JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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In an OECD survey of 36 nations on people's perceptions of their living conditions, Japan ranked 21st in terms of quality of life; Australia, Norway and the U.S. were the top 3. What do you think of that?
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The Fukuoka mayor is banning public servants from drinking alcohol for a month; the Osaka mayor has declared war on tattoos on civil servants. What do you think of all this?
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Why do you think Facebook's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut?
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Which sport, when played well, do you think is the most exciting to watch?
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What's the difference between an average burger and a great one?
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- Business Teaching Positions - Part-time - Kanto Region
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥3,000 ~ ¥5,000 / Hour
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- National Relief/Substitute Teacher - summer start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥275,000 ~ ¥300,000 / Month
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- 営業パーソン
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tochigi
- Salary: ¥240,000 ~ ¥350,000 / Month Negotiable
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smartacus
Let's see.
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my2sense
Japanese guys in off the rack suits (tight, wrinkled with lint)
Chinpira that wear the pointy white shoes
Engrish T shirts with bad grammar
Gaijins who wear backpacks with suits
Unmatched outfits
Jeans tucked into boots by young Japanese guys
Tapered jeans and Chuck Tayors with glasses and hat (otaku)
Chappatsu (especially bleach blond)
Gaijins with shaved heads and goatees (sorry boys)
And my favorite- Japanese girls who wear sunglasses at night or on rainy days
BONUS- The American guy on "Sunday Japan" with the bleach blond hair.... anything that guy wears is simply awful. An embarrassment.
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some14some
Mask and Megane (glasses) in Japan.
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sk4ek
Ugg boots (when worn by Japanese tourists in Hawaii...why????). Women just look galumphy in them.
Shoes so pointy they curl up at the toes--cummon guys!
Hay-stack hairstyles (any Kabukicho host, GLAY)
Dresses over jeans
Velvet "Juicy Couture" track suits on international flights
Backpacks worn with all the accessory straps and buckles fastened
Giant bug-eye sunglasses
50-year-old comedians dressed like Old Navy employees
White athletic socks (or worse, anklets) worn with a business suit
Darth Vader sun visors
Tee shirts tucked into sweat pants
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pamelot
Leggings with stirrups... The Tokyo "bob" haircut; where the length is too long (sitting on neck, shoulders) to look cool... "Orange" hair... Old guy whale-blubber cologne... Men wearing very tight business trousers, with long pointy shoes... Squeaky-step baby shoes... I could go on, but it's too hot...
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FukuokaRocks
Ed Hardy
Japanese girls that dye their hair blonde
Sunglasses in a club
Guys wearing skinny jeans
Tracks suits worn outside the house and not on a track, period.
Japanese Kids with mullets
Male foreign tourist that wear booty shorts when backpacking across Japan
Crocs
Guys wearing suits that aren't properly fitted
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Pukey2
Cheap chappatsu and kinpatsu - UGLY UGLY UGLY!
Pointy Aladdin shoes, wallets hanging out of the back pockets begging to be stolen, skinny tight jeans, long wavy light brown hair (see above) - GROSS GROSS GROSS!
Yes, clothes and bags with Engrish - PLAIN EMBARRASSING
Schoolboy shoes that have been dragged and used as slippers - ANNOYING
I'd like to see more men and women with shorter hairstyles. The 'Rod Stewart with leathery skin and suits' look is cheap and nasty.
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alladin
Most of Japanese fashion sucks and they should all die!!!!
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chotto
Those massive, over-sized sunglasses that women wear.
Clothing with horrific Engrish on it.
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timtak
Track suits and gold medalions Black sweat pans on fat legs Eyelid glue So called "Japanese Style" T-Shirts with cursive kanji and dragons Negligees worn over jeans Shaved eyebrows All types of bouffant hair on men if it means that they have to keep touching it
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kazan
Horrifyingly long and sparkly fake nails Fabric overalls/granny couture flower prints Shorter hairstyles on men Overlong men's fashion shoes Women layering three or more dresses/shirts/pants or leggings - good god, people, it's summer!
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combinibento
Guys with chains attached to their wallets.
Girls wearing sunglasses inside, inside trains, or anywhere they're not needed.
Female joggers with that useless, needless skirt over their spandex.
It's been said above already, but the ladies wearing sleeves on their arms in summer.
