These guys (and one gal, apparently) look like ball joint dolls. They really do. Just drop in at Den of Angels sometime and flip through the galleries.
While it's true that these guys look like they belong on Christopher Street searching for men, the irony is that in Tokyo and Osaka guys like them are the ones getting the gorgeous J-girls and you, as a foreigner, will be left with the girls who look like men.
Minami no Teiou is mostly correct--see these cats with fine ladies all over Kyoto, too. If I may quote (actually paraphrase) Lewis Black on Howard Stern after Black returned from a stay in Japan; he said he loved the country, people...that the girls were beautiful, and...
These guys (and one gal, apparently) look like ball joint dolls. They really do. Just drop in at Den of Angels sometime and flip through the galleries.
Posted by: Ms. Geek | January 21, 2010 at 08:04 PM
That one gal is a dude, dude.
Posted by: patrick macias | January 21, 2010 at 08:06 PM
Saiko~~! o(≧∀≦)o
Posted by: nekomusume42 | January 21, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Wait! There's men in these pictures? Nothing you don't see on Christopher St.
Posted by: SPM | January 22, 2010 at 01:05 PM
Wow. He definitely takes the cake, then. The Prettiest Guy on Planet Earth. Srsly.
Posted by: Ms. Geek | January 22, 2010 at 01:07 PM
More pix and bio for Nachi Maeda here:
http://www.club-ryugujo.com/nachi/index.html
If you wanna get super-stalker, check out "his" blog:
http://ameblo.jp/nachimaeda
Posted by: patrick macias | January 22, 2010 at 01:18 PM
For a second I thought Option Three was wearing this jacket http://www.yesstyle.com/en/deepstyle-distressed-knit-tee-shirt-gray-one-size/info.html/pid.1021362970
Posted by: Rob | January 22, 2010 at 10:39 PM
While it's true that these guys look like they belong on Christopher Street searching for men, the irony is that in Tokyo and Osaka guys like them are the ones getting the gorgeous J-girls and you, as a foreigner, will be left with the girls who look like men.
Posted by: Minami No Teiou | January 23, 2010 at 12:14 PM
These guys need to go near Castro to see what REAL gay men look like.
Posted by: ArtRodriguez | January 23, 2010 at 10:29 PM
They actually aren't gay. They are Japanese Host Boys - they are "escorts" so to speak. You can pay them to hang out with you at the host bar.
You should check out the movie The Great Happiness Space.
Posted by: Noma-Neko | January 25, 2010 at 07:00 AM
Minami no Teiou is mostly correct--see these cats with fine ladies all over Kyoto, too. If I may quote (actually paraphrase) Lewis Black on Howard Stern after Black returned from a stay in Japan; he said he loved the country, people...that the girls were beautiful, and...
"Japanese guys are only getting laid in Japan."
(Of course, if you had to pick only one place...)
Posted by: japandemic | March 14, 2010 at 11:25 PM