SKIRMISHER

The lovable Japanese take the environment very seriously; there wouldn’t be “Kyoto” in Kyoto Protocol if they weren’t. And there wouldn’t be shops selling stained used panties — stained! for your satisfaction! — in Akihabara if they didn’t care about recycling the littlest things people in the West usually throw at hungry poodles.

Here’s Japan Probe’s very helpful guide for the most discriminating used panties buyer, complete with thoughtful directions, photos and a colorful map.

And we quote:

Along the floor are bins selling used panties and swimsuits. The last time I went there, used panties were selling for about 4500 yen a pair (about 40 US dollars). They were packed in clear plastic packaging with a photo of the girl they came from on the front. They were usually packaged in a way that allows shoppers to look at the crotch area of the underwear, which is stained a satisfying yellowish color. I don’t know if they are really from the girls pictured, but the shop seems shady enough for me to believe that a female wore them at some point.

Don’t be afraid that said panties might actually have been yellow-stained by grumpy male 90-year-olds with bladder problems, because that would just be crazy.

Stumble it!