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Hamasaki Ayumi fan car sparks doubt about gender identity and desire

August 23, 2013Uncategorizedartifice, car hood, day look, daylight, desire, drag tactic, friction, gender identity, Hamasaki Ayumi, harsh, male gaze, Public, reality, shock, simple, street, surprise, understand, Yoyogi Parktokyo moe Leave a comment

I heard that singer Hamasaki Ayumi is a gay-rights supporter, so I don’t mean to be harsh on her. But this image, plastered on a car hood outside Yoyogi Park, alternately fascinates and haunts me. I am amazed that such a pornographic look can circulate in public with no friction. Is this a day look? Should children see this?

I understand that the male gaze prizes artifice over reality, and that simple drag tactics are very effective in attracting male attention (big hair, heavy make-up, scary long nails, and a blank look). I am not shocked that these images are popular, but I am surprised to see them in the daylight and on the street.

A quick rant about the Tokyo candidates for the Diet

July 19, 2013Public spaceactor, campaign, candidate, corporate backdrop, diet, election, faces, hell, mega-phone, noise pollution, poster, pretty, Public, quick rant, remove, sell, shut up, smirk, vans, white gloves, wondertokyo moe Leave a comment

The good news about Japanese elections is that the campaign season is short. The bad news is that it is accompanied by vans and mega-phones spewing noise pollution everywhere.

And then there are the campaign signs. For local elections, at least you see different characters in different neighborhoods. These past weeks, these hideous Diet candidate posters have haunted me throughout Tokyo.

Starting at the top, how do white gloves obscuring your face express your character? Maybe she’s too clean to hold that dirty mike, or shake constituents’ dirty hands. Below this mom-focused candidate is in front of a corporate backdrop that makes me wonder if she’s selling home cleaners or personal hygiene products. Lastly, at the bottom is the pretty male actor with a smirk.

I wish they would all go to hell, or at least shut up and remove their faces from public places.

Riding a panda naked in a public park

June 20, 2013fetish, Public spacecross-species, Moe, naked, panda, park, Public, ridingtokyo moe Leave a comment

Is this cross-species play OK? Via Matt and Tumblr.

Piggy rolls out empty wheelchair at Imperial Palace

January 11, 2013Public space, Uncannyemptiness, grandeur, Imperial Palace, open, pavement, piggy, police, Public, rolls out, trucks, twice a year, unnecessary, vast, wheelchairtokyo moe Leave a comment

The empty police wheelchair, vast expanse of pavement, the many varieties of unnecessary police trucks in the background. Somehow this image captures the grandeur and emptiness of opening the Imperial Palace to the public two days per year.

If only I had good posture and the ability to coordinate

December 1, 2012Public space, Uncannybarrette, dignified, outfit, pink, posture, Public, super-coordinated, umbrellatokyo moe Leave a comment

I love this lady’s posture and super-coordinated outfit. Her pink umbrella matches her barrette. If only I could look so dignified in public.

Pyschedlic senior ladies dance in public

November 30, 2012Public space, Uncannydancing, festivity, ladies, mesmerize, Nakano, Public, seniortokyo moe One comment

Occasionally, I feel bad knowing how interested some of my readers are in Tokyo ladies, and how little I offer these readers. At this Nakano festivity, I was mesmerized by the psychedelic swirl of these dancing seniors.

Matsuri ass is always nonchalant

July 7, 2012fetish, men, Public spaceass, daylight, display, festival, matsuri, Moe, more spiritual, nonchalant, Public, summertokyo moe View all 3 comments

If you’re interested in male ass on display in public during daylight, I highly recommend summer festivals in Japan. Somehow, seeing this total freedom, I feel transported to a more spiritual place.

The Emperor in love. Is that why they’re rarely seen in the media?

April 17, 2012men, Public spaceemperor, Europe, figures, island, love, Moe, nation, Public, royaltokyo moe View all 2 comments

In spite of their being public figures, the Emperor and Empress look very much in love in this island nation. I never understand why the Japanese royal family is not promoted more heavily for tourism, diplomacy, and the sheer entertainment value for their subjects. That’s the case in Europe, isn’t it?

Goodbye Xmas

January 2, 2012Public space, Uncannyassociation, baby Jesus, by-reservation only, chicken, close, curb, fried, junked, Mos, Public, tree, witness, Xmastokyo moe Leave a comment

After the weeks of muzak build-up, Japan retires Xmas with merciful speed. On the night of the 25th, the last Xmas cakes are discounted and forgotten. I kind of miss the US tradition of witnessing the first Xmas tree junked on the curb. The closer to the 25th the public abandonment, somehow the more worthy of attention. In Tokyo, I guess I can safely forget about the close association between Jesus’ birth and the by-reservation only consuming of fast food fried chicken. If any aficionados are reading this blog, please let me know how Mos and KFC and others compare.

Thumbs up says the world hot dog eating champion

October 10, 2011fetish, food, men, Public space, Uncannyambassador, carnal, champion, eating, fashion, fetish, gag reflex, gamely, gamine, hot dog, Kobayashi Takeru, Moe, Public, sport, Terry Richardsontokyo moe Leave a comment

Fashion, fetish, sport, or what? I love how world hot dog eating champ Kobayashi Takeru so gamely shows off his oral talents, his middrif, and his perversely cheerful spirit with the thumb up. As Matt says, this is a guy who makes very public his lack of gag reflex.

Is Japan sufficiently proud of this gamine ambassador of carnality?!

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A blog about Nakano, Tokyo and male vanity