Ladies wearing those dumb fishermen hats. Oh yes, wouldn't want to ruin that absolutely pristine, white skin.
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chinpira
Suspenders!
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Papigiulio
Wearing sunglasses INSIDE a building and at night.
Those rubber shoes that they wear EVERYWHERE at the moment. The one with the holes that you can put cute pins on. blegh.
Engrish clothes and bags :S
and agree with spartacus on the long gloves. But thats not as bad as the above mentioned
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yokomoc
Young women wearing the 'grandmother' look
Pointy businessman clown shoes
Crocs
Salaryman oenguin suits.
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Papigiulio
KAZAN: BAmmmm you got it. Long fingernails with huge stones on it. Dislikeeeeeeee IT.
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AlfGarnett
Them trousers where they are hanging half way down their legs with their backside hanging out. They should arrest people for wearing them for indecency.
Also men should have short back and sides and if they want a tach or beard, neatly trimmed and kept clean and decent. Some men even wear make up like a girl!! Strewth, that should be banned worldwide, that is a ridiculous fashion trend.
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MrDarryl
Yes Alf...The jeans worn under the butt cheeks are absolutely ridiculous. The worst is skinny jeans worn with a belt under the buttcheeks with some tight shirt tucked into said pants...WTF?
Post-pubescent mustaches (whispy lameness).
Tight Ed Hardy t-shirts on men more than 200 yards from a weightlifting facility.
Glasses without glass, only frames.
The bed-head hairdoo.
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herefornow
Pony-tails on nearly-bald guys.
The long gloves on young men to cover their arms from the sun. (Yup, I've seen it at least twice this year and hope it does not catch on.)
The hip-hop look.
Tank tops on any guy under 60 kilos.
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cleo
Stupid fur trim on anything and everything.
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Eyeblack
Men should cover there arms and legs, wear collars and clothes not too tight.
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VelvetRosetta
Wearing dresses with tennis shoes...hate that, even worse when they wear them with long tube socks! Older women who wear a ponytail high up to one side... Men who wear pants high up on their waist, and look like Steve Urkle.
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Sarge
Anything that covers women's bellybuttons in the summer.
And what's up with these arm covers?
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kazan
The arm covers are supposed to keep you from getting sunburned. However, sunscreen serves the purpose just as well, so get rid of the things!
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Richard_III
Crocs are simply hideous shoes and should never be worn in a city environment.
Salaryman suits are for the most part simply awful. Ill fittingly baggy or overly tight. They look cheap and show an inherent lack of dignity.
Short sleeve shirts. Shirt sleeves should always be long, and if you're hot then you should simply roll the sleeves up.
Two tone shirts with different coloured thread on the collar and cuff. Many Japanese salary men are now wearing such shirts where the collar and cuff colour are different from the body of the shirt, the thread on the collar or cuff is exposed and a different colour to the collar. These shirts look incredibly cheap and tasteless.
Sock tights. I've noticed many ladies wearing such tights that are sock length. They are particularly unattractive.
Many have mentioned them before, but pointy shoes are simply dreadful.
Brown shoe, dark suit combo. This has slacked off over the past year, but many continue the trend. Many of the brown shoes are pointy to boot, topped off with a cheap looking suit and poorly cut white shirt. Simply awful.
Ostentatious label displays. This includes bags with LV or Gucci plastered all over them. There is a real lack of class amongst people with these bags, especially if they are wearing awfully cheap or tasteless clothes. An expensive bag in no way compensates for this.
Sports shoes & clothing. Many people think that it is ok to wear sports shoes in a casual setting. They are wrong. Sports shoes are for sporting occasions only. This is perhaps one of the most henious crimes I have seen. In addition, some people think that it's ok to wear sport shirts like football shirts, or basketball shirts (often with baggy pants). This is also particularly distressing.
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IronBeard
Big hair and mirrors in the men's toilet - too many times I've not been able to wash my hands because of all the people fluffing up their 'fro.
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Bholder
those wide sunscreens that make obasans wearing them look like welders
towels the same obasans wrap their heads with in addition to the welder protection scren
the whole notion that skinny is fashionable, for both sexes. can we please have some healthy, fit models to strive for (both sexes)
rant mode off...
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Disillusioned
Chicks with tattoos!
Ugg boots!
4cm eyelashes!
And just about anything hip-hop, including wearing pants halfway down ya bum.
