Burusera shops in Japan sell used girl panties. "Buru" means bloomers and "sera" means sailor, the sailor uniforms that are worn by Japanese schoolgirls. They also sell other types of clothes, such as school uniforms, blazer school uniform, school swim suit uniform, etc. The clothes are often accompanied by genuine photos of the girls wearing them. The clients are Japanese men that smell or otherwise experience the panties for sexual stimulation. In the past there were vending machines selling packaged used panties. Lingerie is a term, derived from the French language, for womens undergarments. ... 1850s fashion bloomers An example of late 19th-century / Edwardian athletic bloomers: the Smith College class of 1902 basketball team Bloomers is a word which has been applied to several types of divided womens garments for the lower body at various times. ... Japanese high school students in uniform, many are girls wearing sailor girl outfits The sailor outfit Japanese school uniform (セーラー服 sērā-fuku) is strictly for girls of middle and high school age (although some people wear it as a costume). ... A vending machine is a machine that dispenses merchandise when a customer deposits sufficient money into a slot or vent to purchase the desired item (as opposed to a shop, where the presence of personnel is required for every purchase). ...

Namasera is a variation of Burusera. "Nama" means Fresh. The concept is the same as burusera, but the "goods" are still being worn by the girl who then removes them and hands them over directly at the point of sale.

The price for a pair of panties can be as high as 5,000-10,000 yen (50-100 US dollars).

Underage schoolgirls participate in sale of their used panties, either through burusera shops or using mobile phone sites to sell directly to clients. When laws banning the purchase of used underwear from under-18s were introduced in Tokyo in 2004, it was reported that some underage girls (called kagaseya or sniffers) were instead allowing their clients to sniff their panties from directly between their legs. Others chose to sell photos of themselves, throwing in the used panties for free.[1] Tokyo , literally eastern capital) is the capital of Japan and one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The panty fetish is not unique to Japan, but only there was it institutionalised to such degree. Panty fetishism is a sexual fetish relating to underwear, particularly worn or soiled underwear. ...