30 March, 2010

Duck Mouth

Just a quick post... 

The TV was on during breakfast with my host family this morning (grilled ham/cheese/egg/cucumber, peanut butter sandwich quartered, coffee, blueberry yogurt) and a talk show was reviewing a phenomenon called ahiru guchi, or "duck mouth."  This is a current fad in Japan where younger people (mainly women but sometimes men) purse their lips a bit for photos to approximate a "duck mouth" look.  Apparently this is attractive to someone...

(here's a link if you would like more information on how to bring "duck mouth" to your neighborhood: http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/none/quacking-current-craze-duck-mouth-japan-093969)

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