NationStates Jolt Archive

The Japanese invented cosplay, so I'd expect their Halloween regalia to be equally eccentric. They did not disappoint.

Behold (http://www.cracked.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1209)!

My favorites? The Old Glory bodysuit (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/zensintaitu007.jpg), the effete swan outfit (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/mjp-11-.jpg), and the oddly-endowed monkey (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/046_b.jpg).

*sigh* Maybe next year...

Why the hell do they incorporate phallic symbols?

its disturbing. O_O

finally a costume that fits! (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/kigurumi025.jpg)

I liked the well endowed banana.

Why the hell do they incorporate phallic symbols?

its disturbing. O_O

It's never too early for kids to start worrying about the size of their boobies, penis, and balls.

The best style is terrorist style, like me.

Terrs are from Venus, CTs are from Mars

Disturbing.

Um, one, Japan doesn't really celebrate Halloween so those aren't Halloween costumes. And two, that oddly endowed monkey is actually a tanuki.

Why the hell do they incorporate phallic symbols?

its disturbing. O_O
This is Japan, home of the large stone and wodden penises that reside in shrines all over the place and are still reguarly paraded down the middle of the street with people trying to touch and rub them.

And no, I am NOT making that up.

Because it's Japan.

And two, that oddly endowed monkey is actually a tanuki.
Interesting -- although that doesn't change the fact that it has unusually large genitals. :p

Heh... I was reading the Wikipedia entry for "tanuki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki)", and came across this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Pompoko.JPG

Caption: "A Tanuki using its enlarged scrotum to fight off a police officer in the popular anime Pom Poko."

I do not lie.

Interesting -- although that doesn't change the fact that it has unusually large genitals. :p
Well, yes, but tanuki are supposed to. They are well known for it after all.
*wanders off singing the tanuki song*

Um, one, Japan doesn't really celebrate Halloween so those aren't Halloween costumes.

They aren't Halloween costumes, but here in the big city, Halloween has really been catching on. I've spent the last two weekends making a bundle off of a purely Japanese Halloween event in Kobe.

(Although the "facist pigs" at the OPD obliterated Osaka's oldest Halloween tradition, the Loop Line Party, this year. :mad:)

And two, that oddly endowed monkey is actually a tanuki.

Indeed it is.

This is Japan, home of the large stone and wodden penises that reside in shrines all over the place and are still reguarly paraded down the middle of the street with people trying to touch and rub them.

And no, I am NOT making that up.

For example, the Kanamara festival, featured in an MDN Photo Special recently:

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/060403kanamara/

Interesting -- although that doesn't change the fact that it has unusually large genitals. :p

Tanuki (aka "Raccoon Dogs" or Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus, and often mistranslated as badger or ) actually have quite large testes.

Tanuki don't usually carry bottles of sake, but the statues are correct about their biology in one important detail: testes size. Rather than being used as an impromptu drum, as Japanese folklore would have it, the scrotum is large because of high levels of competition among males for females. This means that they copulate very frequently -- and need large testes.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/tanuki-jt.shtml

A curious and defining characteristic of Tanuki is its gigantic testes. According to some legends, the testicles / scrotum can be stretched to the size of eight tatami mats. Others point to the word Senjojiki (the space of 1,000 tatami mats) as an indication of the Tanuki's testes size. Called Kin-tama (Golden Balls) in Japanese, the testes are supposedly symbols of good luck rather than overt sexual symbols (the Japanese are more tolerant of low humor than most Western nations). In the movie Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (see below), the Tanuki stretches out its scrotum as a parachute in a desperate suicide attack. In other Tanuki folklore, the Tanuki uses the testes as an impromptu drum, beating out the "ponpoko" sound (no pun intended).

In biological terms, the mythical Tanuki's large "golden balls" are a true depiction of the real-life Tanuki. According to evolutionary biologists, the Tanuki's scrotum is large because of fierce competition among Tanuki males for females. Phrased differently, Tanuki copulate frequently, and those Tanuki with larger testes size have a greater chance of getting their genes into the next generation. The same is true in the world of chimpanzees.

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/tanuki.shtml


Well, yes, but tanuki are supposed to. They are well known for it after all.
*wanders off singing the tanuki song*

Tan Tan Tanuki... :)

WTF!? what is with Japan and massive genitalia!?

I'm scarred for life by this thread.

I suspect they might be compensating for something. ;)

They aren't Halloween costumes, but here in the big city, Halloween has really been catching on. I've spent the last two weekends making a bundle off of a purely Japanese Halloween event in Kobe.
It's starting to, yes. Nagano is home to the largest Halloween party/event in Japan (Happy Halloween in Shiojiri) were we had well over 10,000 attend this year. Sadly I still find myself having to explain the holiday a lot though. :(

Tan Tan Tanuki... :)
Tan Tan Tanuki no kintama wa
Kaze mo nai no ni
Bura bura
;)

I suspect they might be compensating for something. ;)
The tanuki or the Japanese?

According to some legends, the testicles / scrotum can be stretched to the size of eight tatami mats.

*sputter* Why would anybody want to stretch scrotum? Tanuki testicle parachutes? Replace your old carpeting? Revenge for their testis being bigger?

*sputter* Why would anybody want to stretch scrotum? Tanuki testicle parachutes? Replace your old carpeting? Revenge for their testis being bigger?
Yes.

The tanuki or the Japanese?

Exactly! *nod*

I suspect they might be compensating for something. ;)

A joke about penis size in a thread about Japan? Novel indeed.

The Japanese invented cosplay, so I'd expect their Halloween regalia to be equally eccentric. They did not disappoint.

Behold (http://www.cracked.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1209)!

My favorites? The Old Glory bodysuit (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/zensintaitu007.jpg), the effete swan outfit (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/mjp-11-.jpg), and the oddly-endowed monkey (http://www.cracked.com/img/articles/hallopan/046_b.jpg).

*sigh* Maybe next year...isn't the Oddly Endowed monkey supposed to be a Tanuki?

*sputter* Why would anybody want to stretch scrotum? Tanuki testicle parachutes? Replace your old carpeting? Revenge for their testis being bigger?

I suggest watching Pom Poko (http://imdb.com/title/tt0110008/).

and you'll see the use of stretching one's scrotum to immense porportions... :D

isn't the Oddly Endowed monkey supposed to be a Tanuki?

Indeed. ;)

(BTW, speaking of adopted Japanese customs, got a hawaiian night coming up this Sunday at my local - mmmm... poke, lomi salmon, kalua pig, spam musubi, some good music and the local hula school... :::drools:::)

Indeed. ;)

(BTW, speaking of adopted Japanese customs, got a hawaiian night coming up this Sunday at my local - mmmm... poke, lomi salmon, kalua pig, spam musubi, some good music and the local hula school... :::drools:::)

... need some poi?

... need some poi?

Oddly enough, that's the one signature Hawaiian dish I haven't had a chance to try...

Um, one, Japan doesn't really celebrate Halloween so those aren't Halloween costumes. And two, that oddly endowed monkey is actually a tanuki.

I saw those statues out the front of buildings, they looked like hedgehogs with enormous knackers. Now I understand what they are. Still pretty odd though! :p