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Perfume ascends to the “Next Stage with YOU” in Mercedes-Benz A-Class commercial【Video】

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Nov 28, 2015
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Global superstars Perfume build upon their impressive resume of advertising tie-ups with the latest commercial for Mercedes-Benz’s new A-Class.

Japan
(Mercedes • music • perfume • Tokyo Girls' Update • video)

Danso revolution! 10 ways to experience crossdressing culture in Tokyo

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Nov 22, 2015

Danso—women dressing and performing as men—has been an element of Tokyo girls’ underground culture for years, but with a recent boom in otaku visibility has become more and more popular. Especially big among young women who see danso as the ideal too-perfect-to-be-true guy, danso is even becoming popular among men who think they can learn a thing or two from their cool style. There are now many ways to experience danso culture in Tokyo, but you can enjoy it from abroad, too!

Japan
(crossdressing • Danso • music • videos)

Are these normal Japanese things weird to you? 10 things that might surprise you when you visit Japan

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Nov 7, 2015

When traveling to a foreign country for the first time, no matter how well-prepared you are, there’s sure to be a lot you’ll be surprised by! Let’s take a look at 10 things in Japan that might surprise you when you first hop off the plane.

With these in mind, you can enjoy your first trip to Japan even more!

Japan
(hot springs • Japan Culture • list • Tokyo Girls' Update • visiting Japan)

Lingerie for girls with smaller breasts: feast’s new collection “Glossy Ribbon Mermaid” is too cute

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Oct 17, 2015

Celebrating its first anniversary, feast, the lingerie brand designed by Gomi Hayakawa and known for targeting women with smaller chest sizes, has released a new lingerie collection, called “Glossy Ribbon Mermaid”.

Japan
(bras • fashion • feast • Japanese • Tokyo Girls' Update • underwear)

Step up your selfie game! 10 popular poses Japanese girls will whip out

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Sep 28, 2015

Selfies taken on smartphones are one of the must-dos for the young girls nowadays, and Japan is no exception. As popular Japanese pop icons or teen models post their selfies on social medias, Japanese young girls would fire up their camera apps and pose the similar way. They do this not just to be like the icons they admire, but also to figure out the best poses for looking good on Twitter or Instagram.

With this in mind, today we have listed 10 selfie poses that young Japanese girls are likely to do on Twitter and Instagram! Maybe you’ll learn a new move or two?

Japan
(cute • fashion • Japanese • Japanese girls • photos • selfie • trend)

Be a magical girl this fall! LIZ LISA and Madoka Magica’s collaboration fall line is here

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Sep 26, 2015

The dream collaboration has come true! The popular television anime series, “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” has collaborated with the popular girls’ fashion brand, “LIZ LISA.”

Orders for the collaboration items are now being taken through anime goods webstore Super Groupies, with orders being delivered around the beginning of October. There are five different items and each will come in two different colors. Check them out after the jump!

Japan
(clothing • LIZ LISA • Madoka Magica • Tokyo Girls' Update)

Emoji is the new black: Could emoji fashion be the next “kawaii” trend?

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Sep 1, 2015

Recently, with elements of the Japanese language and its culture starting to be adopted by people in countries the world over, we hear the word “emoji” being used incredibly often overseas. In fact, both the word “emoji” and the digital images themselves have become pretty much universal.

And now, those emoji that I knew from my cell phone screen here in Japan have even been turned into fashion icons!

Japan
(emoji • fashion • Tokyo Girls' Update)

Tochiotome 25 invite you to a unique onsen experience in the music video for “Yu”! 【Video】

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Apr 24, 2015

Tochigi local idol group Tochiotome 25 have once again released a music video showcasing the charms of their rural home town with “Yu” (release date: April 22). This one’s… a little different.

Japan
(idol • onsen • Tochi Otome 25 • Tokyo Girls' Update • video)

It looks so real! Attack on Titan face packs included in beauty magazine VOCE

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Apr 23, 2015

There will be a special collaboration insert included in the June edition of the Kodansha-produced beauty magazine, VOCE (pronounced Vo-che), on sale April 23rd. Each magazine will come with one Attack on Titan face pack by the makers of the kabuki face pack, Isshindo Hompo, and feature Attack on Beauty!!

