• but make your butt look bigger and sexier! :D

• THIS!!!

• yes but those vending machines are just regular panties(sterile ones)....used ones in the past ended up give a good population of japan aids..witch is why they are illegal now.

• SKITTLES! taste the rainbow!

• THIS!

• THIS!!!

• because the new ones always smell good..have you not gotten that new car smell of things when it happens? its nice isnt it..so even if they do sniff they wont get anything from it unless those panties are minty..witch would make the whole in the freezer thing comprehensible.....and those are sterile packages..some people are germaphobes in japan.....makes sense to me *shrugs*

• >> im a woman and i would buy these...that answer your question? (because the stripes are CEEEEEUTE!!!!!) and 2) good point on the chilled part...i never thought of that *puts panties in the fridge* i live in cali....and its always fucking HOT HERE!!!

•  Hold the phone, I've google searched it and found another article similar to it...  http://zepy.momotato.com/2010/08/07/its-a-hot-summer-have-some-chilled-panties/ Pantyhat was right! High five!

•  I couldn't agree more. Also, I really enjoy when my pillow is cool before going to bed, maybe they do to and just happen to love striped panties too. Or maybe they use them like those hot coffee sleeves at starbucks. There are endless possibilities.

• Looks to me like the tag says: POP LIFE SUPPORT 980 GM'S [can't make out last word] I suspect that these are actually normal shimapan on a wire shelf - not in a 'fridge - in a goofy or trendy store like Spensers Gifts or Hot Topic. The Blizzard-style container is not airtight enough to hold in aroma (the used pantsu merchandise on CSI - Las Vegas was vacuum packed in sealed bags). Perhaps someone could translate the tag in the cups?

• K-On didn't invent striped panties. Striped panties are just popular and have been for several years.

• it's obvious really, you wear them as a hat, a nice cool, sexy hat.

• Personnally I'm more intrigued by the text on the price sticker... Looks like "Pop Life Gump Gary"... And it's hard to say if they really contain panties... The containers on the shelf below look like parfaits and what ever is in it looks like it's made out of terry cloth(the stuff towels are made of)

• I honestly wish more people were like you and thought, "This has the potential to sound racist, so I'm not going to say it," instead of "This sounds horribly racist but I bet it'll get people to laugh," and posts up some insensitive comment. Good on you. :)

• Hmmm... thinking that the japanese are selling children underwear based on an animated character favored by the pervert crowd really gives me the willies, so no,it's not goofy by a long shot

• Yeah, and I saw on the local news last night that someone was murdered. I also have recently heard that people still buy narcotics and pot. I apologize if this post seems aggressive, but just because there is an example that something exists, it doesn't mean it is either legal or the norm.

• I think maybe I've fapped one too many times to simply get off holding panties in my hand. I need to see the women INSIDE those panties. Then OUTSIDE, in that order.

• Ok so who among us hasn't jerked off into a pair of cold panties on a hot day, right fellas? There's nothing weird about that right? Right?

• I'm sure it's just a simple misunderstanding. Engrish is probably to blame. Some over-eager entrepreneur got in over his head before learning that "chilled" and "child" are two very different words. See? Now doesn't the original post take on a rather innocent goofiness? That's what you get for reading comments.

• godDAMMIT, japan! each time i tried to defend and justify your big eyed, nudie transforming, high-pitched squealing, annoyingly cheerful magic girls anime, you went on and toss THIS kind of wretchedness on my face. ...i still love you though, you land of the rising weirdness you. X3

• What you mean is, what flavors do YOU cum in.

• Was in japan and bought uncensored porn (illegal) from a normal enough looking store. Everybody knew where the red light district was. Cant get more obvious than scantily clothed women sitting behind the window of little store fronts much like the 2001 movie Bad Guy and yet prostitution is illegal. Somehow I doubt you can no longer buy used panties.

• Yes, we should feel bad about joking about this now.

