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Now most Otakus out there know that Japan has some weird people working on the PR departments resulting in weird advertisement ideas. Many of them also know that there are some corporate fellas out there thinking up some weird products to put onto the market, needless to say there are quite and abundance of these unique items around. Here are 8 that I find to be pretty interesting albeit some are a little odd…

8) “Black Magic” Q-tips

Well Q-tips aren’t all that bizarre but this particular one is completely blackened. I have never seen such a product available and I am curious to why it is colored completely black. Although, I guess if you are going to clean your ears with that, the blackness will hide the dirtiness that is your ear?!? If anyone knows why, please let me know.

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For those of you who remember my posting on an eel based beer, well apparently there is another odd beer developed in Japan. This particular beverage is developed in Hokkaido, Japan and it is known as “Bilk,” which pretty much means Beer and Milk. That is right folks, this particular beer is a derivative of Milk! Hokkaido is known for its farming industry, milk is largely developed over in Hokkaido and in recent years there has been a surplus in milk supply.

A brewery there has succeeded in producing a low-malt beer with milk, after the drink was suggested as a product that would help use up surplus milk. Since one-third of the drink is milk, the drink has been viewed as a good way to use up milk in the town.

Ahh nothing like an Eel Beer for the summer months, and a Milk Beer for year round consumption to make one’s life fulfilling. I don’t know about all the other people out there but I would definitely try this, a nutritious beer sounds like a good idea to me.