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The photo above posted on the Asiaone site, it’s a bit eerie isn’t it? Tsunami survivors receive lookalike dolls of their dead children. It’s the next step from a Jizo stone Buddha. It helps them mourn, yet it’s a bit strange. A quote says, “It was like my daughter came back to me,” Mika Sato told the Yomiuri Shinbun, Japan’s biggest selling daily. Wow. That’s scary. (Telegraph UK – lookalike dolls)
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You’d think that a Baby Cafe in Japan would be more perv. You, dressed up in a bib, baby clothing your size, a big breasted mamma serving up some different concoction of milk, a bonnet, a giant stroller, a huge crib, yes, you’re a perv if you thought this. Not us. But this is something more regular, it’s a cafe for the little ones that is designed for the little ones. It’s “legit” but not “legit” Akihabara. This one is in high rent area, Aoyama, where luxury stores live next to one another. It’s designed by Nendo and has a Tom Petty music video feel going on.. (Wired – Baby Cafe / Designboom – Baby Cafe)
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