A Geek in Japan

Yaeba: The Japanese Trend of Using Artificial Fangs

Post author By ageekinjapan
Post date September 9, 2012
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One of the latest weird trends in Japan consists on using artificial fangs so that they stick out a little bit and give you a vampirish look. The Japanese term for the new trend is “yaeba”, which means something like “an extra/added layer to the tooth”.

Tomomi Itano, one of the AKB48 members, is one of the “movement” leaders. This is how Tomomi Itano looks, her fang is natural:

Yaeba

I don’t really understand the technique to create the vampirish effect, but there’s even dentists specialized in adding “yaeba” to girls. According to what I have read the main reasons for Japanese girls to change their fangs so that they stick out are:

1.- To give your face an imperfect look to intimidate men less
2.- To be more sexy and kawaii and look more like your favourite idols/singers

And that’s about it, a trend to have an imperfection in your face… and you pay for it! What do you think? Cute or not cute?

Yaeba

If you want to see more pictures there’s a blog dedicated only to “yaeba”.

Health

Parasols in Japan

In Summer many Japanese women can be seen on the streets wearing a parasol, even in cloudy days. They are really careful protecting themselves against the sun. Not all of them, but most Japanese women consider that the whiter their skin the better. Having a white skin is considered a very important part of beauty around here.

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Mount Fuji at Night

Post author By ageekinjapan
Post date September 4, 2012

We started our day with the surprise of being able to see mount Fuji greeting us from among the clouds for some minutes over lake Kawaguchi. It was cloudy all day, even some raindrops fell, but after having dinner the sky cleared up, we could see the stars and even mount Fuji let us see him again.

We parked our car in the east shore of lake Yamanaka and we could take pictures like the one below. It was a pity that not all clouds went away and they spoilt our pictures a little bit. Also some lights in the border of the lake didn’t let us frame our pictures with more freedom.

The lights seen in the mountainside are people that are climbing to the summit. The climb to the top of mount Fuji is usually started at the end of the evening to reach the top just before sunrise.

In the larger version of the photo the stars can be appreciated.

Posts about our day exploring haikyos around the lakes next to mount Fuji: