Concept bra to help Japanese women on the hubbie hunt

Gizmag.com ^ | 05/19/09 | Darren Quick

[Reaganesque]

May 19, 2009 “Concept” and “bra” aren’t two words you’d typically expect to go together. After all, a bra is the epitome of simplicity. As Seinfeld's George Costanza said, “Two cups in the front, two loops in the back. How do they do it?” Well, Japanese lingerie maker Triumph International has complicated the humble undergarment with its concept “Konkatsu bra” – a bra that is designed to help Japanese women search for husbands by proudly declaring they're “on the hunt”.

Triumph International's Konkatsu Bra takes its name from an abbreviated form of kekkon-katsudo, a Japanese term for “marriage hunting”, which is derived from shushoku-katsudo, the term for job-hunting. The bra allows women to give themselves some added pressure by setting a time limit for their hubbie-hunting on the Konkatsu Countdown Clock. This clock ticks down until a wedding ring is “fed” to a suspect-looking holder, positioned between the cups. We’re not sure what happens if the timer reaches zero, but once a ring is placed in the holder the Wedding March begins to play, hopefully not scaring off the potential husband.

If a woman getting around in a bra with a red LED countdown clock isn’t enough to raise any interest from the opposite sex, the bra also comes with a circular hankie emblazoned with the girl’s phone number that can be dropped discreetly before any potential husband. Meanwhile heart shaped oven mitts, attached to an accompanying apron, presumably let any future hubby know you can find your way around a kitchen. Once you’ve managed to snare a husband, the pockets for a pen and inkan (a seal apparently required for the marriage ceremony) ensure you’ve got everything you need for a trip to the altar – except perhaps your dignity.

Darren Quick

[Reaganesque]

So, when you go to Japan and a woman wearing a digital bra drops a hanky in front of you, that's a good sign she likes you. FYI.

[DM1]

for the man who wants a woman who can cook

[Reaganesque]

Must...resist...suggestive joke...!!

[llevrok]

Dot Com Bubble, Housing Bubble, now the Boobie Bubble?

[Larry Lucido]

Mmmm....lunch!

[Diogenesis]

What would they say at the airport?

[Sudetenland]

Yeah, cooking is the first thing that comes into my mind...:)

[edzo4]

[skinkinthegrass]

A look, "What 's being said in U.S.A. about the Japanese" Ping.
....any comments, you care...willing to make?
...not trying to be rude or anything.

[Daffynition]

Sounds like a booby trap.

[DTogo]

Aren't Japanese women supposed to be refusing marriage to live with their folks and travel the world with their girlfriends instead?

日本＊ピング＊ (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

[muawiyah]

Bras might be of use to some...

[ASOC]

THis outfit has some kind of bra or another every month.

Just an excuse to pose photos of (very, very) good looking gals in their skivvies.

[Candor7]

The Democrat lefty women would not like this bra. Hell they don't like ANY bras. And marriage is a topic which is not spoken of with a great deal of frequency. It is regarded as a social sickness. So Lefty women have to keep rediscovering the political correctness reference point on the topic of bras and marriage, but in fact they are embarassed by either topic seperately, let alone together.

Now your average Conservative woman is very wiley on this topic. Bra and marriage just do not belong in the same sentence, but you will find that lingerie and wedding do belong in the same sentence. Go figure.

In any event, more and more Japanese women want to be mothers and raise a family. My son succumbed to such a princess, and she is indeed beautiful, as is their 5 month old son.

But do not presume that Japanese women need the assistance of an electronic bra to hunt for a man. I can assure you that they hunt extremely well without any external aid whatsoever. And beware that hunt if you spend any time in Japan beyond a couple of weeks. You'll be stuffed and mounted before you know it.

( Often men in Japan wear this tee shirt which says " Hunting for a Japanese Girl-friend")

[AmericanInTokyo]

Something like 20 years ago, yes.

[GATOR NAVY]

[Reaganesque]

I can assure you that they hunt extremely well without any external aid whatsoever.

Which is a big reason why I found this article so bizarre! Men are, for the most part, horn dogs. I know, I am one. They don't need this kind of encouragement.

[Candor7]

If you want to dog yourself out, arrange for a two month vacation in the Nagoya area.

And be prepared to lose weight, you will.

[Candor7]

OK, I'll bite.

It says what?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Single Japanese women in the 1970s and 1980s (early 80s), now THERE were some absolutely fabulous, wonderful, sacrificing people with so much love and dedication to (potential) husband and family. Many of the young Japanese women of today cannot hold a candle to their earlier older sisters. After awhile, the b**ch factor, much of it copying Occidental female over-entitlement/condescencion and belittlement of men, concepts from overseas, seeped into Japanese culture ever so slowly.

Now you see a lot of Japanese men looking beyond Japanese shores and to Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia.....

