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Could summer get any better than this?!

September 3, 2014fetish, men, Public space15th Tokyo Rainbow Festival, fundoshi, matsuri, Moe, Omikoshi, Shinjuku Nichome, summer, tattoo, water, wettokyo moe Leave a comment

I don’t think so.

And here comes the bucket of water

August 30, 2014fetish, men, Public space15th Tokyo Rainbow Festival, could, hunk, last forever, lying on the street, Shinjuku Nichome, this moment, tossing, watertokyo moe Leave a comment

Tossing water on a hunk lying on the street, with clumps of shaving cream on the blue sheet covering trash bags. Could this moment last forever?

Ship’s mate on Sumida river’s water bus

November 20, 2012fetish, menbus, manly, Moe, on-board, polite, river, ship's mate, Sumida, watertokyo moe Leave a comment

I felt safe on-board with this ship’s mate. Very manly and very polite.

Keeping track of the nuclear leakage

May 10, 2011Public space, Uncannybomb, cooling, design, Disaster, Fukushima, install, level, nuclear, pattern, plant, power, reactor, system, temperature, time, toxic, watertokyo moe View all 2 comments

Even in Japan, there is less daily news about the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. That’s why it’s lovely to see this Asahi newspaper chart that keeps us up to date. I like the top row visuals which help you remember which reactor is which (this power plants is blessed with six reactors in a row).

If you’ve seen me in the past month, you know I have a serious fetish over the blue and white abstract pattern that once covered these toxic time bombs.

The other rows provide updates on current temperatures, water levels, whether robots have been sent in yet, and, at the bottom, the expected date when the new replacement cooling systems will be installed (May, July and July).

A pattern of dangerous penis-shaped technologies?

March 25, 2011men, Public space, UncannyAfghanistan, box, company, daddy, Daiichi, danger, Disaster, doughnuts, drinking, energy, expert, explosion, fallout, favorite, fear, fuel, Fukushima, Global Hawk, government, Iraq, Libya, mess, nuclear, occupier, parade, pattern, penis, plant, protector, quake, radiation, radioactive, rod, shape, sky, steel, technology, torus, tsunami, unholy, watertokyo moe One comment

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Amidst the fear over quakes, water safety, and radioactive fallout, I do not mean to come off as a paranoid conspiracy theorist, or even an antiquated “mother earth” feminist. Still, it is impossible to ignore, in all the dioramas, illustrations, and video footage all the penis-shaped technologies at the heart of Japan’s natural and man-made disaster.

Most obviously, the six reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are all boxes (or were boxes, until the explosions) that cleverly conceal what appears to be a giant dildo of radioactive nuclear fuel rods, with torus doughnuts of water at the base and a steel containment vessel pointing this unholy mess of danger and energy sky-ward.

Japan’s protector/daddy/occupier the US military flew its Global Hawk man-less planes to take detailed images of the disaster. These are the drones that support the video distance warfare that delivers bombs throughout Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Libya. It’s good that these planes have some non-military uses, although I nearly spit out my drinking water when I saw on television these giant black penises flying through the air.

The storyline seems to be that we are dependent on reckless technology that happens to look like enormous penises. And that we can only contain the damage they cause by employing their similarly shaped flying cousins. We are then treated to a parade of government officials, energy company spokespeople, and nuclear epxerts– all of whom seem to be male– who promise vaguely that everything is mostly under control.

What is your favorite penis-shaped disaster technology?

Nearly naked men splashing water on eachother to thank gods

January 22, 2011fetish, men, Public spacecelebrate, clothing, festival, gods, husband, miracle, Moe, naked, no, ritual, sacred, source, splash, thank, water, wear, winter, 湯かけ祭りtokyo moe View all 2 comments

I don’t fully understand why, but these men are celebrating their beloved water source and its miraculous return by throwing water on each other in winter. And, as its a sacred ritual, they are wearing almost no clothing. It’s called Yu kake matsuri (湯かけ祭り), which basically means water splashing festival. Thanks to the hubb for forwarding this video.

Tokyo Pride Parade: Saturday, August 14 at 10.30 am

August 2, 2010men, Public space2010, gay, lesbian, Moe, parade, pride, sun block, Tokyo, towel, watertokyo moe View all 6 comments

Saturday, August 14 is the Tokyo Pride Parade. It starts at 10.30 am. There’s lots of info in Japanese, and some basic info in English. It’s shocking to read that they expect 5,000 participants in this megalopolis of 13 million (or 30 or 51 million, depending how you count the greater Tokyo region).

Are any of my readers planning to attend?

Bring sun block, water, and a hand towel. It’s going to be hot!

Please name this celebrity!

April 29, 2010fetish, JR & Tokyo Metro, male fashion, men, Public spaceactor, ad, attention, beauty, hair, image, Kamenashi Kazuya, KAT-TUN, lurid, model, Moe, Panasonic, Shibuya 109, skin, watertokyo moe View all 27 comments

Ok, fan girls. Please help me out. Who is this barely legal looking actor/model/singer who’s hawking Panasonic’s technology wonder of a wet-and-dry electric razor? I figure one of my readers will surely know.

I love how lurid the campaign is: the image is saturated with water drops, his hair damp and immaculate, his skin eerily unmarked by age or imperfection. But mostly I love how he welcomes our attention. Perhaps he needs it ^^