Japanese Gyaru Group Marches For Tampons

An Asahi Shimbun video of an promotional event for tampons held in Harajuku recently:

Apparently Unicharm corporation gathered 100 gyaru (“gals”) to wear t-shirts and carry fans promoting their “Pon-Katsu” campaign. It should be no surprise that this clip of the bizarre event is near the top of the most-viewed list on YouTube Japan this morning.

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7 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - July 21, 2010 at 10:38 am

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Anon

Well I’ve never known a Japanese girl who has used Tampons. They always use pads instead. So perhaps some awareness raising makes sense.
Sir

More like tonkatsu, am I right?
a-mole

well.. i brought my own stack when i lived in JP for 6month. other gilr-interns had warned me about the desastrous tampon situation in japan

stine

huge myth. the plastic “charm” ones are just fine and you can get them anywhere.

still don’t understand why anyone would prefer to use pads. yuck.

Rob A

こわい。。。
khalse

And the streets ran red with the blood of the unbelievers!
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Only in Japan.

Japanese Gyaru Group Marches For Tampons

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