日本掀起仓鼠屁股风潮 “仓屁”写真热卖

据外媒报道，两本仓鼠屁股的写真集近日在日本大卖，迄今为止在日本这个走在可爱潮流前沿的国家已经售出近4万册。

此外，专门为仓鼠屁股建立的Facebook页面也已经吸引了8000多名粉丝。

其中一本仓鼠写真集出版商的发言人自称每次看到那些屁股，他都忍不住要笑。

这股风潮还引发了一个新词“仓屁”，是“仓鼠”和“屁股”的日语合成词。

A new aww-inspiring obsession is sweeping through Japan these days, threatening to unseat delightfully doe-eyed kitties and fluffy pups from atop their adorable little thrones. It’s called “hamuketsu” — a mashup of the Japanese words for “hamster” and “buttocks”.

Yes, hamster bottoms are now a thing.

So far, two books exclusively featuring pictures of hamster tushes have together sold nearly 40,000 copies in the country known to be on the forefront of cute trends, and yet another is set for publication this month. There’s also a fast-growing Facebook page devoted to the rodent’s derrière that has attracted over 8,000 followers.

Takeshi Takahashi, a spokesman for one of the hamuketsu book publishers, tells the Wall Street Journal that he, personally, finds the sight of hamster behinds actually quite mesmerizing:

“The great thing about hamuketsu is that it is delightfully cute. I can’t stop smiling when I see these butts.”