You might not be as handsome and charming as the hostess would have you believe. While being good-looking is a prerequisite to work in a Japanese hostess bar, it takes more than that to successfully keep customers coming back for more. Just as important is the abili...
moving from hostess, to massage girl, to private karaoke attendant. The talent scoutâs story then splits off and runs in its own direction, revealing the sorry state of this young pimpâs soul. From there, the movie takes more and more time to consider the lives of mo...
The groundbreaking animated series Robotech premiered in 1985, introducing a complex storyline and realistic mecha designs to Western audiences. The show combined three unrelated Japanese series, presenting them as a single, cohesive narrative that captured the imaginations of viewers. Robotech would go...
Jersey is a popular gambler in Mongkok. One day, he takes a trip to Japan with her girlfriend, Nancy, they come to Chinese resaurant. Suddenly, a gang of Japanese triads comes in and starts a fight. Just at the moment when he is in danger, the restaurant owner uses a special card ...
The series I’m referring to is Yakuza, known as Ryū ga Gotoku (Like a Dragon) in Japan. Now, the Yakuza series, if you’ve heard of it all at this point, seems incredibly niche. It is after all a very Japanese game about Japanese gangsters fighting, dancing, and seeming to have ...
Anne’s iconic quote, “Man or woman, does it matter?”, proves that they are a boundless rapper unrestrained by gender. Anne also associates themselves with hashtags like #Can’t Hold Me Down, #Mental State Is Clear and Refreshed, and even #Half-British Half Japanese. ...
Umami is a Japanese description that translates to “delicious taste”. It is the hardest flavor to narrow down, but is best tasted in cured or fermented foods like cheese, cured meats, soy sauce or pickles. Umami is a gathering of many subtle taste points that are hard to identify individ...
(solitary tribe) millennials who prefer their own company, robot-partnering Japanese, or privacy conditioned Hongkongers for whom social distancing comes naturally, many will quail at the prospect of touch-me-not travel when human interaction and intimacy is, after all, a great part of the ...
There was a Japanese woman staying in the room next to the kitchenette, whom I’d been introduced to on my first day. My host Jussi said that she’d stayed with them several times before, and was learning Finnish. She was maybe early-30s, stocky, not really attractive but of course ...
In her uniform of vibrant pageant dresses and a bouffant blond wig, the vivacious, live-singing drag queen is hard to miss both on and off the stage. Perhaps a good quality to have as the inaugural official Drag Laureate of West Hollywood. A native of Los Angeles, Pickle came up in ...