No H8 Musicians

Festive and musical.

Back to prettier people, did you see the pole dancing outside Advocates on their 10th anniversary?

 

A free-standing sidewalk pole for dancing seemed like the best idea of the century. This big girl certainly looks festive!

Gallons of make-up, tight suits, & huge hair

Definitely, Coming of Age Day is the happiest day of the year. Winter is never more festive.

That’s how the KFC becomes finger licking good

Christmas in Japan means fried chicken, strawberry shortcake, and hotel sex. Famed (non-gay) blogger Danny Choo posted this photo, with the headline, “A guy queuing up at KFC in front of me. Is this where “Finger Lickin Good” comes from?”

Festive, isn’t it?

Amazing portraits of male hosts

CNNGo has a fun interview with Numata Manabu, a Tokyo photographer who has been creating commercial and artistic images of male hosts for five years. I love these group portraits. Numata-san wants the viewer to see the hosts as individuals, and believes that many are smart and hard-working.

Numata-san also describes a progression in male hosts’ visual style, from old-school enka, to Kimutaku look-alikes, other popular Johnny’s boys, gyaruo and visual-kei. I think the kimono look is extra-festive!