GOLDS infinityiƒS[ƒ‹ƒY ƒCƒ“ƒtƒBƒjƒeƒBj. Women's Work and Japan's Hostess Culture. Dolly Kei, Gothic Lolita, Mori Girl, Tokyo fashion, Tokyo street style, Concert, Japanese artists, Japanese Illustrators, Harajuku, Punk, countercultures, alternative, visual kei, Tokyo decadance, neo pop, by Alice et Peter Punk. 瑞丽电子杂志_时尚杂志_杂志在线阅读 - 薇薇时尚杂志网. Himestyle on Xanga. Devilishly Cute | Fashion. DEVILISHLY CUTEMagazine Caters to "Little Devil" Fashion Fans (August 31, 2007) Of the many women's fashion magazines in Japan, Koakuma Ageha has been making waves for its especially daring fashion suggestions.
Launched in October 2006, it covers hairstyle, makeup, and fashion and targets young women who love designer-brand goods and seek fashions that attract men. The streets of bustling Tokyo districts like Shinjuku, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Ikebukuro are now populated by many women who have seemingly jumped out of the pages of Koakuma Ageha. Curly Hair, Big Eyes, Decorated PhonesKoakuma Ageha (koakuma means "little devil") comes with the subtitle "Seduction and Desire Book for Beautiful Gals Who Want to Become Cuter.
" True to the subtitle, it features hostesses who work at hostess clubs in addition to professional models. The fashions, hairstyles, and makeup featured in Koakuma Ageha are characterized by an avid pursuit of sexiness and cuteness. A Kind of Cosplay? Page Top. Japan's Latest Fashion Has Women Playing Princess for a Day. Japan's Fantasy Girls - Geisha to Maid Cafes. The era of the Geisha for the most part has ended, but the cultural tradition of larger than life females remains very much alive. Outside traditional areas in cities like Kyoto, there are very few Geisha to be found in Japan these days, but in their place are virtually endless varieties of “Fantasy Girls.”
Samurai used to pay elaborately dressed Geisha to sing, dance, and generally make them feel good about themselves after a long day working for their lord. In modern times, “shain” 社員 (company men) can choose their own “Fantasy Girl” to perform the same function. In many cases, the purpose of their service goes beyond simple physical attractiveness to provide an avenue of escapism through individual attention, fantastic scenarios, and over-the-top service. The word キャバクラ (kyabakura) is made from a combination of the words cabaret and club. In Kyabakura, The Experience Should Be Like This: [yframe url=' ホストクラブ – Host Club This set up is pretty normal. Mom and child fashion models are so hot in Japan. | Tokyo Kawaii, etc.
Agejo; Butterfly Courtesans of the Modern Age | Tokyo Telephone - Your Direct Line to the Real Japan. This year saw, apparently, a boom in ‘agejo’ fashion style among the young women of Tokyo. Whether this boom had more to do with an uptake in trending items such as coloured contact lenses, maxi dresses and ever-increasing long fake eyelashes rather than the emulation of popular agejo models Momoka Eri (Momoeri) and Sakurai Rina (Sakurina)… well, we’ll see.
Either way, I’m sure we can all appreciate the flawless style of a rather interesting breed of woman. You can’t mention agejo without Ageha! Koakuma Ageha (小悪魔ageha, commonly referred to as simply Ageha) magazine has been incredibly influential in promulgating agejo style to a wider audience, in the same way as Egg magazine has done with gyaru fashion. Koakuma (小悪魔) stands for ‘little devil’ , while ageha (アゲハ) means swallowtail butterfly, a somewhat odd combination! Agejo (アゲ嬢) has therefore become the name of the style deriving from Ageha. (Sakurina as courtesan; image via google) Little Devils [Archive] - fuckedgaijin. KAWAII, GOSU-RORI, AND STREET FASHION IN JAPAN. {*style:<b> </b>*} Japanese fashionistas are often teenagers or people in the 20s who live at home and spend a considerable portion of the money they get from allowances and part time jobs on fashions.
They often spend $500 to $1,000 a month on clothing and accessories. Most fashionistas are girls. The main base for them in the early 2000s was 109, a ten-story building filled with small shops with the latest in trendy clothes. In recent years, the fashion market for female betweenies (girls aged 9 to 14) has soared as young girls became more fashion conscious and their parents, grandparents and other relatives have become more willing to indulge them. Harajuku in Tokyo is regarded as groubd zero for Japanese street fashion and kawaii culture. In the Los Angeles area you can find girls that wear Japanese-style school girl uniforms and loose socks, Gwen Stephanie used “Harajuku girls”—three Japanese girls in Tokyo street fashions—in her stage show and the video for hit . Kanon Wakeshima. Charm offensive: the hostess bites back - Asia, World.
"Pay us what we deserve! " and "stop harassment! " screamed the women – some in masks – as they marched unsteadily on high heels through Kabukicho, Japan's largest red-light district, last month. The protesters were almost outnumbered by the curious press pack, which came to ogle a group of workers not previously known for their militancy – nightclub hostesses. Pouring drinks, looking sexy and laughing at the bad jokes of well-off men; to most Japanese, hostess work doesn't sound terribly hard. But activists say unpaid wages, sexual harassment and tough conditions are often part of the job.
"Most women in this industry can't even earn enough to make a living," says Yu Negoro, who has worked on and off as a hostess for a decade since her early twenties. "I was making the same amount of money as assembly line workers at auto factories," she said. Hostesses were considered a different breed from prostitutes, with class and enough education to discuss politics and the economy with the elite. Covering subcultures in Japan. I have a love/hate relationship with the mainstream media's coverage of Japanese fashion subcultures. Sometimes the outlet does a really great job of portraying a subculture, such as this Wall Street Journal article and video on himegyaru and this fantastic New York Times piece on the lolita fashion circle in New York. But sometimes, coverage of a subculture ranges from anywhere between sloppy and poorly reported to inaccurate and exoticizing.
