyway that is not wird, I believe canned air is... engrish.com
  • Numbski, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3*pssshhht* Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot. Over. *psshhht*
    • SteveRogers, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform
    • noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1It's phonetic for WTF... which is short for What The *****... just in cas eyou don't know the joke.
    • tf5bassist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5... and he wrote back with a phonetic "Shut the ***** up". In case you don't know the joke.
    • noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah.. .after he edited his post.
  • landyl, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1no no no. the weirdest japanese product is.......super lemon candy. i mean seriously.


    what the fark.

    i learned jap at school for a year, got a treat at the end of the year. and translated the wrapper said "super lemon candy"

    but most japanese products are kinda screwed. i wonder what they think when they make this stuff?
    • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3No, no, no. The weirdest Japanese product is.......SUPA LEAMONU CANDI! (Super Lemon Candy). I mean, seriously! What the *****?. I studied Japanese at school for a year, bought a treat at the end of the year; and translated the wrapper, and it said "Super Lemon Candy!" But most Japanese products are kinda screwy. I wonder what they think when they make this stuff?

      Heil Spellcheck!
  • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Anyone remember on the Garfield cartoon there was that duck?
    • malavalla, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1So a whole year of school and your one example is candy, please tell me the school so i can stay as far away as possible. wait don't say it i don't even want it in any part of my memory
    • MrFoof82, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wade. With the inner tube that had a look-a-like duck's neck and head on the front, that would mimic his facial expressions.

      Man. I'm 25 and I still remember intricate details from Garfield and Friends.
  • Tatsumaki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's sold at Daiso, which is kind of a Japanese dollar store. They don't sell online though.

    http://www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english/index.html
  • fed359, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3reminds me of this site I read awhile ago

    http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2005/08/curiosities-from-japans-porno-shops.html
  • theoristbj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm partial to the Hello Kitty hot dogs.
  • stackdj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He got that at Daiso. Serra Monte Mall. It is located in Daily City. You can see it from the 280. I was just there and picked up some other oddities. That was in the joke section. I took pictures of these inflatable breasts. The images on them were hilarious and had a cartoon of young guy, drunk holding them while they pop the buttons off his shirt. It was called "Surprise Sexy Bomber". Super funny.
    • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One of the comedians at Pier 39 gets a lot of his stuff from there.
  • antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Haha, that reminds me of this kid in this costume (video): http://www.compfused.com/directlink/4399/
  • djrtitan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This is what is says in English (I copied this comment from techmeister off of Flickr so the credit goes to him):

    "It reads (from top left to right):

    Surprise!!
    Wild Swan

    Fuooo-!! (action word of the swan popping out after holding the wing)
    The swan's head pops out!!

    With the "erect" swan, be the king of the party?!

    How to operate:
    After placing the swan on the pants, pull down with your hand on the head (grasping), then let go -

    Muku Muku - Boing!

    Make mostly of Nylon

    For people 12 and older.

    I didn't translate the unimportant stuff ;)"
    • kirakun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The first warning point was hilarious: Due to possibility of the danger of choking, please never insert it directly into the mouth.
  • Pedrucho, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Ну японцы! Во придумали!
    • jerryparid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well the Japanese! In they devised!
  • noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1For people 12 and older.



    ...




    HAAAAAAhhahahaahHHHAHAhhahahahahah what the hell Japan?!
    • dhughes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4 So 80% of the people on digg can't buy it.
  • futurekill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There must be a whole lot of REALLY bored people in Asia...
  • Morph_Ball, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Haha... "Bikkuri!!" indeed~
  • abyssknight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"Stop looking at me, swan!"
  • Dyogenez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There's something that looks exactly like this in the opening credits of an anime called Ping Pong Club. Maybe the inspiration for this?
    • Rickler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yea, I remember seeing this exact thing in the ping pong club anime
  • RetroEvolute, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love how they claim that it'll make you the king of the party... And why the ballerina?
    • doinkies, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, there's a manga from the 70s called "Swan" that's about a ballerina...I guess they put the ballerina on the package as a parody of that manga.

      Also, the creepy-looking dude is actually a caricature of Shimura Ken, the comedian who used this product in his act. It's one of those novelty gifts that people give, kind of like those doinky singing fish...except that this is more of a, er, raunchy novelty gift. ;)
    • mancat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And why the ballerina?

      It's Japan.. You know why.
  • grendel20, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3So I barely woke up from a nap and could barely see. I decided to check digg and noticed the headline "weirdest japanese product ever", and thought back to a few weeks ago, when my buddy from japan sent a package to me.........

    I figured "no way......."

    Way.

    :)

    http://www.xanga.com/grendel20?nextdate=1%2f4%2f2007+21%3a45%3a0.390&direction=n
    • falcyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0While he coulda just linked the image, he did post a blog for a reason. Scroll 1/2-2/3 down, you'll see a package of Japanese oddities, among it is one of these Wild Swans. They must be pretty popular indeed.
  • tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wish I had a pic or at least a link to it, but has anyone ever heard of the Cracker Blaster? It's like a lawn dart with a reversed suction cup on the other end that you throw up and it falls down and makes a big cracking sound because of the cap gun ammo things in it. What makes the Cracker Blaster so funny though, is it has a picture of a black kid on the front of it all happy. I found it at Target like 2 years ago and had to buy it.
  • Rikushix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That swan looks a bit too perky for my liking.
  • RoundysSince, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Comedy prop. Look up Ken Shimura. He's a legend.
  • colonelpanic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I, for one welcome our Swan-Condom wearing overlords.

    /overused quote
  • RoundysSince, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Ken Shimura's most famous comedy TV show is Baka Tono. You can spot the swan half way down to the right.

    tama-66.hp.infoseek.co.jp/shimura/tono.html

    The company that sells this has no afiliation with Shimura but it's obvious to me that they're using his image. One of his other character "Henna Ojisan" - meaning Strange Old Man.

    www.japan-zone.com/modern/pix/shimura_ken.gif
  • Raian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's probably a device that prevents Japanese women from barfing the first time they see a penis... or something of that nature... You have to break these delicate, sheltered beauties in very slowly.
    • OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, and they would then eat their own vomit and ***** yellow diarrhea all over themselves in a bathtub.

      I hope you know what I'm referring to, otherwise that may have sounded a bit strange?
    • RobertPatrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@OBKenobi : I know. Priceless.
  • ishmal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you like Japanese signs and labels, check out this site, which has been one of my favorites for years:

    http://engrish.com


  • Sethwm2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1lol
  • kazuhima, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1shimura ken. his "henna ojisan" character. hes a comedian legend in japan lol.
  • McNash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've seen stranger.
  • Cleanlyness, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1crzy azns
  • zalewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"pranks forbidden"

    yes please.
  • strangehold, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Misssstaaaahhh Spaaaahh-kaaaaallllleee
  • filipeanut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, I hope the Daiso in Daly City still has them. Unless the "Digg effect" kills their store too, at the same time bringing about the first "Digg carpool."
  • 11familyguy11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh *****, a real 'long duck dong'!!
  • Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What bird is it again? A swan? Or is it a funny looking *****?
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