‘Satomi Kobayashi and Mikako Ichikawa nosh down on fresh lobster in Naoko Ogigami’s new film, “Glasses.”‘
The Moment, The Post-Materialist | Japanese Food Porn:
“(…) eating and sleeping are their reason for living. If sex is curiously absent, it’s because the eating is sex.”
The Independent, YAWN: The new yuppies: They’re back - and this time they’re green. (more):
“They brag about their wind turbines rather than their wads, and they’re more likely to wear recycled trainers than red braces. But be in no doubt - they’re still loaded.”
IHT, Voluntary simplicity movement re-emerges:
“Modern “downshifters” are chasing a utopian vision of a self-sustaining life as partisans of a movement some call voluntary simplicity.”
Tags: economy,environment,food,identity,japan,lifestyle,trend
November 19th, 2007 · Comments Off
IHT, In Japan, it’s the men who want to be skinny and cute:
“Both Shirakawa and his girlfriend like the fact that she weighs more than he does, and is the leader of the couple. “She’s a lot stronger than I am, can lift heavy things and go drinking until dawn. I admire that about her, and feel protected when I’m around her,” he said. Older than he by five years, it was Shirakawa’s girlfriend who made the approach, started the dating process and decided what course their relationship would take.
“Frankly, I think women should be in the driver’s seat. Society and relationships work better that way,” he said. Shirakawa likes to wear his girlfriend’s clothes and often shows up for work wearing her blouse and jeans, to the general approval of his co-workers.
Hirayama said: “For young men, wearing women’s clothes has almost become a status symbol - a confirmation of being slim and pretty and, therefore, desirable. Young women, on the other hand, are less interested now in looking beautiful for the benefit of young men. They dress up for themselves, for their own satisfaction.”"
Tags: fashion,gender,japan,sexuality,trend
August 6th, 2007 · Comments Off
“Japanese housewives have ditched their traditional subservient image for the world of currency trading – influencing both international markets and Japan’s economy.”
Times: The kimono traders (via)
Tags: currency trading,day trading,economy,feminism,japan,stocks
January 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
The Morning News: “Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan’s love hotels are playful and unapologetically sexual. Photographer Misty Keasler shows the humor, desire, and even the loneliness of these empty rooms.”
Tags: japan,photography,sex
April 12th, 2006 · Comments Off
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DIY Lauf der Dingen
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“Created by Charlie White, Pink is sublime and captures all the textures that fit the color.”
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“We wilden op internet dezelfde kwaliteit bieden als in de gedrukte gids”
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“The High Court in Manchester has ruled that an email cannot be recognised as a legal written offer if it does not contain a signature or name within the body of the mail. “
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“Japanese air raid posters “
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“Isolated by perpetual fog and the labyrinthine islands of Lake Saimaa, Valhamönde is a small monastic community that is interdenominational and ecumenist.”
Tags: adidas,advertising,art,email,japan,photography,propaganda,tv,uk,video,vpro,war,ww2
February 7th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Kimina, 23, works in Kyoto, Japan, as a geiko - the local term for a geisha.”
Tags: geisha,japan,photography
