SoraNews24 —Japan News—

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

RocketNews24 Japanese

Featured

Pins ‘n’ peel: This banana art will blow your mind

Screen Shot 2013-09-27 at 18.18.28

We don’t know about you guys, but when we were kids our parents always told us not to play with our food. Judging by the number of “banana tattoo” photos doing the rounds on Twitter today however, it looks like there are plenty of people here in Japan prepared to ignore that particular piece of parental advice in the name of art.

Banana tattoos have been around for a while now, but we’ve never seen levels of dedication quite like this.

For the uninitiated, banana tattooing is just as it sounds, albeit without the ink. Using little more than a drawing pin (or thumb-tack if you’d rather), it’s possible to discolour the skin of a banana simply by pricking it with the pin (it works even better if the banana has been refrigerated), thus “tattooing” its surface and allowing you to draw whatever patterns you like.

It would appear that Japan’s netizens – particularly one artist going by the name of “End Cape” – are surprisingly adept at this unusual art form, however. Take a look at these fine examples of pictures in peel!

▼ It would be a shame to eat this thing!

pic_amazing

▼ I personally hate bananas, but even I have to admit this looks good!

Screen Shot 2013-09-27 at 18.17.26

endcape

▼ Mikuuuuuu!

Screen Shot 2013-09-27 at 18.18.28

5mario

▼ We wonder what da Vinci would make of this one.

hiragon7a

▼ And this one must have taken hours of work.

endcape

▼ Patriotic peel

endcape

▼ Angelic

nabecchi03

▼ This “retirement” Hayao Miyazaki may be our overall favourite though!

endcape

We’re sure no bananas were harmed in the creation of these tattoos, but then again what is art without a little suffering?

Source: Togech (Japanese)

Like this:

Like Loading…

Related Stories

Trackbacks

  1. There are no trackbacks yet.
  2. Trackback URL

Trending Today

  1. Tokyo ward looking to change lodging laws, ban more than half of its Airbnb-style rentals
  2. Okinawa man convinced he won 700 million yen by scammers, saved by convenience store staff
  3. Mister Donut releases new sweet potato doughnuts in Japan, and we’ve ranked them from best to worst
  4. Uniqlo’s sister brand will be waiting with Pokémon sweaters and parkas this fall [Pics]
  5. Starbucks Japan unveils new Chilled Cup drinks for autumn
  6. New Transforming Business Card case brings anime mecha to Japanese work meetings
  7. Anime magical girls grow to gigantic size with new Madoka Magica plushies [Photos]
  8. Tokyo’s red-light district cafe lets you dine inside a real 1960s cabaret
  9. New Japanese ice cream is Ballin, in more ways than one
  10. Starbucks Japan proves Pumpkin Spice is NOT dead, with a new take for autumn

© SoraNews24 —Japan News— / SOCIO CORPORATION

Powered by WordPress VIP

%d