RIP, Masaki Koh sama, Japan’s outspoken and charming porn star

Dead at 29 of a ruptured apendix. Unbelievably sad. Extremely talented, and eager to connect with his audience on Twitter and elsewhere.

Sanja matsuri this weekend in Asakusa

This festival looks like heaven. Gorgeous yakuza tattoos. Who’s going this weekend? (Photo credit).

Do jacket hoods make good marriages?

Perhaps the perfect city staycation. Open lawn and full relaxation.

This is what public transportation looks like in San Francisco

(Photo: Marc Heustis, via SFist.com)

It’s certainly not the Tokyo Metro. Here at the 16th Street BART station, a naked man stretches beneath a huge pile of hair. Reportedly he was also peeing and sexually harassing women. Around the same time, between 5 and 6 pm, two people started walking on the tracks between stations. Needless to say, the station and the system shut down. I guess when all the high-paid people take corporate shuttles in a separate and unequal transit system, there’s very little incentive to maintain the bare minimum for the public version. What’s next, an Israeli-style separation barrier between the posh and the poor?

Stay classy, New York City

My favorite Twitter politician, Anthony Weiner, is back, and considering a run for mayor of New York City. Former US congressman Weiner used Twitter to get inappropriately close to new digital, female friends. It’s unclear to me whether he loved himself or his fans too much. As another great politican would say, you be the decider.

Remember the video with super-hot Jane Lynch and Bill Maher reading the Weiner testimony?!

Sumo wrestler riding a bicycle

These gentle giants have captured my heart. Photo by Paolo Patrizi.

Sumo wrestlers getting their hair done

Photo by Paolo Patrizi.