Outfit and stage make the man on top of lifeguard tower

I salute, thee, lifeguard. Costume and staging cannot be over-estimated.

Skinny bleach blond against the summer sky

At the beach in Chiba.

Drunk yanki stuff crackers in friend’s belly button

Hands-free “american dog” eating is obscene

Eating what Americans call a corn dog, in a yukata. I loved it!

Guest photo: Tokyo summer ass

Guest photographer Al M reached in close for this ass shot. Taken at Nichome’s Rainbow Matsuri on August 12, 2012.

Yet another back tattoo on the beach

Given how punitive most of Japan is about tattoos (out-lawed at most sports clubs, public gyms, sentos, and onsen), it’s great to see so many at the beach! Rock on!

Tattooed daddy has artwork that extends below the belt

Is it OK to ask to see the full tattoo?

Walking to the beach with shorts dipping low

This seems to be the path from the train station to the beach . .

Surfers mark start of beach series

No matter where you are in the world, there’s the allure of surfers. My favorite view of them, of course, is in the parking lot. This photo’s wall is suggestive for what is shows and what it conceals.

This is the start of my beach series, with photos of tattoos, lifeguards, and strange male behavior featured from the shores of Kanagawa to Chiba. Japan is at its freest and most delinquent at the beach.

Vice Fairy offers directory of Tokyo summer fireworks

I love everything to do with yankiis. Think big blond hair and maybe too much make-up. Chunky jewelry and glitter skulls and bones. So I was delighted to see Vice Fairy brand promoting their summer yukatas with a full schedule of the Tokyo fireworks season.

The husband gagged when he saw this image. It reminds me of John Waters saying that, for him as a filmmaker, an audience member’s vomiting is like a standing ovation.