One Japanese Celebrity’s Disgusting Twitter Tradition

One Japanese Celebrity’s Disgusting Twitter Tradition

It’s summer! In Japan, that means muggy heat, fireworks, and cold noodles. But for one Japanese celeb, it also means covering oneself in insect shells.

Note: Some readers might get grossed out by these images. I know I kinda did.

Shoko Nakagawa — singer, TV personality, and few years, uploading the images to Twitter. In late July and early August, you can hear cicada (セミ or semi) throughout Japan. You know it’s summer when you hear them.

Online in Japan, this is the Twitter equivalent of marking the season. Just as it wouldn’t be summer in Japan without cicada chirping, it wouldn’t be summer in Japan without Shoko Nakagawa covering herself in cicada shells.

First, she uploaded this photo, which seemed rather whatever. No biggie!

One Japanese Celebrity’s Disgusting Twitter Tradition

[Photo: shoko55mmts]

The image was retweeted over 23,000 times. Nakagawa wrote, “Summer came again this year.”

Then, she went and outdid herself by posting these photos.

One Japanese Celebrity’s Disgusting Twitter Tradition

[Photo: shoko55mmts]

One Japanese Celebrity’s Disgusting Twitter Tradition

[Photo: shoko55mmts]

Now you know what one thousand cicada husks look like on a famous celebrity.

And this happened during one of her concerts.

One Japanese Celebrity’s Disgusting Twitter Tradition

[Photo: shoko55mmts]

Of course it did.


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