Crazy ways to survive Japan's BRUTAL summer heat

On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about some of the more creative ways people in Japan are battling the intense summer heat.

👉Topics Discussed

• What is kokushōbi (酷暑日)
• How kokushōbi was decided via a survey
• About the Dohiemon Box/Human Refrigerator
• About Mandom's "Sweat Management" seminars
• About ice cream holders
• About the parasol curtain from Three Coins that makes you look like a Heian Period princess
• About Sofy Cool, the minty fresh cooling sanitary napkins that went viral
• The controversy behind men wearing shorts in the workplace in Japan
• The electric uchiwa fan machine
• And much more!

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