Japanese User Celebrates Obon with Cucumber and Eggplant Pokemon
A clever social media user in Japan put a modern spin on an Obon tradition, giving their ancestors a ride home in a stylish Pokemon.
A clever social media user in Japan put a modern spin on an Obon tradition, giving their ancestors a ride home in a stylish Pokemon.
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Stereotypes of Japan as a land of vague meaning and blunted expression are just straight up Orientalism that obscure a complex reality.
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