Portable spine-chiller
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People in Japan have been using portable body warmers for centuries to brave the winter cold, but it’s taken a while for someone to come up with a viable summer equivalent. The Ice Ruck does, well, exactly what you’d expect something with a name like that to do.
This compact backpack, available in three sizes and a variety of colors, conceals a couple of reusable ice packs that should keep you cool for three or four hours at a time. The mesh fabric also ensures that your clothes won’t end up getting soaked while you’re wearing it.
Ice Ruck, 4,800 yen. Available at branches of Tokyu Hands.
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kokorocloud
And here I thought it was going to be collected works of famous horror and gothic novels all in one book or something, haha.
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paulinusa
He's wearing a dress shirt, so is this targeting salarymen? And do the manufacturers expect them to wear this under a suit?
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Laguna
Portable spine-chiller? I just carry some Tea Bag literature stuffed in my pocket.
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Foxie
But you need a freezer for the ice packs which isn't convenient when travelling. I recently got the water cooling belt, all you need to do is dip in water for 10 minutes and it stays cool for 24 hrs. It really works great and I am glad to have it. http://en.item.rakuten.com/trendone/10024397/
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my2sense
I got a better idea.... drink ice cold water in public.
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noborito
Drink water and how about having Air condition-airs... Air-condition. 28? What's the point. Buses, Taxis, Stores, 100 lights per square meter in the office, and people worry about a few yen in air conditioning? Crazy. Like my friends say... "Japanese live in their own little world."
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cwhite
yuck, buy dry mesh undershirts instead
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DuraAce
Drink loads of water, stay inside during the middle of the day unless absolutely necessary, and don't wear a suit;
Why the Japanese wear suits in summer is beyond me (well, it is not beyond me; we all know they are just aping the west)...
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Sarge
"available in three sizes"
Small, medium and large? Oh well, non-Japanese adults are out of luck.
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