Sea Cucumber phone straps

Aomori has turned dried sea cucumbers into a popular souvenir item:

The sea cucumbers (namako) are dried, coated with gold or silver paint, and then sold as 1000 yen phone straps. They are apparently so popular that producers are having trouble keeping up with the demand.
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11 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - October 7, 2009 at 9:12 am

Categories: Odd / Strange Tags: namako

M

They look like gilded turds.

James

I was thinking the same exact thing, ye beat me to it

RSS

Anybody who buys that thing has absolutely no style.
Vonskippy

I don’t get the whole put a leash on your phone concept.

adsasdfdfddfsd

Me neither, especially if the item is golden poo.

k

10 bucks for that piece of SH!T?!(pun intended) no thanks but im sticking with marimokori
http://dimesfornickels.wordpress.com/ William George

The sea cucumbers (namako) are dried, coated with gold or silver paint, and then sold as 1000 yen phone straps. They are apparently so popular that producers are having trouble keeping up with the demand.

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Colin

Perhaps people are using them to display their loyalty to Azumanga Daioh’s “Namaco Team!”
James

There goes the sea cucumber as a species.
http://twitter.com/christaran Kurisu

The girl on the right in that YouTube preview picture looks absolutely miserable!
http://talesovercoffee.blogspot.com Brad F.

Those things are horrible looking. I remember the first time I tasted a sea cucumber I was about 8 years old. It made me vomit instantly. A few days ago I had the opportunity to try it again. I unintentionally ate a piece. I wasn’t sure what it was and didn’t really care for it. I found out afterwards that it was sea cucumber. So, for me it fails as a meal and now it fails as a phone accessory.

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