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Advocates bar spills out onto the sidewalk, with added skin in summer

July 17, 2013men, Public spaceAdvocates, bar, Nichome, sidewalk, skin, summer, tonguetokyo moe Leave a comment

Thanks for the tongue!

Late night view of Chinese restaurant in Nakano

September 9, 2012fetish, menbar, brick, caps, Chinese, fake, hot guy, Moe, Nakano, old skool, restaurant, seating, uniformtokyo moe One comment

I like this old skool Chinese restaurant in Nakano, with bar seating, fake brick, and cooks in caps and uniforms. Plus the hot guy turning to face the camera seems interested in my photography.

Online service lets you choose Tokyo restaurants/bars based on door bait

January 18, 2011fetish, male fashion, men, Public space, Uncannybar, choose, door bait, entrepeneur, find, heterosexual, internet, Kanaban Danshi, Kanban Musume, male, Moe, online, restaurant, service, stafftokyo moe View all 2 comments

Wow. Thanks to a very heterosexual Japanese internet business person on Twitter, I heard about a website (and probably mobile app) that allows you to find restaurants and bars in Tokyo by searching for attractive staff. It’s called Kanaban Danshi for male staff, and Kanban Musume for female staff (Japanese only). Has anyone tried this out?!

Pokemon butt at beer vendor in Tokyo Pride Parade

August 15, 2010fetish, male fashion, men, Public spaceatmosphere, bar, beer, butt, canned, child, costume, fair, festival, furry, gay, lesbian, matsuri, middle-aged, Moe, music, Ni Chome, Okinawa, owners, parent, Pokemon, questions, street, Tokyo Pride Paradetokyo moe View all 2 comments

I had a fantastic time at the Tokyo Pride Parade on Saturday. Despite the August heat and humidity, the atmosphere, costumes, and Okinawan music were joyous. The hubb and two good friends joined me and about 10,000 people in Yoyogi and then marching through Shibuya and Meiji Jingu Mae.

I don’t have time to sort through all the photos (and several videos), but I want to post my favorite photo today. There were about eight middle-aged Pokemon wearing furry but revealing outfits.

I hope that these adult Pokemon prompted some awkward child-parent questions during the parade! Here they are lined up for canned beer.

If you’re in Tokyo, you can check out the “gay matsuri” festival from 4 pm to 7 pm on Sunday in Ni-chome. It’s a street fair organized by the bar owners, with promises of a portable shrine carried by lesbians, music and performances.

Gay superheroes cruise NYC bar

April 18, 2010fetish, male fashionAlexander Chee, bar, cruise, gay, Moe, New York, Skintight USA, Stonewall Inn, superheroes, West Villagetokyo moe View all 4 comments

Via novelist Alexander Chee, news that Skintight USA is a new superhero fetish bar for gays at the historic Stonewall Inn in NYC’s West Village.

Japan has serious drinking problem

March 29, 2010fetish, Public spacebar, drinking, intimacy, island, legal, Moe, old pal, problem, Shinjuku, vicetokyo moe View all 2 comments

The enthusiasm for drinking in Japan continually surprises me. Maybe I am a light weight. And frankly not very attracted to this legal vice. Yet the power it has over this island nation’s citizenry is astounding. The name of this bar suggests the intimacy and long term nature of this affection.

Poem bar by American Express

November 3, 2009men, Public spaceAmerican Express, bar, booze, gay, Ni Chome, poem, poetry, Shinjuku, signtokyo moe Leave a comment

A poetic sign for a small pub in Ni-chome, Shinjuku. Sponsored by American Express. Poetry, gays and booze.

Provocation and Dignity

July 30, 2009Public space, Uncannybar, commercial, dignity, English, Provocation, random, Shinjukutokyo moe One comment

Ah, commercial English in Tokyo. This Shinjuku “dining and bar lounge” named “in aqua” offers provocation and dignity. Does this mean that it is dirty and still high class? Or maybe the nouns were chosen at random.

Role model?

July 20, 2009Uncannybar, Diane von Furstenberg, high, mortal, role model, supernaturaltokyo moe View all 2 comments

OMG! For a lady entering her fifth professional decade, Diane von Furstenberg is looking hot, perhaps supernaturally so. Is she a role model, or is she setting the bar a bit too high for us mere mortals? I love her quote: “This time around I decided I was going to be very much who I really am.”