Tokyo Moe

Don Jon trailer, written, directed, and starring very vain Joseph Gordon-Levitt

tokyo moe — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:45:16 +0000

Love this trailer and Gordon-Levitt’s preening character. Also with Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore. The porn theme makes it appropriate in this time of mourning for Koh-sama.

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

tokyo moe — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:47:04 +0000

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

tokyo moe — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:51:16 +0000

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

Do jacket hoods make good marriages?

tokyo moe — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:03:21 +0000

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

This is what public transportation looks like in San Francisco

tokyo moe — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:53:26 +0000

(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

tokyo moe — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:24:03 +0000

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

tokyo moe — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:25:00 +0000

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

Sumo wrestlers getting their hair done

tokyo moe — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:15:35 +0000

Photo by Paolo Patrizi.

Sumo wrestlers washing themselves with hose on sidewalk

tokyo moe — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:23:22 +0000

Another photo by Paolo Patrizi.

Sumo wrestler frying up some food

tokyo moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:15:33 +0000

I love Paolo Patrizi‘s intimate portraits of sumo wrestlers in and around the Tokyo “stables” where they train. Wonder what this one is cooking?