• <blockquote>I'm trying desperately to keep my brain from wondering what possible use men would have for buying chilled panties -- because I honestly doubt many Japanese women are availing themselves of this amazing product -- although jerking off into them on a hot summer's day is sadly the most innocuous solution. </blockquote> Why haven't I ever thought of that?? Tossing the wife's underwear in the freezer now...

• since those are lady panties, maybe those are "cherry garcia"? AHAHAHAHAHAHhahhah...hah..ha .... god i hate myself so much right now X(

• dude...that ain't right...

• ah god scoot, WHY do we keep on having the same thoughts -hides under the bed and cries-

• you're not alone -huddles with scoot and cries-

• Call me crazy, but unless you plan on using them ASAP, wouldn't the panties be room temperature by the time you get around to using them?

• Oh, the Japanity!

• Huh. I believe you, but that's totally illegal. I'll bet you anything the store is either no longer there, or it still exists and no longer sells used underpants.

• I saw the pic, and hoped fervently that it was just a container of shaved ice cleverly designed to look like striped panties. I have no idea what to make of them now that I know they are the real deal. Guess they're homogenized or something.

• i saw some in 2007.

• i saw some in 2007

• That amount of yen is about 9 to ten dollars more or less. You just add a dot after two numbers and you are pretty close to the actual price 100 yen are about 1 dollar American. a yen being like a cent or so.

• i accidentally found myself in a porn shop in japan in 2007, and there was a selection of used underwear with pics of the supposed women who wore them....and some of them were pretty rough to say the least.

• the question is were they used?

• "Been doing" is present tense. Used panty and uniform shops/vending machines largely disappeared over a decade ago, and completely disappeared over 6 years ago, when they were made illegal. Talking about how popular those are is like talking about how popular the Playstation 1 is in America.

• Nah, 99.999% of Japanese stuff is bog standard ordinary, but you never hear about it. Know why? Because it's bog standard ordinary. I mean, how many articles have you read about Japanese cell phone chargers, bottled green tea, BBQ flavored potato chips, office chairs, stereo amps, or wooden picture frames? None, because they're boring.

• What we really need to know is if chilled panties are any more expensive than non-chilled. If they're the same price(or close to it), then they're meaningless since there'd be no difference between pre-chilled, and non-chilled panties stuck in the fridge. If, as I suspect, the chilled panties are signifigantly more expensive, then I'm (reluctantly)forced to assume that there is something more to them than just low temperature. P.S. Chilled Panties would be a good name for an eccentric art rock band(or Shimapan, if you don't want to weird out American audiences).

• Good one!

• Thats the second thing I thought of.

• Mine too. *huddles in the corner and cries*

• just when i think Japan has run out of surprising or a little creepy ways of doing things. or making some product that makes some one go omg. now this happens. wonder what the clerks reaction is when some one buys one of those pants like that.

• because stripes make you look thinner? C'mon, you know half the sickos are putting these things on! (And yes, I know VERTICAL stripes are supposed to make one slimmer)

• This sentence could be used to describe a good 85% of everything that comes out if Japan

• Cold cotton undies on a hot day are heavenly. Just as dryer warm ones on a cold day are.

• Those panties were white with a little bow on them, Pay Attention!!!

• It's so obvious. The stripes are speed lines. Everything in Japan must have speed lines.

• Nah, that's been effectively illegal in Japan since 1993, and explicitly illegal in Japan since 2004. The internet has a tendency to be behind the times when it comes to Japan, as any crazy story continues to circulate around indefinitely, even when the thing it refers to becomes a matter of history.

• Followed by people commenting about how they're "really common in Japan" for 10 years after they've disappeared, just like the stores which sell used panties, which I haven't seen since the 90s.

• I give it six months. Followed by a report about them on CNN every 1-2 years.

• I know! I know!! Look at the container they come in. See it?? It's to put your Dairy Queen ice cream Blizzards in them!!!!!!!!! The panties just keep the blizzards even colder! What a genius invention!!!! Where can I order them? How much is 980 Yen converted into US dollars? Is it cheaper to buy a case than invidual blizzard-panties? I would google "cold panties" but I'm work and I don't want unwanted attention.

