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HARAJUKU JAPAN GOTH CLUB FASHION! TRAVEL CHANNEL AT ALCATRAZ ER MONSTER PRISON THEME RESTAURANT IN SHIBUYA.
How bizarre is Andrew Zimmern’s world? He travels around the globe, scarfing strange foods and diving bald-head-first into subcultures. And he gets to share his experiences with Travel and Discovery Channel’s many viewers. Posing with a terrorist and a rose nymph: all in a day’s work.
Alcatraz ER is one of the most outrageous theme restaurants in existence (and it’s the first one featured in my Crazy Wacky book.) Andrew knew that my friends would be joining us for dinner — but I don’t think he expected everyone to be dressed like this!
Nyan nyan! Le Comte de Sang is wearing an Alice Auaa leather corset, spider garters and vampiric red contacts. Yukiro is wearing a Cheshire Cat furry jumpsuit and (possibly? hopefully?) nothing underneath.
I didn’t expect to be in Tokyo again so soon (this is my third of possibly four forays into the Land of the Rising Sun in 2009 alone). What a pleasure to see old friends and have everyone be involved in the Bizarre World TV shoot.
Mistress Maya of Midnight Mess infamy tips her hat to the LAPD. She seems a little too eager to get bitten!
What type of theme restaurant is Alcatraz ER exactly? Tomorrow, come into our jail cell and witness the bloody feast…
Song of the Day #217: Meth – a drug or a new Visual Kei release being pushed by HearJapan?
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TRAVEL CHANNEL TV SHOOT: ANDREW ZIMMERN'S BIZARRE WORLD! SHIBUYA CENTER GAI FAMOUS TOKYO STREET CROSSING, JAPAN CITY LIGHTS.
Ready? Set? Let’s begin the mad tale of my Travel Channel co-hosting gig!
As you’ll recall, I was whisked to Tokyo in early October to be a guide on Andrew Zimmern’s popular new show, Bizarre World (airing in 75 countries!). The producers read my book Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants and saw the cross-dressing shenanigans on my blog, and somehow decided this was a good idea…
I can’t give away everything that happened… but we shot some vivid scenes in the heart of Shibuya. The program is called Bizarre World, so naturally, I dressed the part. What do you think of Outfit #1?
Fake roses: from Daiso
Leather lace-up demi corset: from a Goth shop in Seattle’s Capitol Hill
Skirt with strawberries: from AC/DC in Harajuku
Shiny red Lolita boots: Metamorphose temps de fille
I’m a lucky ducky. Andrew Zimmern is welcoming, upbeat, curious, enthusiastic… everything a travel host should be.
Nervous? No way. I ham it up on YouTube in my spare time. But it was a step up the ladder to be miked and have two cameramen, a field producer, a sound man and production assistant on hand.
Next, the denizens of the Tokyo underground join us in decadent dress… and we invade a mental hospital jail restaurant! There’s no need to wait until the show airs to see the madness; you can find photos and stories of Tokyo’s wildest theme cafes in my new book. (Details and ordering info here.)
Song of the Day #216: Valerie Dore – Get Closer (suggested by Sebastien)
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