Members only: Tokyo’s sexiest party gets ready to take on Asia
December 29, 2011 by JapanGuide
Filed under Japan Today
A trio of dancers moves provocatively on a small stage as the dry-ice smoke swirls around them, their lithe frames clothed in outfits last seen on Jane Fonda in the 1968 cult classic, “Barbarella.”
Sometimes their faces wear playful smiles. Other times, it’s a pout. The default, though, is the mouth-agape pose, the look designed to express ecstasy and eroticism, but which screams, “I practice this at home in front of a mirror.”
This isn’t a strip club. It’s the BlackList party, Tokyo’s sexy, members-only, once-a-month naughty night out, brainchild of two French expats who just wanted to create a fun evening for friends.
The ‘social knitwork’: Guerrilla knitters take on Tokyo
February 9, 2011 by JapanGuide
Filed under Japan Today
“Guerilla
knitting” sounds like contradiction in terms. After all, how can a peaceful, meditative
and solitary activity bear any connection to a movement suggesting solidarity
in subversion?
Sounds
like a tale spun of yarn, but it’s reel … I mean real, and happening in Tokyo.
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A
diaspora of around 20 knitters around Japan — from Aichi to Niigata — have found
themselves entangled in a woolly web of mischief that came about through
tweeting.
Outbreak of guerilla
knitting
Evidently
knitting isn’t just the activity of sedentary septuagenarians, and has taken on
a more revolutionary hue.
Messi arrives to take on the Samurai Blue
October 6, 2010 by JapanGuide
Filed under Japan Today
Argentinian football star Lionel Messi touched down in Tokyo today as his teams prepares to face the Samurai Blue on Friday 8 at 7:50 p.m.
Surrounded by fans clamoring for signatures, the FIFA World Player of the Year, who plays for Barcelona, might not actually be playing due to an injury, but the Argentine Football Association is set for a payday of US$ 200,000 if he does, according to Yahoo! news.
SINGING ROADS – TAKE A MUSICAL TRIP IN JAPAN
September 7, 2010 by JapanGuide
Filed under Japan Travel Videos
Japan has invested in a series of melody roads that sing out a tune as you drive over them, as part of a new tourist attraction.
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Michael Palin in Japan. Among the evening’s entertainment on offer is the traditional karaoke, which originated in Japan. In this video clip Palin joins in! From the BBC.
