What Japanese Women Think About Their Bras (and other things too)

Poll-related things should be left to our friends over at WhatJapanThinks, but I couldn’t help myself on this one. Uniqlo, a super-cheap clothing store chain, came out with this website, which is probably 80% about bras, but also throw in a few other questions as well. At the top-left of the screen there’s a question (also translated into English right underneath), and everywhere else is a cacophony Japanese women answering questions. You can even click on them to find out more, or see what someone has to say about the question being asked.

It looks like Uniqlo gathered a couple hundred women, and asked around 15 questions, which they answered on video (click on one of them to see your response). On the bottom left, there are a few options that let you narrow things down. Things like age, body type, bra size, and height are all options.

In the bottom right, there is the option to change things to “English.” It doesn’t change what the people are saying, but it does provide subtitles for you, as well as changes some other things to English as well.

Perhaps the most interesting part is the ability to click on people as they fly by, to see their response to a particular question. Although questions seem to change randomly, you can usually get a few clicks in before it changes to something else. There aren’t a ton of questions, so it’s pretty easy to loop around, and the feature that lets you narrow people down makes it more manageable (you’ll see what I mean when you visit the site).

Want to check out this page of pure graphical data? Click here (and yes, it is completely safe for work…suspiciously safe.)

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  • Korey
    That site is trippy. I got too dizzy and had to quit. haha
  • ghindo
    I agree x_x
  • sugoi! what a strange website!! lol.

    im just curious how open japanese women are about talking about bras and boobs and whatnot. it seems that they are a little more comfortable than years prior, but is there still some negative connotations (i dont know if thats the right word) around women taking about these things?
  • Mai
    Their bra sizes are different as opposed to American sizes. I would know ;D.

    But it is very dizzy D:
  • Yep, they're smaller! And most of them have padding, which kind of sucks.

    I'd never buy a bra in Japan if I didn't have too.
  • I would totally buy bras in Japan! I need the padding! jk
  • Jomann
    yeah, me too man, its hard being a guy, were so flat! jk
  • Lenamarie
    yea i agree i went to a bra store in japan. all of them had padding. even the size G bras!! (why do you need padding if you wear a G?!
  • Jeshii
    I'm glad I was sober for that site...

    ...or am I?
  • Wow it's pretty cool. I love Japanese ad campaigns.... so creative...
  • moshi_moshi
    :( Japanese sites are so much cooler than European sites! That's a pretty trippy website btw
  • Chris_paros
    Cool, that was an interesting layout for the website... If only all websites were like that! It made me think of "Future computers & the Internet of the future" etc.. 大爆笑だ!
  • QuinsY
    ehllo erveynoe,

    I feel dizzy and nauseous now..

    PS: Very cool article Koichi-sensei. (^_^‘)

    PPS: Ahh, So the whole ("shirt" <-- cross this) "top" (is the bra) has the bra built into it?

    -QuinsY. (Being glad that I do not have to walk to Koichi先生's class)。
  • SarahXin
    Wow that's a beautiful site. *_* Not being creepy or anything, I'm just a sucker for cool web design... :] Thanks for sharing!
  • WOTDsctoo
    So crazy. XD
    It's mesmerizing.

    My favorite part is when they are asked about the price and the percentages of women are put into happy/sad faces. XD
  • I'd just like to know what does blood type have to do with anything about bras?
  • Aggitan
    I'm tripping so hard looking at this site....
  • only the japanese lol
  • emiko
    it's cool, but does it do that all the time?

    all the spinning makes my head hurt

    and why bra sizes?
  • Hanana
    That was hilarious.
  • Haha, I do not have bras.
  • I came from DBT Blogging Idol 2. Wanted to wish you luck. Lets see how much more readers we can reach out in one month.

    After reading the comments, I totally forgot why I came here for :-)

    Interesting Site. I will definitely have to follow your articles and subscribe
  • karab1n3r_k90
    Heck,i think they were nuts about Bras...
  • This is pretty cool.
  • Artificial
    japanese women are about talking about bras and boobs and whatnot. it seems that they are a little more comfortable than years prior,
  • katie
    well the first thing i noticed was that all of them looked flat chested.. i judge bra ads and such by whether they have my size and what women my size say about the company.. even when i searched large on that site the girls looked very small.. and who sizes bras small medium large.. there is bandsize and cupsize to consider.. ive looked at sm-md-L sports bras before. the ones that fit my frame size were way too small for my boobs and ones that were big enough for my boobs werent tight enough at the band to keep them from escaping out the bottom.. .. basically tells me not to buy a bra from that company.. the site was very interesting though.. im wondering what blood type has to do with anything.. i have no idea what my blood type is..
  • Japanese ads are really creative, but I'm really surprised by the sizes of their bra, they are far more smaller than western countries.. but still for me 日本の女性は魅力的である!!
  • Riechan
    How cool is that !!!
  • That's the great article! I just pass 'n read it, two thumbs up! ;)
  • lucy624
    That was awsome i swear i was watching that thing for an hour!
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