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LoveUSA
I am dissatisfied with the fashion style of foreign men. They cannot compare to Japanese men in style, color selection, care for one's appearance. Foreign men think that they are carisma men and do not need to go to the gym, wear good clothes and take care of themsleves. No wonder foreign women do not care for them.
hahahaha I am satisfied.
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hachmike66
What is it now with guys wearing leggings under their shorts! I hate that look. Also I really hate the towel on the head summer cool surfing dude look. I almost killed my son when he wanted to buy a pair of those pointy toed shit kickers. But they are popular, if you want to look like a cheap host club worker. I think the magazine Egg or whatever recent incarnation is published should be destroyed for spreading some of the worst fashion ideas to both sexes in the countryside.
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my2sense
RichardIII.... great post. You covered the fine details of about 40 million people... Cheers! LoveUSA- We are a few indeed, the ones who have hair, are fit and wear fine tailored clothing. Giving the Japanese guys props was a bit overboard ; ) Long live American Gigolo and American Psycho....
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Monkeyz
Backpacks with suits. Backpacks with suits. Backpacks with suits.
If I say it fifty more times and click my heels, will I STOP SEEING IT? If I could slip anonymous notes in the backpacks of my coworkers, I would.
Crocs are pretty yucky, and I'm not a fan of that "homeless art teacher" look for women. I have my own style and don't follow trends, but you won't ever see me wearing something that could be described with the words "hippie" or "your grandmother."
For men, I agree that the ridiculous look of pants halfway to the knees has to go. I saw a guy the other day with his belt literally somewhere around his mid-thigh. He had to waddle around like a penguin. It was not attractive at all.
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VelvetRosetta
They cannot compare to Japanese men in style...
I could agree to some point...but..??? Is this what you had in mind?
http://declubz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/japanese-young-men.jpg
hope not... now if you meant this, then I can understand...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/4077641215_96ac67f01f.jpg
Add 10 lbs to Daisuke and he si to die for..no pun intended..
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lostrune2
Females dressing in males clothes.
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Ranger_Miffy
Wow, a lot of comments abhorring elements I LOVE about Japan. However, I agree with: --droopy pants --welder shades --3+ non-matching patterns. Great in kimono, not in western wear.
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Carcharodon
Well, shoulder bags and heavy brief cases cause a huge amount of back and shoulder pain to millions around the world. Ergonomic backpacks alleviate the problem of unbalanced loads and are much more practical. I have noticed some Japanese guys doing it, usually the sporty free thinkers. You know what? screw what 'looks' good, my health and well being is far more important. If anything ban suits! I hate suits thank buddha I can wear casual clothes to work, shorts and polo shirts in summer. Suits suck big time. I wish high schools sports team would drop the huge ubiquitous white vinyl sports shoulder bags - especially on trains.
I am balding, would you rather I did the barcode? face shaving is one of the biggest pain an the butts ever. I well trimmed beard suits me just fine. Real men have beards anyway.
They are called 'winklepickers'. They make a size 27 actually become a size 28/29 which can have its merits to gaijin blokes.
Actually for me its the opposite, The 'herbivore' guys wearing very effeminate blouse like shirts and clothes. Where did all the real men go?
yes the Ubiquitous "Jar-zee" indeed especially worn by a foul mouthed, dyed hair, mannerless, plebian girl while wearing hello kitty scuffs and the bottoms of the tracksuit low riding. heinous.
Nope! in summer if I have to wear one, absolutely it will be short sleeved one. I have muscular arms, why wouldn't I want to so them off? :-) But you are on the the money Richie with the two tone shirt - this is a UNIQLO thing, that company is guilty of many fashion crimes. Ditto the sock tights - they are simply horrible, Its like yoda said, 'Do or do not there is no try'. Sock tights are trying.
I hope low riding pants dies off soon, ludicrous fashion statement.
One leg pant leg rolled up, the other down? what is that? a pathetic imitation of US hip hip artist? save me! - get rid off it.
One fashion I hope doesn't die off, is "Daisy Dukes" shorts. God bless the plethora of shapely J-ladies who can pull this off, very few foreign woman can. Summer is great in Japan.
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my2sense
clever post Carcharodon....
This stemmed from hip hop and rap in the mid 1990s.... it means "One leg up on the white man"....It was brought up in discussion on military bases in the late 90s (some banning it). I am not pulling your leg. Its very obvious that Japanese youth are emulators of American culture without knowing the story- but thats just the start of it.
