
i've been lurking on this forum for some time now and thought i really needed to contribute something.
there's a company in germany (diva berlin) that started to sell keitai straps a few weeks ago. keitai straps are very popular in japan, but almost unknown in germany and it looks like diva berlin has got some exclusive rights and even a patent for selling keitai straps in germany. the funny thing about this is what they call the keitai straps in german. they call them chinchins

no joke, keitai straps are officially advertised and sold with the name chinchin in germany!
diva berlin's homepage is http://www.chinchin.de
it's very funny to read if you understand german. especially the page where they explain "what are chinchins?" http://www.chinchin.de/chinchin.htm
i think i should send them an e-mail and tell them what a chinchin really is

and then there's a gallery from some kind of marketing exhibtion or party or something right here http://www.chinchin.de/specials.htm
there's a picture of a quite famous (at least famous in germany) actress and singer called jeanette biedermann. i'll try to link to the pic. hope it works.

scary isn't it?
i bet she hasn't got a clue what goes on in the mind of japanese men when they see that pic