Japan
(anime • Attack on Titan • beauty • face pack • mask)

Fetishes as art?! Joint photo exhibit “Ambiguous☆Bishoujo Art Exhibit” opens

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Apr 16, 2015

TODAYS GALLERY STUDIO (Asakusa) will hold their second free gallery event, “Ambiguous☆Bishoujo Art Exhibit,” for artists from April 29 until May 10. If you’re in Tokyo and into cool, sexy, and unusual art, you won’t want to miss it.

Japan
(art • cool • Tokyo • weird)

Momoiro Clover Z dress up as Dragon Ball Z characters in trailer for new track, “Z no Chikai”

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Apr 14, 2015

On April 13, a trailer video for J-pop group Momoiro Clover Z‘s new track “Z no Chikai” was released. In the video, all five members of the group are made up as characters in the infinitely popular anime Dragon Ball Z. See which ones you can regcognize!

Japan
(idol • Momoiro Clover Z • music video • Tokyo Girls' Update)

Sakura Gakuin Welcome an Ewok from outer space as a transfer student in the MV for “Aogeba Toutoshi ~ from Sakura Gakuin 2014~”

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Mar 6, 2015

Sakura Gakuin have released a short version of the highly anticipated music video for “Aogeba Toutoshi ~ from Sakura Gakuin 2014~“.

Sakura Gakuin makes a new friend from a far away land as they prepare to bid farewell to Yui Mizuno, Moa Kikuchi, Hana Taguchi, and Yunano Notsu (members graduate from Sakura Gakuin when they graduate from middle school). As they are about to start practicing “Aogeba Toutoshi” which is the traditional song that is sung at a graduation ceremony, a spacecraft crashes into the ground outside of their school building…

Japan
(Ewok • idol • Sakura Gakuin • Tokyo Girls' Update)

Is “Ago-kui” the next “Kabe-don”?

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Jan 21, 2015

“Kabe-don” ranked among Japan’s top anime buzzwords of 2014. Facing a woman with her back on the wall, the man places his hand on the wall beside her with a “don!” (the Japanese sound routinely used to represent something hitting a hard surface), with his face close to hers. This situation common in girls’ comics is also frequently seen in TV dramas and movies, and many young women who watch this scene dream of finding themselves in a similar situation with the object of their affections.

But is the ago-kui set to be 2015’s kabe-don and among its most-used phrases?

Japan
(ago-kui • anime • kabe-don • love • manga • moe • romance • Tokyo Girls' Update)

Lingerie brand for women with smaller breasts “feast by GOMIHAYAKAWA” holds its first exhibition

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Jan 20, 2015

Gomi Hayakawa, designer of “feast by GOMIHAYAKAWA,” will hold her first exhibition of lingerie for sizes AAA~A cups (referred to as “Cinderella Bust”).

Although smaller breasts may be considered less desirable by some, the lingerie maker has decided to celebrate these sizes by calling them 品乳 (“hinnyuu”), cleverly substituting the first, somewhat negative, kanji character in the word for small breasts (貧乳, also pronounced “hinnyuu”) with 品, which can mean both “goods” and “elegant” or “class.”

Japan
(fashion • feast • GOMI HAYAKAWA • lingerie)

A deep conversation about women and fetishism! Monthly publication talk event for “Underwater Knee-High Girls” to be held

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Jan 11, 2015

Manabu Koga, who received recognition for his photo ablums “Underwater Knee-High Girls” and “Underwater Knee-High Girls Plus”, will begin holding a regular talk event, titled Monthly Underwater Knee High Girls, beginning on January 14.

This series, which also received a great response, is a fetish series focusing on women wearing knee-high socks and bathing suits underwater.

Japan
(event • fake knee-high stockings • photography • socks • Suichu Niso)

“Eva-Con”: Raise your synchronization rate & defeat loneliness!

TokyoGirlsUpdate
Oct 28, 2014

Evangelion, one of the most popular anime series in Japanese history, is celebrating the 3rd anniversary of EVANGELION STORE TOKYO-01 with the 18th meeting of “Eva-Con in Ikebukuro”, a “goukon” (group dating event).

When looking for love, isn’t it important for that person to share your interests? Well “Eva-Con” is an event that looks to bring together people through their love of Evangelion! Isn’t that the dream? No more agonizing over trying to be the person you think would be popular because what you actually like might be considered strange! Let down your AT Field and make a connection without having to wait for Third Impact to happen!