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dolphingirl
Richard: Short sleeve shirts and sports shoes?! What's wrong with that? I wear that combination every day!
lostrune: What's wrong with a girl wearing 'boyish' looking clothes? Many of the women's stores only carry all this really girly-girly clothing. Especially all the frills and flowers that seem to be in this summer--Yuck! I sometimes buy t-shirts at men's stores cause they are much nicer.
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GW
thankfully no one has attacked the good old shorts & T-shirt so I am good I suppose!
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VelvetRosetta
I wear alot of jeans and shirts, not much for girly clothes, but I love high heels with skinny jeans and blouses...I am not a girly girl so I don't use dresses or skirts unless nec.But I don't go around in boxers..I have seen women in grocery stores in tank top and boxers, now thats a bit to much!
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blvtzpk
I'm with Carcharodon on the unnecessary fuss about backpacks and suits. If you're a worker who is expected to turn up at your various places of work looking professional (i.e. wearing a suit), but you have to lug along your library of texts and materials to do your job, the backpack is the ideal ergonomic solution. A briefcase or even a shoulder-strap messenger bag aren't going to cut it.
However, back/daypackers on crowded public transport - please DO remove your back/daypack when getting onboard the bus or train. Those worn backpacks are bastards to maneuver around, and take up so much space.
And 'Aladdin Shoes' would be curled upwards at the toes, wouldn't they? I think winkle-pickers (AKA cockroach killers - perfect footwear for the assassination of beasties in the corners of rooms) are what you're all on about. I don't care about them on others to be frank, but I wouldn't want to wear them.
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VelvetRosetta
Why do they carry backpacks anyways? Don't professionals usually carry briefcases?
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Ranger_Miffy
I've spotted some very trim and fashionable looking backpacks on suited men. The backpack is basically a briefcase with shoulder straps. Practice and professional looking, too. This month's Metro Manners cartoon features exactly the issue of big guys wearing bulky backpacks in crowded trains. Poor Oyaji-san was getting his face squished, but it all worked out when the dude moved his pack to his front. Love those posters...
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supernatural
Those hideous rompers that are really popular this year. And overalls. And super-baggy/flowy shirts with no shape to them whatsoever. I mean, why do girls who practically starve themselves to be skinny go around dressing to make themselves look fat? It makes no sense. >.< Rompers and overalls are for kids.
Also HATE those skinny jeans that are so tight that they make you look bowlegged, paired with tiny shoes. Skinny jeans are fine, but not when they are so skinny you cut off circulation! Then again, how anyone can wear them in this humidity is beyond me. Thirty seconds outside and you can't pull them down to go to the bathroom.
Long sleeves. Sorry, but hate them. Probably because I am long-limbed, so they are all too short for me. But still, why would anyone wear them in summer? SUNBLOCK. Which is a whole other rant. Sunblock is ridiculously expensive here.
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bicultural
supernatural, those rompers actually look good on the chubby girls. It's cute. I don't like them on the super skinny girls though. Let's get rid of the bug-eyed sunglasses first.
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cleo
Bug-eyed sunglasses is good. They keep out the dust on a windy day, as well as the sun, stop a girl screwing up her eyes and making crow's feet. Don't care if they're fashionable or not, they're a must for me and my delicate eyes.
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Ranger_Miffy
Hear hear. Bug-eyed sunglasses are actually large enough to keep the glaring summer sun out of my eyes...so glad I bought my pair last weekend! And, they are very attractive. But, I am going to have to google for "rompers"...sad but true. This is such a fun page today!
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Foxie
High heels...most girls can't walk straight in them, their feet are full of blisters and are swollen adding to it that the shoes take on really strange shapes.
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Ranger_Miffy
Foxie: if only many of the high heelers did not look so awesome, I would complain. The pigeon toed slog just makes me laugh out loud, so I guess it is worth it. One thing is for sure, Japanese men and women, boys and girls, take our western ideas and fashion and then do whatever the hello they want to with it. Good for them, I say!
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Pukey2
eyeblack:
When it's hot and humid, very very few people want to cover themselves up completely. If you've got fat pale hairy legs or anorexic legs then cover yourself up, but not everyone has those type of legs.
herefornow:
I'd rather see that than a 60 ton westerner in a tank top.
