boy

Fashion camera shoot on sidewalk in posh Azabu

January 20, 2013men, Public spaceboy, camera shoot, distracted, fail, fashion, pretty, sidewalktokyo moe Leave a comment

Only the make-up artist fails to be distracted by my presence. Make that boy look pretty!

Wearing a mask and smoking ciggies is a delinquent look

January 7, 2013fetish, Public spaceboy, ciggies, delinquent, look, mask, Moe, realize, skinnytokyo moe Leave a comment

Skinny boy doesn’t seem to realize that the ciggies and mask cancel each other out.

Is it OK for a teen boy to wear this t-shirt?

September 3, 2011fetish, men, Public spacearctic monkeys, boy, complict, crime, directly, inappropriate, jailbait, lad, looking, Moe, neighborhood, spread eagle, suck it and see, teentokyo moe Leave a comment

“Spread eagle,” worn as a three pink tone, muscle t-shirt by a neighborhood lad, is an invitation to a crime. Recently I saw an even more directly inappropriate teen t-shirt message: “Arctic Monkeys, Suck it and See.” This music fan may not have understood the lyrics, but his hair and outfit were asking to be observed.

I still have not discovered what the Japanese word for jailbait is. What is the age of consent, or of propriety? Are the teens somehow complicit? Even looking feels like a crime.

(Photo credit: Katy L)

Can Japan resist allure of K-pop ikemen?!

May 3, 2011fetish, men, Public spaceallure, band, boy, dancing, fan service, fashion, husband, Ikemen, Japan, Johnny, k-pop, Korean, Moe, resist, Shin Okubo, Shinee. 샤이니, studyingtokyo moe View all 7 comments

Shinee (샤이니, pronounced “shiny”) is a Korean boy band that will be making its Japan debut in June, 2011.

There’s always seems to be yet another K-pop boy band whose dancing, fan service, and fashion exceed anything Japan’s Johnny has ever imagined. If it weren’t for the Japanese husband, I wonder if maybe I shouldn’t be studying Korean. Well, in Tokyo, at least we have Shin Okubo to enjoy a bit of Korea without getting on a plane.

Secret Garden, recreated by Big Bang with big gay kiss

March 4, 2011men, Public spaceaction, band, Big Bang, boy, boy-on-boy, gay, kiss, Secret Gardentokyo moe Leave a comment

My classmates tell me that Secret Garden is *the* Korean drama. Above the boy band Big Bang recreates a scene from the drama, with a very long gay kiss. Check out :40 to :58. I love how Asian boy bands entertain their feminine audiences with boy-on-boy action. (Via Dating in Korea).

Please trust these skanky host boys!

February 20, 2011fetish, male fashion, men, Public spacebest, boy, client, Ernest Hemingway, excuse, gobs, hustle, Kabukicho, Moe, money, rank, skanky, trust, wanna-betokyo moe One comment

Any excuse is a good reason to visit the male host club section of Kabukicho. Of course the real life hosts and want-to-be hosts are the main attractions. I like how those climbing the ranks are on the streets trying to hustle clients, host wanna-bes and anything with a heart beat.

The plentiful club ads are also something to marvel over. I love this ad for Trust and the possible false quote from Ernest Hemingway. What great advice: “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” I will overlook the lack of symmetry between “somebody” and “them.” But generally I find it hard to trust young men who are exchanging booze (and maybe more) for gobs of money.

Sumo & wrestling: lotta masculinity to enjoy

May 3, 2010fetish, male fashion, men, Public spaceAsashoryu, bad, better, boy, combinations, Japan, masculinity, medal, Moe, more, suit, sumo, wrestlerstokyo moe One comment

I am not sure why bad boy x-sumo champion Asashoryu is posing next to Japan’s medal-winning wrestlers. But I like it! It’s funny to see a sumo big boy in a conservative suit, and the wrestlers outfits are revealing. I love combinations of unrelated masculinity. More is definitely better ^^

Mongolian love

December 1, 2009fetish, male fashion, men, Public spaceAsashoryu, bad, big, boy, good, Hakoho, Kyushu, love, Moe, sumo, tournamenttokyo moe Leave a comment

Hakoho helps Asashoryu to his feet after defeating him. Hakoho went on to to win the Kyushu sumo tournament. The hubb found this image, which suggest that “good guy” and “bad boy” rivals might also share some big love after all.

Smappa: Mega host club with Lohas twist

November 16, 2009fetish, male fashion, men, Public spacead, ロハス, blatant, boy, club, demographic, female, festish, fountain, hair, hairspray, health, hilarious, holiday, host, Kabukicho, LOHAS, Make-up, mega, middle age, mimic, night, rip-off, Shun-kun, SMAP, smappa, staff, sustainability, twist, 夜tokyo moe View all 6 comments

Kabukicho is now full of ads for this new (?) host club called Smappa!, which seems a blatant rip-off of SMAP, the boy band now entering middle-age. The Smappa ad for Shun-kun above hilariously promises 夜のロハス, night-time lohas.

Lohas means Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, and applies to a 30 something female demographic. What has made hairspray and men’s make-up sustainable? I think actually, like the club name, it is a blatant attempt to connect with larger pop culture themes (like a bad porn title that mimics a Hollywood blockbuster).

From their incredibly complete Smappa! website, I have borrowed these staff images. Scroll to the bottom to see their onsen/ryoukan holiday. These boys are well-documented. Check their Smappa website for more!

Boy bands at suburban festival

October 21, 2009fetish, male fashion, men, Public spaceband, booth, boy, cap, festival, game, glitter, hair, Ikemen, kill, luck, Moe, object, omatsuri, rifle, sequin, shoot, suburbantokyo moe View all 11 comments

At a large suburban festival, we saw *three* booths involving boy bands. My favorite was the one above which involved a rifle shooting game, with the boy band images as either prizes or encouragements. This older guy looks ready to teach the kids how to shoot to kill. The guy running the game was kind of an ikemen, with his fried hair piled into a glitter sequin watch cap.

Below two booths sold boy band imagery. Interestingly, in Japan, there is no equivalent girl band objects. I guess Japanese (male loving) women are just lucky in that respect. I also suspect that the imagery objectifying women is perhaps too dirty to be shown in public at a festival.