Happy Valentine’s Day!
Valentines Day is unique in Japan; only women give gifts. (Although, there are signs this is changing). Men give white chocolate one month later; White Day on March 14th..
Why? I think it helps men avoid social mistakes of what to give to whom. Although, it mainly has to do with chocolate companies creating another lucrative holiday.
Actually, this video doesnt have much to do with Japanese Valentine’s Day, but it was released around that time. (What you see in the video is more common on Christmas; Christmas is ‘dating’ season in Japan..)
I stumbled into an adult shop and filmed some of the items on sale. Youll see magic mushrooms (now illegal), and other types of stimulants. There are also some shots of popular love hotels in Shibuya..
Sex, drugs, and love hotels.
Watch in stand-alone page with 720×430 video; W A T C H – B I G G E R !
Related: Read Captain Japan’s article on Japanese Love Hotels!
TDV Reports: Sex for Brands
NOT SAFE FOR WORK!
Now in XDV! (Xceptional DV)
An interview with Becky Yee.
Becky spent time photographing Japanese girls who get paid for sex. Primarily to buy name brand bags and apparel..
Originally released in 2003, then again in 2005.
Note: The name of the photographer in the video is incorrect; It should be Becky Yee, not Becky Lee.
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Vidicle: A Publisher in the Shadows
Something I just started working on. I call them ‘Vidicles’; video previews of written articles.
Since the YouTube ‘revolution’ has expanded the definition of ‘online video’ – (talking heads pointlessly babbling in front of a camera? This is entertainment?) I thought; ‘why not make videos of someone reading well written, captivating articles’? In this case, that ‘someone’ is my computer, and the ‘well written article’ is from Captain Japan.
Watch this vidicle preview of his recent article: A Publisher in the Shadows:
Hiroharu Kimura dresses in black: sport jacket, shoes, socks, slacks, and gold-rimmed sunglasses. Aside from his blue dress shirt, his attire follows the vampire bat trademark used for his sex-trade publication Manzoku, meaning satisfaction.
“Bats cannot see,” says the chairman of Creators Company Connection, reclining in the sofa of his office in Tokyo’s Okubo district, “but they have a special sense.”
Indeed, Kimura operates his business – printing magazines that cater to Japan’s sexual services and hostessing industries – by feel.. READ THE FULL STORY!
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