Why am I in college??? When I could be staying up late and hanging with random women, and drinking every minute,Oh wait, that is college..but without the flashy hairstyling and somebody actually cleaning up the puke.
Saw that. Not a lot of news there. Others (OK, Marxy, mainly) have pointed out concerns about the lack of information about the customers themselves and how the trend is connected to larger issues of class and economic decline in areas outside of Tokyo. Hardly a banner week for Japan reportage at the NYT, but hey, that's show biz.
Why am I in college??? When I could be staying up late and hanging with random women, and drinking every minute,Oh wait, that is college..but without the flashy hairstyling and somebody actually cleaning up the puke.
Posted by: Josh | June 30, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Are these images of your birthday party at the host club, or of the person whose image has been censored in the fourth picture?
Posted by: Emile | July 05, 2009 at 09:34 PM
These are pics taken from various birthday parties chronicled at Glittër homepage.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | July 06, 2009 at 08:40 AM
Some birthday gift -- an Anpanman toy guitar. xD
Posted by: soul.assassin | July 07, 2009 at 08:23 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/business/global/28hostess.html?_r=1
Thought you might be interested in this article on hostessing in Japan.
Posted by: Emile | July 29, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Saw that. Not a lot of news there. Others (OK, Marxy, mainly) have pointed out concerns about the lack of information about the customers themselves and how the trend is connected to larger issues of class and economic decline in areas outside of Tokyo. Hardly a banner week for Japan reportage at the NYT, but hey, that's show biz.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | July 29, 2009 at 11:26 PM