TV in Japan

Okay, let's get this out of the way up front.

The Japanese seem absolutely obsessed with panties.

I'll never forget last year at the Tokyo Game Show when I saw about two dozen Japanese men taking photos of boothbabes. Not that unusual right? I witnessed a scene very much like that at E3 yesterday. No big deal.

But there was something different in Japan, as per usual. All of the men were elbowing one another to get lower and lower angles on the picture. I couldn't figure out exactly why they were all scrunched down until I peeked over at one of thier screens. It wasn't the girl that they wanted a photo of. It was the girl's panties.

It was slightly shocking. At least to me.

I think that what weirds me out is the fact that is such a fascination. And that it's a relatively accepted part of the culture over there.

At one point, there were even panty vending machines for those who needed their panty fix on the go, like the one in the picture to the left.

Before you think that these might be for women who might just need a change on the run, look closely at the design. It's actually a machine that sells used panties for salarymen.

This specific machine was removed not that long after it was put there but just the fact that one would ever exsist is kinda gross.

Anyways, this all leads up to the following clip which is from a Japanese sketch comedy show. It's been subtitled which helps explain a few things but it's still weird as all hell.