• As a lass, I highly prefer warm undies (especially ones just out of the dryer), and my fellow female friends share the same preference. Summer doesn't have a thing. I doubt this is for ladies. And as one guy has already mentioned, I think it is for the perverts who love the Anime 'K-On' (hence the striped pattern)

• This doesn't surprise me. Japan's been doing this for years with the vending machines that sell used schoolgirl panties, to the sex shops that sell schoolgirl uniforms with a picture of the girl.

• dear god, it's like the worst possible use for a cryotube!

• Phew it's hot here today! I could sure go for a nice cold, tall glass of soiled young girls striped panties. Ahh, that's brisk baby!

• OK, I give up. The first 4 or 5 "funny" things I thought of saying here would all be misconstrued as being racist, and by the time I get that down the list, even I don't think the responses are funny.

• Striped panties...hide the satins? I dunno. What I do wanna know is what flavors do they cum in?!

• He did. It was the first wish Shenlong granted.

• People buy cold water and ice everyday.

• What the fuck, Japan?

• They probably wipe their faces and other places to cool it off. Kinda like cool towel to wipe your face during hot summer.

• Warm undies right out of the dryer are one of life's greatest pleasures, especially on a cold day. Can't say the inverse is true for cold ones though. But I agree, I don't think that is the point here...

• I think it's a convenience thing. Haven't you ever been out and suddenly needed cold striped panties? And you're really far from the store and your train is scheduled to arrive any minute. You're basically screwed. But as luck would have it, in the vending machine alcove there are cold striped panties available for a few yen! Your day is saved and you head home, confident that your cold striped panties crisis has been averted. The demand is there, and the supply has to keep up. As long as there are cold striped panties emergencies there will be cold striped panties vending machines and Japan rolls on an economic superpower thanks to cold striped panties.

• But why would you BUY a cold panty if you can put your own in your fridge for free? Some men have a fetish for panties. They sniff on them while jerking off. So I guess keeping a "used" panty cold keeps the smell "fresh". Mhhhh-m! ;-)

• Didn't Oolong the pig from dragonball have a panty fetish like this?

• Stop trying to confuse 99% of TR's readers.

• So, what could possibly prevent you from buying regular striped panties from a store and putting them in the fridge? I really don't see the use in this. I mean, don't they already have panty vending machines? Then again, I'm not from Japan. I'm not a guy either, so maybe I just have no idea what I'm talking about.

• Japan is having a heatwave that has killed 70 people.

• OK, I don't know why men would buy them, but I know why women would. I'm gonna clue you in: cold can be very pleasurable for the ladybits. Lots of women put their dildos and toys in the fridge or freezer. Maybe that's what going on with these. Just a thought.

• One girl from K-on was implied to wear striped panties, obviously such a scintillating fact as this has lead perverts all over Japan, to immediately develop a fetish for stripe panties. Except perverts who don't want K-on, but that shows all tits, so what pervert wouldn't. A lot of that was sarcasm.

• STJT usually worries and disturbs me more than FFF. FFF? Fiction, stories, imaginary, harmless... That video from yesterday? They were probably paid 'actors'... This?! Real live dudes buying 'possibly' used panties to do lord knows what! Good God...

• Now if someone could translate the parent post into readable english that'd be swell.

• Maybe they are neapolitan flavored.

• because there from k-on and the girls in the show all have these exact ones /walks away

• This is sooo weird? Could be that some Japanese people have a fetish with that kind of underwear....

• Anybody remember the Sierra Mist commercial where the guy kept his boxers in the freezer?

• Chillin' keeps the stank in until you're ready to let the stank out. Just sayin'.

• Maybe these are only marketed to those who live near volcanoes.

• Um, I would have thought that panties were more comfortable when warm. Assuming the people buying these intend to wear them. Who am I kidding, it's much more depraved than that.

• My first thought (sadly) was "maybe they're refrigerated to lock in the freshness after they've been worn".

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