If you go to Japan or have Japanese friends you’re bound to run into a purikura photo or photo booth. Purikura stands for purinto kurabu (プリント倶楽部), or print club. These photo booths were introduced in 1995 and by 1997 over 45,000 booths existed around the country (Okabe, Daisuke et al., pg. 1). It is popular [...]
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Purikura (プリクラ – Print Club)
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, tagged critical essay, Japanese culture on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Irony in Advertising: コカ・コーラ ゼロ
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, tagged Japanese culture on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you guys seen the old Coca-cola Zero commercials? They are ridiculously awesome… “Hey, fat ass, just drink diet soda! It works for the Americans!” (Not an accurate translation) This commercial spot ironically mocks the ‘Cool Biz’ (クールビズ) style that the government promotes in Japan to help cut down on air-conditioning and other types of [...]
HOST KNUCKLE Vol. 10 （ホストナックル）
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, tagged Japanese culture, Japanese fashion on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
– Quick Note: The images on the left are the original Japanese pages from Host Knuckle, and the images on the right are the translated English pages. – Clearly, Hosts are the Japanese counterpart to American Pimps. Except, rather than counting their ‘Benjamins’ and pouring champagne over their ‘hos,’ hosts compete to be the ‘King [...]
Japanese Film Reviews #13: Oshima Nagisa’s GOHATTO
Posted in Film Reviews, Japan, Japanese Film Reviews, Japanese History, tagged critical essay, Film Reviews, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Oshima Nagisa on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My YouTube video on this review shall be posted in the upcoming days. For now, here is the essay. 危ない義理のできる男色 Oshima Nagisa’s 1999 film Gohatto is about desire and suspicion within the ranks of the Shinsengumi during the bakumatsu period. The film can be interpreted as both an examination of the destructive effects of desire [...]
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