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Like our post on 1990s sexy Japanese women’s  Bodycon gyaru ボディコンギャル fashion?  It was a topic during that time which featured on many TV variety shows.   In the following clips, from Japanese TV program That’s People Ryutaro Ueoka vs. 50 people  ザッツ!上岡龍太郎vs50人 (TBS 1992-1994)  TV host Ryuutarou Ueoka (Ryutaro Ueoka)  上岡龍太郎 invited 50 Julianas ジュリアナ  otachidai gals お立ち台ギャル to talk about their fashion, dancing and lifestyle.

The show aired this theme twice, once about bodycon gals in Tokyo and a second show featuring bodycon gals in Kansai (Osaka).

Tokyo Bodycon Julianas gals
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Japanese fashion trend. Do you prefer your Japanese girlfriend to look sweet or cool this Spring?

We should be thankful that Admiral (Commodore) Matthew Perry (1794 – 1858) of the U.S. Navy (Black Ships)  opened up Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.  Without him, the world might not know the pleasures of otaku culture, Jpop and of course sexy Japanese gravure idols!

The above Japanese drawings show how he and the other gaijin were depicted following his arrival in Japan in 1853.

We’re not sure if hot Japanese fashion model Moe Oshikiri 押切もえ really plays golf or not but she sure does look  gorgeous in her own golf fashion line.  In May 2010, Moe teamed up with  Japanese Sporting Goods maker, Mizuno for the  Moe Collection (targeting Japanese women playing golf) which features all the serious equipment required as well as all the cute and sexy clothes and accessories to get a girl noticed on the course (of course it also helps to look like a top Japanese fashion model)

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Bodycon Gyaru ボディコンギャル  stands for Bodyconscious  Girl. In Japan during the late 1980s  and early 1990s this was a very popular fashion style with Japanese women as evident in discos and dance clubs such as the legendary Julianas ジュリアナ 1991-1994.  Bodycon is simply wearing as little as possible while at the same time wearing your clothes skin tight (women often wore feather boas and danced while holding fans too).

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If your Japanese is good enough and you’re thinking about studying art in Japan, one possible creative place for you is Tama Art University 多摩美術大学 in Setangaya Tokyo. The predecessor of the university was founded in 1935 as a spinoff from what is today Musashino Art University 武蔵野美術大学 in Kodaira Tokyo.

Tama Art University started as a junior college in 1950 but was re-established as a four-year college just three years later.  The university has a faculty of Art & Design  and a faculty of Art & Communication and one of the coolest looking libraries around!  Read more...

Over the last few years, playing golf  has become quite fashionable especially among Japanese women in the twenties and the thirties.  Due to an increase in income, Japanese women have money and time to themselves to indulge in a traditionally male and expensive  sport (approximately US$150 for one round) in Japan.  Many young Japanese women professional golf players such as  Miyazoto Ai, Sakura Miyazoto and Ueda Momoko have contributed to make the sport look glamorous by their fancy appearance including makeup and fashion.

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New York based Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita received alot of attention in the Art World in 2009 with her  “shadow pieces”.  Her artworks are actually the shadows created from various objects precisely positioned on the space when using a specific light source from the proper angle.

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An 1812 Japanese art scroll called He-Gassen 屁合戦 (“The Fart Battle”) is just about people farting – all kinds of people farting at other people everywhere.

Made by an unknown artist or artists,  the artwork is in fact a pointed comment on political and social changes in Japan happening at the time.   Read more...