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Too cool for school

January 9, 2012fetish, male fashion, men, Public space, Uncanny20, adult, AKB48, Aso City, Coming of Age, cool, emoting, faux, fried, hair, mayor, Moe, schoolgirls, Seiji no Hi, sing, Sun Plaza, updoes, warning, years oldtokyo moe View all 2 comments

The mayor of Aso City stuns 20 year olds at Coming of Age Day (Seiji no Hi) by singing and pantomiming a hit from AKB48, the 4 dozen popular faux school girls who are Japan’s most popular band and advertising monster. The mayor’s singing and emoting strike a stern warning to the young things to never become adults. Poor 20 year olds of Aso City! (Source: Neojapanisme)

I had a much better time greeting and mingling with the 20 year olds celebrating today outside Nakano Sun Plaza. The girls were a riot of faux rabbit and pink/orange/red kimonos and complicated updoes. Many of the boys fried their hair and en-bigg-ed it, paired with shiny suits evocative of men’s host clubs and mid-tier salary men and occasionally traditional men’s kimonos, one in shocking pink. More pix soon. Here’s last years’ photos!

I also met a very handsome Korean photographer, and realized I wasn’t the only one who came to gawk!

Crazy knit hat signals cool weather ahead

November 30, 2010JR & Tokyo Metro, male fashion, Public spaceahead, blonde, cool, Crazy, ear, flap, hair, hat, hot, knit, pink, pom pom, transition, yarntokyo moe View all 2 comments

Wow! That’s an incredible knit hat in some crazy colors. I love how the vertical greens and blue yarns are accented with hot pink bands, top decoration, ear flaps, and dangling pom poms. It shows off this guy’s blonde hair well, don’t you think? Crazy fashion makes the transition to winter so much easier!

I love the 2 phones and 1 book on this Metro platform bench, with one mask in the background. Tokyo Metro is such a treat!

Summer stripes are fashionable

August 31, 2010male fashion, men, Public spacecool, coordinated, 火気厳禁, fashion, fire, heat, sharp, stripes, summertokyo moe View all 4 comments

I love this guy’s outfit. His purple socks match his purple shorts. The orange band around the straw hat extends the stripes of his shirt. He is dressed for heat and looking very sharp and coordinated. (The sign to his left says, 火気厳禁, or “don’t use fire here”).