What’s the opposite of casual?

 

The heat cannot stop fashion. Not in Shibuya.

Kimono, rainbow face, and look who’s in the background

 

Love the kimono guy’s outfit, which included a leather strap attached to his bald head. Well done. My Argentinian friend is in the background.

Lots of bright colors on Shibuya streets

The Rainbow Parade filled Shibuya’s streets.

Shibuya’s new mascot loves to water flowers and put on make-up

From the Japan Times:

the fairy lives in Yoyogi Park and its hobby is to water flowers and put on makeup.

I love how in Japan, or at least Shibuya, putting on makeup qualifies as a hobby! The name Airissun combines the meanings of “love” and “iris” while also drawing on the sound of the English word “listen.”

 

I’ve joined a Shibuya gang. Will I be able to use internet in new year?

Have a fantastic new year!

(Thanks Vivian for taking the photo).

Very excited boys wrestle with light saber in early morning Shibuya

We discovered these boys rolling around the street in Shibuya with a light saber suggestively posed, crotch adjacent. I love the “call me baby” hand signal, suggesting he’s busy but open to new friends too. I cannot recommend highly enough an early morning visit to Shibuya on the weekend.

Not a very sexy love hotel window display and sign

This must be one of the least sexy love hotel entrances. “Have a comfortable time” in fancy script, along with a dwarf, flower, astro-turf, and mini “outdoor-style” light fixture. Not the fantasy I was hoping for. In Shibuya.

Guest photo: Blonde yankii on ground outside Family Mart in Shibuya

Vivian of Lost in Translation blog generously contributed this photo of a blonde yankii sprawled on the ground. Apparently, he was shouting “majiide” to protest the photo. I think he wants a lot of attention. Summer, we’re going to miss you!

More Shibuya fried hair

Can there ever truly be too much male vanity?

Now back to big fried hair in 2012 Shibuya

Is he even old enough to do *that* to his hair? I am not fully convinced this two-toned masterpiece is really attached to his head. Yes, with the monochrome animal shrug, his look is pure delinquent. Oh Shibuya in daylight.