Japanese Maids in Tokyo

“If you still doesn’t know in Akihabara neighborhood in Tokyo you get into maid cafes, where the waitresses are dressed as maids.”

For all you cosplay otaku lovers, this is a nice article, especially if you love the maid costumes.  And c’mon, who doesn’t??  Read more HERE.

Asian Woman Hits a Purse Snatcher with a Suplex

I’m pretty sure this was staged,… but it couldn’t have been pleasant to have been thrown down as such. Sorry, no cute idol here today but this just cracks me up each time I see it so I thought I’d share with you all.

Japanese AV Idols Game Show Video Thing

Umm,… yeeeaaaah…
I like it.

And if I’m not mistaken, it seems like it’s the big boobs versus the cuter smaller boobs…. no?

Korean Racing Girl 7-9-08

I’m tired.

Sprinkle Me

Alas gentlemen, it’s Friday! Don’t know about you but my mind is pretty drained from a week’s worth of work load (Heh, I said “load”). But thank god for cute Japanese idols, J pop and those hawt gravure pics Jay put up earlier today to help keep my sanity in line.

Here’s something that refreshes and cools you down from all that eye-raping you did on Hitomi Ito. Why am I putting up this photo? I’m not really quite sure. But hey it’s hilarious and screams “Japanese”!

The “bidet” function on a Japanese toilet got some mad shiofuki skills!

Peachy’s

Meet Peachy’s, the first ever “lip synching” idol unit straight outta Japan!

Mystery solved!

While I was walking around the Fuji TV headquarters building in Odaiba during my recent Japan trip I noticed some type of live event was being held at the plaza below at street level. Curious, I got closer to take a better look and see what all the commotion was about. A sizable crowd had gathered in front of a temporary stage where 3 girls dressed in similar flashy 1 piece dress outfits were doing some song & dance routine. In the backdrop on stage was a sign that said “Peachy’s”, which I had never heard of before.

The temporary outdoor stage where Peachy’s had their first public performance was at the bottom left corner of this shot of Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo

Naturally I whipped out my beat up but trusty camera and aimed for the stage. But I was told by what appeared to be an event staff to keep moving as I was getting ready to take some snap shots that would’ve been worthy of a “Tokyo moment”. At that time I was by the very side of the stage, just outside the fenced off area where the audience was. I thought they just wanted to keep the foot traffic moving so I walked toward the pack and took out my camera again.

Peachy’s – Yuka Kosaka (L), Akina Minami (C) and Rina Akiyama (R)

However as I was adjusting the frame and the zoom once again I was interrupted by some event staff with a badge. This time I heard what he was saying, “I’m sorry but there’s no photography allowed.” I was really puzzled, since right before I got idol-blocked I saw a couple people passing by taking pictures with their cell phones. I wondered maybe it was my lack of understanding of the Japanese language or perhaps they didn’t want me taking pictures from that particular spot and get in the way because I did see a camera crew filming the event. I said to myself, “third time’s the charm” as I moved to the right side of the audience and attempted to snap up some juicy exclusive photos for all you Sleepy John readers.

Sorry guys, in the end I wasn’t able to provide any shots of my own. But this is what Peachy’s first mini concert looked like.

What do you know…this time a dude in a suit came up and rudely idol-blocked me even before I pointed my camera in the right direction! I MEAN WTF?!?! What’s the big friggin’ deal if their objective was to promote the group? I know I wasn’t back home in the States, but common sense would dictate that everything’s fair game out in the public. And I certainly considered this outdoor event by the street to fall under public domain! Am I off on this?

A big F**k Y** goes out to the department of event planning at Fuji TV and Japanese nonsensical trivial practices in general!

I got frustrated and upset about silly little trivial things the Japanese insist on doing like this one so I split without taking any pictures. But now thinking about it maybe I should’ve just played the “dumb gaijin” card and ignored them!

