CUTEST CAT EVER: SCOTTISH FOLD MUNCHKIN VIDEO! CUTEST CATS IN THE WORLD.
Hope your Halloween was “as good for you as it was for me!” I’ll have full coverage of the Tokyo horror that went down… including a Hangry & Angry fashion show, interview with designer Gashicon, tour of the new h.NAOTO store, Torture Garden fetish party, and Candy Spooky Theater x SaTaN concert videos.
But first… a new video featuring the cutest cat in the world, my Scottish Fold baby Basil Farrow! In this new compilation of clips, the fat fold-eared yellow cat bats his mouse toy, hides in a box and cat cube, ignores a hamster robot and rolls around upside-down, furry tummy in the air. Don’t you wish you could snuggle him?
The video is above and here. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you won’t miss the upcoming Evil Queen makeup tutorial, featuring G-suS as a minion!
For a daily cat cuteness fix, you can see more Basil Farrow on his blog and Facebook.
Kiwamu has some great news to share with you… his label, Starwave Records, is taking part in a Japanese underground compilation CD that aims to revive the Visual Kei scene and push it forward. Alamode Magazine CD Vol.01 will be on sale here on December 1, with a release party on November 14 at Ikebukuro Live Inn Rosa (full info here.)
Finally, Non Solo Kawaii (an Italian blog about Japanese cute culture) interviewed me about my work. You can read it in English and Italiano here and after the jump.
I hope Basil Farrow’s video makes you smile. I’m very happy — I think this was my best Halloween week yet! How did you celebrate? Did you dress up?
Japanese Word of the Day: “P size wa?” (A lascivious inside joke… you can guess what it means)
Song of the Day: Sixh – Black Heart (I have full coverage of the Hangry & Angry fashion show and new h.NAOTO store coming up!)
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VISUAL KEI HORROR BAND SATAN IS BREAKING UP. HARAJUKU GIRLS FASHION: STREET SNAPS OF SWEET LOLITAS, DECORA JAPANESE FASHION.
More shakeups in the Visual Kei world! I was at the Candy Spooky Theater and Satan concert tonight in Tokyo, and they announced that this was Satan’s final show with the original 4 members. Shiya and DK are leaving the horror metal band to pursue new projects. Mr. Satan and leader Hi-na will soon find new members and restart the project.
I’ll have videos, photos and a full report of the last Satan concert coming up on my blog. Until then, you can see Satan live in my concert video and article from last May (with GPKISM).
Back to the Sony Australia travel show shoot. I hardly had any sleep after partying at Decadance Bar’s Seileen release party (and filming it for the Australian travel TV show). No sleep for the wicked… up and at ’em! TV hosting and arranging is a marathon; one must be Strong to make it through. So I rolled out of bed and headed to Harajuku station.
Pirate military buttons top: Putumayo, from Closet Child
Red skirt: Emily Temple Cute, from Closet Child
Little red plaid hat: Putumayo, from Closet Child
Platform Mary Janes: h.NAOTO, from Closet Child
Coffin backpack: h.NAOTO, from Closet Child
Holy knee socks: old things
One of the Aussie hosts, Tim, thought the main shopping street (Takeashita Doori) sounded like “take-a-shit-a”… Hence the mature pose.
The heyday of Jingu-bashi is over. You’ll no longer find cosplayers and Gothic Lolita fashionistas congregated on the iconic Harajuku bridge. On this particular Sunday, there was a matsuri (traditional festival) on a make-shift stage.
However, in Harajuku, you can still see Tinseltown-baroque fashion moving about on two legs. On-camera, I spoke about the district’s history and the various fashion tribes that blossomed here. We interviewed these Decora girls, who mix Sweet Lolita (Angelic Pretty dresses) with a rainfall of kawaii kitsch accessories.
The spirit of Harajuku fashion is DIY. Experimentation. Choose your own adventure. I interviewed two horned and black-winged girls who called their style Devil Kei. This pink-headed lady from Nagoya calls her look Zombie Kei. Every aspect is brilliantly coordinated, don’t you think?
On the weekends, many Japanese girls dress up and shop in Harajuku with their friends. Angelic Pretty remains very popular among the Sweet Loli set. I’m personally more of a Goth-stomper-boots type.
The Pirates had made arrangements to visit Takuya Angel’s cyber Goth boutique. Excellent news: the shop is no longer closing. It’ll be in the same location, but now you use the back entrance to access it.
The Australians were blown away by Takuya’s cyber-techno designs.Next, we visited Sex Pot Revenge around the corner.
Many TV crews ask me to take them to weird Japanese theme restaurants, since I wrote a book about them. We ended the day at Kayaga, possibly the maddest, wildest bar in Tokyo. Vibrating beers!
The owner, Mark, stunned the Australians with his surreal kindergarten performance art (here is a video.) To boot, he’s a talented chef who whipped up one of my favorite foods — kabocha, or Japanese pumpkin. (I’m also obsessed with the citrus, yuzu, which is a Frappucino flavor at Japan Starbucks.)
Want to learn more about my company La Carmina & The Pirates? We offer coolhunting, translating, Japanese travel arranging, TV hosting and production coordination. Come aboard our fair ship!
Japanese Word of the Day: Ginga = The Milky Way
Song of the Day: Galyernus – Destiny (This Japan metal band is my new favorite.)
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