Japan picks schoolgirl among "cute ambassadors"

[TheMightyFavog]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Ever seen an ambassador dressed from head to foot in pastel frills? How about a diplomatic envoy in a mini-skirted school uniform?

In a bid to raise its international profile, Tokyo has appointed three young women as cultural envoys because they represent Japan's long-running craze for all things cute.

Inspired by the characters in Japan's distinctive "anime" animated films and "manga" cartoon books, one of the new ambassadors dresses as a schoolgirl, another as a Victorian doll in voluminous frilly skirts.

The third of the women, presented at a news conference on Thursday, was a singer dressed in a polka dot shirt with a bunny print, offset by bouffant back-combed hair, a look that has made her a fashion leader in Tokyo teens' favourite haunt, Harajuku.

The anime fan in me likes this story. My irreverant pervy sense of humor is thinking one thing: "Tentacles". Still another part of me sees this as a little screwed up.

[Lost in CT]

1. Tentacles fuck ya.... Tentacles beat Narwhal baby....

I know this isn't Anime or even Japanese but it was the only forum friendly tentacle picture I could find on my google search.... yikes