Compare THIS:

to THIS:

[Reaganesque]

I don’t mean to say that’s a good thing. I’m only saying we guys are hard wired that way. Natural is not always good.

[Candor7]

In Japan it is a good thing.

And they still do not have a replacement birth rate.

Go figure.

Japan is a VERY interesting place.

Seriously. The men still haven't got their family mojo back in order,and the women are screaming for attention.Its a bit of a national joke.

[Slings and Arrows]

Yeah, cooking is the first thing that comes into my mind...:)

Hey, you'll spend a lot more time eating than you will *ing.

[Candor7]

Many of the young Japanese women of today cannot hold a candle to their earlier older sisters. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This is true in the more Westernized areas of Japan, However, if you go to the Sea of Korea side of Japan, and traditional areas of Aichi-ken, I assure you the older sisters are very much alive still.

I know this for a fact. My son fell for an Aichi rice farmer girl, and a year later we were all at Masumida Jinja in Ichinomiya, and several ladies were in full force, formal kimonos. And we acquired a couple of dozen conservative Japanese in laws who we love deeply. What a bunch!

So there are still parts of Japan with that elder grace.

I wouldn't have believed it had I not been IN it.

[Electric Graffiti]

I wonder if Harumi Nemoto is having problems finding a Hubby.....Looks like a Japanese Keeley Hazell.

[MestaMachine]

Imagine Barbara Mikulski or Rosa DeLauro in one of these things. (shudder)

[katiekins1]

So Lefty women have to keep rediscovering

Themselves! With electronic devices! Lefty feminists are cowards! They are afraid of their own femininity! That's why most Lefty Hags are Lesbians!

[Jo Nuvark]

“Bend and Stretch”

[Candor7]

They would need a few more yards of electrical wiring, IMHO, and maybe a few more batteries. Of course the circuitry would have to be tested regularly in situ, ,a job pnly for the most dedicated technicians of the Democrat party.

Wouldn't want them to blow a fuse, now would we? (I mean what an avenue for sabotage)

Arching static discharges also might be a problem.

A person could get electrocuted.

We could arrange for a rather interesting malfunction while Mikulski or Delauro were on C-Span.

[Candor7]

ROTFLMAO!!

[GATOR NAVY]

It says “What’s wrong with being naked?”

[AmericanInTokyo]

Well, there is hope yet! (gotta get out more often from 関東地方!) ;-)

[katiekins1]

Sounds like a booby trap.

LMAO! I would like to see a *Titty Twister* Bra

[AmericanInTokyo]

After a very famous incident involving a Japanese “idol” talent (male) from a teeny bob singing group just only a few weeks ago.

[GATOR NAVY]

Yes, my wife was following the story. She thought it was sad, I thought it was pretty funny.

[Candor7]

Yes, that must be an Onsen T shirt. LOL.

[Candor7]

Yes, the stereotypical image of Japanese womanhood has undergone a few drastic changes at the hands of the current crop of young Japanese ladies.

And whats even funnier is that Sarah Palin is very popular with them, and that drives the lefty hags of the USA to great distraction.

[Candor7]

Yes, I recommend Kanazawa and up the Northwest coast.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I am not personally “in the market” anymore (long since retired), but I am always (and will always be) a vigorous student of Japanese society and pop culture.

[AmericanInTokyo]

シリコン・バレー if you ask me

Or as the famous line in The Graduate, "I have one word for you, young man. Plastics."

[pcottraux]

Oh, I’m sorry, did you say something?

[B-Chan]

[B-Chan]

I see she's wearing the traditional "horn hider"!

おめでとうございます. I love our Japanese relatives, too.

[B-Chan]

Shinozaki Ai, born Feb 1992

[SIDENET]

I can assure you that they hunt extremely well without any external aid whatsoever. And beware that hunt if you spend any time in Japan beyond a couple of weeks.

I think a 1-month vacation to Japan is in order.

[Daffynition]

No gots ....closest thing is the Wonder Bra .............if you squint...........and use your imagination..............;-D

[katiekins1]

If you squint...

I squinted and saw bread twisters! Wrapped tightly around the end of the Wonder Bra. Nice Bra!

Thanks! : )

[katiekins1]

Sarah Palin is very popular with them,

Northern woman such as myself,are very popular with the men during cold months. The reason being,cold weather causes *The Head Lights* to stay on longer. A common reaction to this Northern Phenomenon are never ending comments about How Nippley it is Today! Northern Females,began wearing Band Aids over the protruding area to put a halt to the annoying comments.

[seekthetruth]

You always take so many words right out of my mouth! :)

[The Electrician]

Well, Japanese lingerie maker Triumph International has complicated the humble undergarment with its concept “Konkatsu bra”...

Imagine my confusion when I first skimmed the article and read that as "Tonkatsu bra"...