How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut. No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut). Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori, salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...
“Mirai-chan” is the best-selling photo book of the life and adventures of a 4-year-old Japanese girl. The pictures capture the memorable and candid moments of the adorable rosy-cheeked girl from her rural home in the Japanese countryside to her time in Paris, France.
Tokyo-based photographer Kotori Kawashima began photographing the daughter of his friend after meeting her. He recalled during an interview with Kitsuné:
“When I met my friend’s child, I was amazed by this creature. I wanted to take pictures of her after spending time with her during one year.
“She was such into her life, she was not caring about the camera at all!”
His photo book, which was originally published in a small print run by a Tokyo gallery, quickly sold out. It has been republished and is said to be one of the best-selling photo books in Japan last year. To date, the book has reportedly sold over 80,000 copies and was awarded the
Kodansha Publishing Culture Award Photos in 2011.
“Mirai-chan,” which translates to “Little Miss Future,” is not the real name of the little girl who is the subject of the photo book. The girl is believed to come from the Nigata prefecture in a village on Sado Island.
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