JAPANESE DRAG QUEENS, FETISH WRESTLING, MASKS, CUSTOM VAMPIRE FANGS: INSIDE DEPARTMENT H TOKYO ALTERNATIVE PARTY.
My first NYC signing for Cute Yummy Time went so well that the store invited me back! I hope you can come say hi and sample delicious kawaii treats on HALLOWEEN.
La Carmina: Cute Yummy Time book signing and demo
October 31, 2-4pm, Broadway Panhandler, 65 E 8th St, NYC
http://www.broadwaypanhandler.com/
Now let’s go inside the Department H party with my friends and the Bizarre World cameraman. The party welcomes nudity, fetishes and alternative sexuality — but I think creative, personal expression is the best term to describe the scene.
The two-floor Kinema Club had stations where you could sign up for hook suspension, or extreme piercings, or get custom-fit vampire fangs… After a happy parade of Japanese drag queens, there was a succession performances that were the definition of random. As in a bandaged-faced vocalist swinging around a fake wrecking ball while three people dressed as prisoners danced out-of-sync and sang off-key…
Half-naked wrestling with rules that made no sense…
S&M suspension show involving an alien… (more on this tomorrow!)
The man on the right intrigued us. Why the bandage on the lower back? Why the purposefully lopsided undies?
I attend fetish/alt events and never hide the fact that I take part in this subculture… and I try to present it in a fair and open light. Parties such as Department H are safe, non-judgmental spaces. We had a fantastic time that night, and I highly recommend the experience to Tokyo visitors. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me. :)
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poking for a bit~ thxs for the heads up. i always wanted to go to a fetish party someday. seems real interesting. fill in for us more!
cheers~
What happens in Tokyo over Christmas and New Year's? I'm going back. I had to!!! Any good suggestions for celebrating the two holidays in Tokyooo? ^_^
– So people walk around naked in that club, or…?
my gawd. the drag queen pics were very entertaining!
poking for a bit~ thxs for the heads up. i always wanted to go to a fetish party someday. seems real interesting. fill in for us more!
cheers~
I’ll have even more exciting photos up tomorrow! My friends and I were SO excited to be at this party — it was a visual feast and we couldn’t stop smiling.
What happens in Tokyo over Christmas and New Year’s? I’m going back. I had to!!! Any good suggestions for celebrating the two holidays in Tokyooo? ^_^
– So people walk around naked in that club, or…?
AUGH I’m in Tokyo just before New Years! Email me — we can meet up.
There is a Midnight Mess on Dec 26 (you MUST go), a Tokyo Decadance new years party I believe, and a Dix Inferno concert on Dec 30.
And yeah, people walk around naked… mostly men with masks and parts hanging out…. but they don’t bother other people and everyone is chill with it!
my gawd. the drag queen pics were very entertaining!
lol, purposely lopsided undies!
lol, purposely lopsided undies!
Yeah! I am so intrigued… why, how??
O0o0h!! I wanna go here!! I think I would enjoy places like this (I love S&M as well… the wrestling part made me laugh though lol)! Seriously, those people look like they fucking rock haha
The guy with his arsecheek hanging out made me lol hard. It just looks so funny to wear your underwear like that xD I bet he did it for teh lulz
I'll have even more exciting photos up tomorrow! My friends and I were SO excited to be at this party — it was a visual feast and we couldn't stop smiling.
Yeah it was so much fun! I love the sense of humor and creativity found at this party.
AUGH I'm in Tokyo just before New Years! Email me — we can meet up.
There is a Midnight Mess on Dec 26 (you MUST go), a Tokyo Decadance new years party I believe, and a Dix Inferno concert on Dec 30.
And yeah, people walk around naked… mostly men with masks and parts hanging out…. but they don't bother other people and everyone is chill with it!
Yeah! I am so intrigued… why, how??
Yeah haha and btw, naked wrestling matches ftw
oh wow lol very interesting haha i want to go to that wrestling match lol to watch only not to fight
Hahah yeah it was fun to watch, but I agree — I wouldn't want to participate.
A few months ago, we did a story on a fetish event in LA and I actually thought the crowd was more polite than what you would find at a mainstream event. There are a lot of misconceptions about the scene, so I appreciate your posting about it.
