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VIDEO: TOKYO TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY ON JAPANESE HOST CLUBS, CAPSULE HOTELS. HIRE JAPAN FIXERS, TOUR TRANSLATORS.
Yarr! Naomi and I had a wild time as host/fixers for the Norway TV show about Tokyo love culture. At long last, here are video clips (below and on YouTube).
The documentary about Japanese love and pop culture was beautifully shot and edited. In the clips, I show Ari Behn and Per Heimly how to properly bow and greet in Japan. I explain host club culture, and take them to the gaudy Club Ai in Kabuki-cho. We also visit the owner Takeshi Aida and his three giant poodles!
Naomi and I run a coolhunting / trend consulting / TV hosting and arranging company: La Carmina & The Pirates.
– We specialize in Japan, Goth, alternative, cosplay, burlesque, LGBT, fashion, pop culture.
– Our services include TV production coordinating, on-camera hosting, Japanese translation and guiding, coolhunting, consulting.
– We’ve worked with CNN, NHK, Travel Channel, Canal Plus, Sony Australia, Dutch Pepsi, NRK Norway.
– For more about our services, please visit our Pirates website.
On every mission, we make new friends and take home wild memories. Best job ever.
Famous photographer Per Heimly captured his transformation into a Japanese host boy.
Ari Behn, who is married to the Princess of Norway, gets a hell-raising hairstyle.
All the photos and stories from the Norway TV shoot :
† Half-naked Japanese host boys and their sky-high hair
† Club Ai, the world’s gaudiest host club
† Mermaid theme bar in Roppongi
† Angel and Demons maid cafe
† Absinthe and sushi party
Look, we’re credited as “Koordinators” at the end!
Please feel free to contact La Carmina if you’d like to work with me in any capacity (TV hosting, arranging, speaking, writing, etc.) You can also keep in touch via my social networks below. Domo arigato gozaimasu.
What were your favorite moments in the TV documentary? Did you learn anything about Japanese love culture? I hope you can take a moment to watch my appearance in the Norway travel show video.
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CAPSULE HOTEL, TOKYO JAPAN: COFFIN-SIZED ROOM FOR BUSINESSMEN TO SLEEP. PHOTOS OF JAPANESE CAPSULES.
Quick: name a place in Tokyo where ladies are not allowed. Did you know… almost all Japanese capsule hotels are for men only? These stacked, coffin-like accommodations are mainly for businessmen who miss the last train.
I’ve never been allowed inside a capsule hotel… until I got the chance to visit one for the NRK Norway TV show. Some cool news — the program just won the Gullruten, the Norwegian Grammy award!
Naturally, Naomi and I used this opportunity to take as many artistic (aka silly) photos as possible.
The capsule rooms are as tiny as you’d imagine. For US$25-50 a night, you get a pillow, sheets, and tiny TV nailed to the ceiling.
Naomi made arrangements with the Green Plaza Capsule Hotel in Shinjuku, so that we were able to film during the daytime, before the spaces filled up with customers. (It’s what we do as Pirates; you can find out more about our Tokyo consulting, TV fixing and hosting business here.)
The Norwegians, Ari and Per, put on Asian robes and crawled into the upper cubby-holes.
I couldn’t understand the Norwegian dialogue, but it sounded pretty funny!
With shared bathrooms and too-close-for-comfort coffins, I’m not sure I’d stay in one of these capsules (even if I were allowed to).
How about you? Have you ever spent the night in a Japanese capsule hotel? Share your stories and thoughts in the comments!
PS: I will post clips of my appearance in the Norway TV show about Tokyo ASAP.
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