To make sense of all this, the dream idol unit “Peachy’s” consists of Japanese gravure idol Yuka Kosaka (小阪由佳), Akina Minami (南明奈) and Rina Akiyama (秋山莉奈), who also often appear on Japanese TV shows. Peachy’s claim to fame would be, “We’re not singing!” The project was born half jokingly out of Fuji TV’s late night TV show “Jodeki! Pop Company Pop-ya” (～ジョーデキ！POP COMPANY～ POP屋). The cute Japanese idol trio has gained so much following that they’ll release their first single titled “My Baby Boy” later on this summer!

L to R: Yuka Kosaka aka “Kosakana” (コサカーナ), Akina Minami aka Akkina (アッキーナ) and Rina Akiyama aka Oshirina (オシリーナ)

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Sleepy John Hits Tokyo, Part 8

Continuation of my oh-so artistic photo documentary of my recent Tokyo trip.

Somehow I’ve got this fascination with Japanese train stations. Maybe it’s because we don’t really have any where I’m from and the the stations in the States definitely don’t look or feel anything like their Japanese counterpart.

Trying to catch one of the last trains of the evening at Nishi Kasai Station. The almost empty station at this hour gives off a lonely feeling, yet the brightly lit lights offer you some comfort and assurance that you’re not left behind.

The arriving Tozai Line train cars whizzing by me. A group of people in the background also happened to be heading home after a night of drinking like us no doubt.

Typically the short “hanami” or cherry blossom viewing season for Tokyo and surrounding Kanto area is in the very beginning of April. But fortunately I caught a rare glimpse of some leftover cherry blossom when I went up to the mountains.

A couple shots of Akihabara district in Tokyo, which has always been famous for its “Electric Town” with numerous shops that carry anything and everything electronic. Recently the area has really transformed itself into a multi entertaining experience with new fashionable restaurants and other retail stores

Left – under the JR Sobu Line…Akihabara Massacre took place to the left not too far from here Right – new entertainment building complex south of Akihabara Station offers a plethora of fine dining

I’ve been to Japan several times while having visited many different non-tourist places. But I must say this was the first time I spotted a Japanese police operating a speed trap / traffic stake out. Soon after I snapped this stealth photo (the po-po in the Japan don’t like to have their pictures taken, more on this in a later post) he proceeded to bust a motorcyclist for inching too far forward in a right turn yield lane!

I guess even the police in Japan are starting to get dirty *sigh*

Sleepy John Hits Tokyo, Part 7

Blasting through the rain on the famed Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway (首都高速) aka “Shutoko”.

4 Japanese “sunakku” (スナック) snack bars, or small individually run establishment that serve alcohol, homemade dishes & finger food and provide good conversation for the overworked Japanese salaryman line up in a row. Inside an able karaoke machine is a must. You can find joints like these around the train station in almost every town in Japan.

This is why it’s so wonderful to be a guy in Japan. Look at all these fine selections of porno magazines that are on display in plain view at any “konbini” (コンビニ) convenience stores! Even manga often include shots of barely covered young girls in bikini doing provocative poses. This is how the popularity of gravure idols get to be so big in Japan…you start them young!

I wanted to grab me a library-ful of these physically stimulating reading material but couldn’t stuff all of them into my suitcase

I ran into this unsightly thing covered by dirty, taped up tarp as I walked down the street near the intersection of a residential area in Tokyo. I wondered what in the world inspired the person to put up such ugly fixture (too big to be a tent for the homeless) and who the hell gave him permission to do so.

I walked around to the other side to find out that it’s a mobile street ramen stall (屋台ラーメン, or “yatai”! xP As much as I love ramen, I’m not quite sure if I’d be down to do my dining in there.

The hilarious part is the dude named this ramen stall “One Dragon”

Korean Booth Babe 6-7-08

Saturday’s girl is kind of a weird one.  I post it because it’s just weird,… and figure SOME of you guys out there would like the silver latex,… “style.”

Office Worker Goes Berserk!

All I have to say is, daaamn this dude is PISSED! Watch as a seemingly ordinary office worker is caught on security camera experiencing some type of serious mental breakdown. The poor bastard flips out and goes completely POSTAL!!

Yeah I know today’s post has nothing to do with cute girls or bikini but you don’t want boobs in your face 24/7, right? (I already know the answer…I should get smacked)