Kigurumin, a sub-category of the gyaru (ギャル) sub-culture, is a style of Japanese street fashion. The fashion is based upon kigurumi (the Japanese name for costumed animal characters) where wearers parade around in full body pajama-suits with hoods or hats styled after animals or cartoon characters with accompanying manba make-up.

Here are three manba wearing Godzilla, Kanga from Winnie the Pooh and Pikachu kigurumi costumes.

Sleeping man on park bench attempts to absorb bikini-clad images of Japanese gravure idols from the pages of Kodansha’s Young Magazine 「ヤングマガジン」 into his dreams.

Ice cream is also a popular dessert in Japan, according to a 2007 survey, with almost two in five adults consuming it at least once a week. Many Japanese regions attempt to cash in on local delicacies by producing ice creams that incorporate their tastes. Following is a list of ten weird Japanese ice cream flavours.

1. Chicken Wing Ice Cream 「手羽先アイス」

This foul tasting ice cream is a regional specialty of Nagoya, famous for its poultry. Don’t be chicken, give it a go.

2. Whale Ice Cream 「鯨アイス」

Scientific evidence collected by Japan’s Whale Research Program can be consumed as ice cream helping to wash down your well-researched whale burger.

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