I try to refrain from painting Japan as an alien, out-of-this-world city because it’s so much more than its extreme people and things. I feel that there are many tiny subcultures that breathe underground, but on the whole, not everyone in Japan is like that as these blogs insinuate. The Japanese are like you and me — just my gut feeling.

But there are moments that I scratch my head and it’s when I spot things like the above contraption: the Bust Roll. You are supposed to roll it upwards over your breasts above and below your cleavage.

Being Asian, I’m used to seeing bust enhancing creams and I’m aware that some women truly have a hangup about this perceived lack. I mean, I always wear bras that are padded and of the push up variety, so it’s not that I don’t sympathize with those less bosomy.

I think it’s possible to be slightly fuller if you are on the pill or taking hormone enhancing herbs (dong quai, wild yam, pueraria mirifica, black cohosh, and red clover to name a few) but I don’t think massage really helps. Also, it looks uncomfortable. There’s another similar product here and it looks just as bizarre…

Anyway, Japan has a product for every problem, it seems!

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