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Clothes get minimized as temperature soars into 90s

July 8, 2013fetish, JR & Tokyo Metro, men, Nakano, transitclothes, Crocs, favorite, JR, Moe, Nakano, platform, season, skin, summertokyo moe View all 2 comments

Summer is definitely my favorite season. Despite the Crocs everywhere.

Why is this fashionable guy wedged into the corner of this train?

April 16, 2012ceramics, JR & Tokyo Metro, male fashion, Public spacebody, courtesy, face, false, foot, JR, Moe, privacy, Telephone, train, wedgingtokyo moe View all 3 comments

Is something dirty happening with this fashionable guy wedging himself into the corner of the JR train, face and body pressed against the wall with one foot in a forward motion gesture? Actually he seemed to be on the telephone, a violation of standard courtesy rules on Japanese public transit. I love how he’s positioned himself into a false sense of privacy.

Is naming a high-end highrise Twin Towers in poor taste?

September 27, 2011Nakano, Uncannyapartment, JR, Nakano Twin Towers, name, poor, sold out, taste, wrongtokyo moe Leave a comment

Nakano Twin Towers, what will be tallest and most expensive apartments in our inner suburb, is rising fast just south of the JR station. Rumor has it that owners can customize everything, and that the apartments sold out fast. Is it only me that thinks this name for the two symmetrical 30+ floor residential towers is somehow wrong?

Japan’s Xmas dreams of romance, from JR during Bubble years

December 24, 2010UncannyBubble, Christmas, dream, JR, romancetokyo moe View all 4 comments

This series of JR ads from the Bubble sum up Japan (and China’s) fascination with Xmas as a holiday particularly suited to young lovers. Hope everyone here is enjoying some Kentucky Fried Chicken, cakes made of equal parts strawberry and whipped cream, and of course, Wham!’s Last Christmas.

Lumine Shinjuku displays robot with giant bulging crotch

October 22, 2010fetish, JR & Tokyo Metro, male fashion, Public spacebulging, commercial, crotch, display, giant, JR, Lumine, Moe, obscene, photos, robot, Shinjuku, spectacle, Tokyo Matttokyo moe View all 10 comments

Has anyone else been on the East Side of the JR Shinjuku station? Lumine has this incredibly obscene robot with a giant, bulging crotch. I love how there are always people snapping photos. I am unclear what the commercial goal of this display is, but it is certainly obscene.

Notice in the reflection, below, this new lamb-inspired fall fashion: matching white furry vest and leg warmers. Nice!

Thanks, Tokyo Matt, for showing me this commercial spectacle.

Train bento with train fetish

July 6, 2010fetish, JR & Tokyo Metro, Public space, Uncannybento, goodness, healthy, JR, Moe, national, railway, sexy, station, train, transittokyo moe View all 4 comments

Yes, transit is very sexy. At least to me. I love how this bento, sold at at the train station, celebrates JR, the national railway. That’s a lot of healthy goodness for 1,000 yen.