strap – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today. Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:00:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/en_rocket_1024.png?w=32 strap – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com 32 32 176746664 Eggplant found with naturally grown-in accessory holder https://soranews24.com/2015/09/27/eggplant-found-with-naturally-grown-in-accessory-holder/ https://soranews24.com/2015/09/27/eggplant-found-with-naturally-grown-in-accessory-holder/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:00:27 +0000 http://en.rocketnews24.com/?p=268059 
In Japan “straps” can be found everywhere. They’re like key chains, but with an elastic band. People primarily attach them to their mobile phones, but you can also spot them on anything else under the sun like gym bags or sleep apnea machines.
Now it seems that mother nature is getting in on the action by creating an eggplant with a loophole just right for attaching straps to. And attach straps is just what the lucky owner did.
▼ “An eggplant which straps can be attached to was discovered. Please confirm.”
ストラップを付けられるナスが発見されました。
ご確認ください。 pic.twitter.com/ILavl0ce9A— NyaKo (@NyaKo_Nyakko) September 21, 2015
This eggplant appears to have had a growth that protruded out the side and then curled around at just the right angle to make the ideal hole for a strap to attach to. The person who tweeted these photos, NyaKo, said it was found in a three-pack sold at the local supermarket.
Naturally, like anyone living in Japan, NyaKo probably had a drawer full of straps incidentally acquired free with purchases of various drinks, snacks, or electronic devices. So a charm was used of what appears to be Oto-san the dog of the Shirato Family as depicted in the long-running series of SoftBank commercials.
Sure enough, not only did the strap fit like a glove, but it also gave the fruit a hipper and more carefree attitude often unseen in such an aubergine. Netizens had this to say about the miracle.
“Hey, that’s handy.”
“I love eggplant. Please let me hook that onto my phone!!!!!”
“Does it have a camera function too?”
“I’d totally walk around with that.”
“How does it taste?”
Not one to waste food, NyaKo did end up chopping and stir-frying the eggplant along with some chicken, onion, and mushrooms. In its honor, the strap loop was left intact until eating. NyaKo did not comment as to the specific taste of the eggplant, but it’s safe to assume that it tasted like a regular one.
▼ “By the way, this eggplant is for dinner.”
@NyaKo_Nyakko
ちなみに、これから夕飯になります(｀・ω・´)w pic.twitter.com/iBnSIMYax6— NyaKo (@NyaKo_Nyakko) September 21, 2015
▼ “I can’t wait!”
@NyaKo_Nyakko
へぃお待ちっ pic.twitter.com/VGw7q2r2r2— NyaKo (@NyaKo_Nyakko) September 21, 2015
And so ends the legend of the eggplant which grew a strap holder. It now joins the ranks of other temporal heroes of the plant kingdom such as the escaping daikon, sexy daikon, and the suspiciously smiling green onions.
Source: Twitter/@NyaKo_Nyakko via Hamusoku
Top image: Twitter/@NyaKo_Nyakko
Inset images: Twitter/@NyaKo_Nyakko
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So you want to keep your smartphone on your desktop, but you don’t want to lay it flat to get inadvertently smothered by paperwork or worry about some careless mungo putting their coffee mug on it. Or you want to watch some videos on it so you prop it up against your coffee mug but the phone slides down and you actually want to drink your coffee at some point. Strapya (The House of Straps) now brings you some neat little stands in the shape of sushi that suction on to the back of your smartphone to prop it up so there’s no sliding all over the place. They look like realistic pieces of sushi, so they make for cool decorations when they’re not serving your structural support needs. Each piece costs 1680 JPY and they come in 8 types: fatty tuna, shrimp, egg, salmon, horse mackerel, conger eel, sea urchin, and salmon roe. All are deliciously real-looking of course, made by the same folks that bring you those famous samples in Japanese restaurant window displays . And from June 11, you can buy all 8 as a set, together with a wooden serving dish and ginger. Just don’t complain if your smartphone sliding problems are replaced by hungry colleagues wandering annoying close to your desk.
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