White trash is slur that usually refers to poor white people. The derogatory term suggests a lower social class and degraded living standards. In Japan however White Trash Charms Japan is a boutique store found in Roppongi Hills and, as the name suggests, most likely the exclusive retailer to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. It is also probably the provider of services such as mullet trimming, acid washing, trailer insurance, gun polishing and camel toe alignment.

Meguro City in Tokyo takes disaster survival seriously! When you become a resident of Meguro City you are issued with the Disaster Survival Manual. The manual, using subtle semiotics, describes how to “handle” your fire extinguisher in the event of fire. The important point to learn is ‘Step 2′, that is, the best way to combat those raging flames is to make sure that you hold the fire extinguisher as if you were in the starring role of a porn movie.

So the question is, when fighting fires what matters most? The size of your hose or the way that you use it?

The Wank Pole! I know what you are thinking. A place where otaku congregate to share a good choking of the chicken, waxing of the dolphin, spanking of the monkey or a polishing of Vader’s helmet. A place where you can ‘turn Japanese’ as suggested in the 1980 hit song ‘Turning Japanese‘ by the band The Vapors, popularly interpreted to be a euphemism for masturbation.

Sorry to disappoint. The Wank Pole is a place to tie up your ‘wanko’ outside of convenience stores in Japan. ‘Wanko’ 「わんこ」 is an affectionate term for dog in Japanese. So it is merely a post to clip your dog’s leash whilst you go conbini shopping. If you look close enough at the sign the ‘o’ in ‘wanko’ is actually a paw-print. So, was this a typographic mishap or a sinister ploy by some evil gaijin designer? Perhaps the same evil gaijin who brought us Nuts Bang!!!?

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