Well if the bandage and the lopsided undies aren't weird enough…. why blue? xD
Definitely. I've always had positive, welcoming experiences at fetish events in the west and Japan. Not all of the activities are for me, but I appreciate that there's a space for open expression.
Haha, I wonder! It's a cheerful color, for sure.
O0o0h!! I wanna go here!! I think I would enjoy places like this (I love S&M as well… the wrestling part made me laugh though lol)! Seriously, those people look like they fucking rock haha
The guy with his arsecheek hanging out made me lol hard. It just looks so funny to wear your underwear like that xD I bet he did it for teh lulz
Yeah it was so much fun! I love the sense of humor and creativity found at this party.
Yeah haha and btw, naked wrestling matches ftw
oh wow lol very interesting haha i want to go to that wrestling match lol to watch only not to fight
Hahah yeah it was fun to watch, but I agree — I wouldn’t want to participate.
A few months ago, we did a story on a fetish event in LA and I actually thought the crowd was more polite than what you would find at a mainstream event. There are a lot of misconceptions about the scene, so I appreciate your posting about it.
Definitely. I’ve always had positive, welcoming experiences at fetish events in the west and Japan. Not all of the activities are for me, but I appreciate that there’s a space for open expression.
Well if the bandage and the lopsided undies aren’t weird enough…. why blue? xD
Haha, I wonder! It’s a cheerful color, for sure.
The draq queen in the S&M suspension picture looks familiar!
thats ah-mah-zing i soo wanna go
kinda jealous rite now, cause mii firend iz goin ta Japan, n im gonna murder him n his sleep n take his ticket Mwahahaha…wait did i say dat out loud?…oops teehee lolz
of course i hav ppl dat wuld frown upon dis activity, but who's gotta no? lolz
n im proud of mii “interest” who says i gotta hide em eh?
The draq queen in the S&M suspension picture looks familiar!
The one doing the flogging? It’s actually a woman, hahaha! She’s a Japanese mistress (I don’t know her personally).
Hahah! This made me LOL…
The one doing the flogging? It's actually a woman, hahaha! She's a Japanese mistress (I don't know her personally).
thats ah-mah-zing i soo wanna go
kinda jealous rite now, cause mii firend iz goin ta Japan, n im gonna murder him n his sleep n take his ticket Mwahahaha…wait did i say dat out loud?…oops teehee lolz
of course i hav ppl dat wuld frown upon dis activity, but who’s gotta no? lolz
n im proud of mii “interest” who says i gotta hide em eh?
Hahah! This made me LOL…
haha that would be so fun, but no actual participation from me though! lol
haha that would be so fun, but no actual participation from me though! lol
The costume with the plastic baby heads is insane
The costume with the plastic baby heads is insane
Yeah!! It might inspire one of my many costumes this year..
This looks like crazy fun :)
This looks like crazy fun :)
We were smiling the entire time!
awww I love these sorts of scenes :)
Yeah!! It might inspire one of my many costumes this year..
We were smiling the entire time!
awww I love these sorts of scenes :)
This is so great, haha. That bandage looks more like a cooling pad; I don't know if you actually liv in Japan or not, but people wear those all the time when they have pain (lower back, arms, wherever really…). Maybe you already know that and are just making jokes – who knows? Interesting blog for sure.
This is so great, haha. That bandage looks more like a cooling pad; I don’t know if you actually liv in Japan or not, but people wear those all the time when they have pain (lower back, arms, wherever really…). Maybe you already know that and are just making jokes – who knows? Interesting blog for sure.
Hahah I remember some ridiculous stick-on cooling pads… so funny!
Hahah I remember some ridiculous stick-on cooling pads… so funny!
where can i find dates and map??
There is a Department H website! http://www.dept-h.com/
where can i find dates and map??
There is a Department H website! http://www.dept-h.com/
Link is dead.
Link is dead.
where can i find dates and map??
There is a Department H website! http://www.dept-h.com/
Do you have any info on November/December 2012 Department H parties? The link below doesn’t work. Thanks!
They are the first Sunday of every month at Kinema Club :)
I love to go. Truly adventurous and thrilling something I always wanted to explore. Anyone going in June 2013?
Any info on this pls contact me at rcdlaw29@hotmail.com