Full disclosure: when I spent time in Japan in 2008, my interest in lolita fashion helped me make friends in Nagoya. At the school I attended, Japanese students had classes on the Japanese school schedule, where foreign students went to school for the typical September-May calendar common in America. I didn't really click with many of the other foreign kids, so my participation in the lolita subculture was a very vital way for me to make both Japanese and English-speaking friends. 1. _____ Fashion is anti-woman. 2. 3. Okay, so what can be done? Welcome! : Startje.com. Community.livejournal. Adult Info Centers / Tokyo Nightlife Article - Tokyo City Guide - SunnyPages.jp. Japan Hostess. After learning about Japanese culture, you will sooner or later come across the term "Kyabakura" [キャバクラ] which refers to a bar that employs ladies to sit next to you who will light your cigarettes (if you smoke) and pour drinks for you - and if you don't drink then you cant get in as that's one of the main ways these establishment make their dosh.
"Kyabakura" is a compound word made up of "Cabaret" [キャバレー] and "Club" [クラブ]. Ladies that work at these establishments are called Kyabakura Jyo [キャバクラ嬢] which is often shortened to Kyaba Jyo [キャバ嬢] or Hosutesu [ホステス]. These clubs make their money in varying ways. The one in the poster above charges 3,800 yen for 40 mins where apparently you get to drink as much as you want. They charge 3,000 yen for every extra 20 mins you spend in the place and if there is a particular girl who you want to look after you then you pay an extra 3,000 yen. They also charge 15% tax when the national tax rate is only 5%. Essay on Hostessing in Japan. Hostess Club Social Game Is Popular Among Japanese Women. Japanese company KLab Inc. [J] ‘s social game “Koi-Shite-Kyaba-jyo(恋してキャバ嬢)” makes 5M users.
Press release [J] Koi-Shite-Kyaba-jyo is a Japanese hostess club(Kyabakura) simulation game popular with women. Now, you can play this on GREE(mobile), mixi(mobile), MobageTown(mobile) and Yahoo! *My cell phone is iPhone4, so I can’t play Japanese mobile social games. The foreword of the game. Afterwards, you play the tutorial.
You have to serve flexibly appropriate to the guest and the occasion rich university student Fashion model Musician You date with them at times. You can record memories of the date with them in the album. However, there are also visitors who are not so handsome. This game’s system resembles a general Japanese mobile fishing social game very well. You become a hostess instead of becoming a sportfisherman. You can dress up by spending virtual currency, which you earn by serving work. You may assist friends serving, you will be assisted by friends, too. Japanese Women Look to Hostessing in Recession.
The women who pour drinks in Japan’s sleek gentlemen’s clubs were once shunned because their duties were considered immodest: lavishing adoring (albeit nonsexual) attention on men for a hefty fee. But with that line of work, called hostessing, among the most lucrative jobs available to women and with the country neck-deep in a recession, hostess positions are increasingly coveted, and hostesses themselves are gaining respectability and even acclaim. Japan’s worst recession since World War II is changing mores. “More women from a diversity of backgrounds are looking for hostess work,” said Kentaro Miura, who helps manage seven clubs in Kabuki-cho, Tokyo’s glittering red-light district.
“There is less resistance to becoming a hostess. In fact, it’s seen as a glamorous job.” But behind this trend is a less-than-glamorous reality. Employment opportunities for young women, especially those with no college education, are often limited to low-paying, dead-end jobs or temp positions. Gals cultivating that sultry bar hostess look. Agejo Week: Agejo Introduction | universal-doll.com. Agejo Week: Agejo Introduction Posted July 10th, 2010 by Mitsu There’s still time for Ask Anything #3, so get your questions in! I’ll definitely close it up by the end of next week (around the 16th) so get your questions in on the original Ask Anything or through formspring I’ve got a lot planned for Agejo Week so like Mode Week it’ll probably turn into Agejo Weeks, I’ll also be breaking it up so no straight thru weeks like Mode was.
Agejo icon Momoeri showing off popular kyabajo brand Magic Monroe. What girls look like "on" work. Expected topics: - Agejo Introduction - Agejo brand break-down - Current Agejo trends - Agejo hairstyle tutorials - Kyabajo life - The life of a charisma shop-staff - Hosts FAQ - Hosts continued I guess Agejo week has been highly anticipated… eeks.
Also I’ve delayed it because for some reason I think there is this gaijin perception that Agejo is the “real gal” and the rest of the gal styles aren’t. Breaking down Ageha, Agejo and Kyabajo Typical kyabajo work style. A day in the life of a Japanese 'hostess' model. It’s 11 a.m. and Satomi Yakuwa is busy putting on her makeup, getting ready for a full day of shooting photos for the Shibuya fashion magazine she models for, Koakuma-Ageha. In a normal fashion shoot, a team of professionals would be busy at work on the model, but Satomi, nicknamed Satomin, is going at it completely alone. “A makeup artist? No way, I would never let them touch my face. They don’t know how I like my makeup done,” she says. Click "View Gallery" above for more pictures 19-year old senzoku model Satomin srikes a dolly-like pose.
Little devil, swallowtail butterfly She is starting the day by shooting a series of photos for the magazine that show step-by-step how to achieve the look she’s created. This includes heavy liquid eyeliner, several sets of false lashes placed far outside the natural lash line, and special contacts with extra large irises lined in black to make the eyes appear almost inhumanly larger.
Satomin types away at her mobile phone, most likely updating her blog.