Obamamania Scores Hit For Japanese Mask-Maker
01/11/09 - Only In Japan
“For those who just can’t get enough of US president-elect Barack Obama, a Japanese mask-maker is giving thousands of people the chance to be his spitting image. Ogawa Rubber Inc., Japan’s top rubber mask studio, is moving into high gear and is manufacturing more than 300 masks of the next US president each day ahead of his inauguration on January 20. “We sold as many as 2,500 faces of Obama in a month. It was a great hit for us,” said Takahiro Yagihara, chief creator for the mask-maker based in the Tokyo suburb of Saitama.” w/ photo