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lostrune2
dolphingirl: It doesn't bring out the beauty in them.
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LHommeQuiMent
Tattoos and piercing.
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rokudenashi
Bras.
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Weasel
Hypercolor T-shirts
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seesaw
The short pants that almost show off panties. And why? It will stop some of my colleagues from coming to work in such an attire. Company's rules doesn't apply when those women know how to get their way around....with the male bosses...of course!
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DuraAce
There is nothing I hate in particular; my main issue is when you see a person who looks SO much like someone you saw 3 seconds ago on the train, that it makes you double take. You then realise that it is a different person who has carbon copied a 'look' that is in at the moment. And a little piece of you dies.
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mikehuntez
Hip Hop poopy pants with the chained wallet hanging out.
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Monkeyz
No, there is no such thing as a "professional" backpack. They just make men look like little boys. Never mind that I've met several people who need their backpack to carry their stack of manga to work.
Bug-eyed sunglasses look better on certain face types. And as for baggy clothes, interestingly I've found that loose, shapeless shirts and dresses look better on skinny girls. If larger (especially just big busted) girls wear them, they usually look pregnant. Skinny girls don't.
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DuraAce
No such thing as a profsessional backpack, eh? My 3 litre Camelbak would like to differ.
I know what you are saying though; there is definitely a market for a cross-over between functionality and chic.
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Antonios_M
Those long white socks in combination with sandals and shorts often worn by English/western tourists. It is the most ridiculous, hilarious, unattractive and awful thing i have seen in fashion.
Also, these model-walking-i-rule-i-am-the-sexiest-and-the-snobbiest-woman-in-the-whole-world girls in sunglasses. I have no problem with sunglasses but wearing them JUST for the fashion thing....its ridiculous.
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Disillusioned
Yeah, they should bring back 'scratch and smell' T-shirts
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rofea
Japanese womans floral pant suits that have appeared this season.
Any clothes that have been ripped, tapered or faded to look old.
Gaijin that wear cargo trousers, cargo shorts and/or 3/4 length cargo shorts.
The Janis Joplin hippy style.
Despite a few tacky subcultures here and there I find Japanese people are usually well dressed and have a fairly good fashion sense. The extreme subcultures are especially interesting. Gaijin living Japan however I find are the most conservative and unimaginative dressed group yet are usually the most critical.
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sakurala
The frail look... the one where girls bend there knees in to appear knock-kneed and then shuffle along scraping their shoes. Usually accompanied by the heavy handbag pulling her arm down by one elbow and the other arm busy holding the over accesorized cellphone. That and overdone lace, bows, and anything sparkly or shiny.
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Kwaabish
Unfitted, baggy suits. Chino Pants and tucked in polo shirts (and cheap looking belt to boot...) Crocs. Mullets. Or Wife beater tanks. Or both. (But will the redneck fashion ever die???) Spandex on any obese person. Back of the hip tatoos. Obvious tourist shorts and t-shirt looks on westerners in Asian cities like Hong Kong and Tokyo.
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maxpower
the comb-over
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Ranger_Miffy
the shaved bald walking you-know-what look on guys. Just grow an inch of hair because I do not want to have to observe your naked skull.
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mikehuntez
Bald dudes should wear hats to conceal that shiny beacon.
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skipbeat
Skinny Jeans.
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dracpoo2
The wearing of leggings under everything, needed or not.
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VelvetRosetta
skinny jeans?...on women look good...now on men? depends if they are too skinny, it don't look so hot..
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cactusJack
Japanese T-shirts with English words & skull designs on them. Don't get me wrong, I love human skulls, but the designs on Japanese T-shirts are very tacky.
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tkoind2
Tired to death of hip hop fashion. What year is it? This movement hasn't moved in a long time. Same old regurgitated boring gang wanna be fashion.
Big hair. It was scary in the 80's when mainstream girls didn't know any better. But to bring it back and impose it on the world now is criminal. Anyway we can't be sure what is living in some of those hair towers.
Johnny's boy hair. Guys, cute is for very young girls and bunnies. It isn't for a 20 something year old guy. You make the most femme drag queens in SF and Seattle look butch. Those hairstyles remind me, rather painfully, of the styles worn by 80's to early 90's chubby office ladies in the states. Lots of little hair flips, face hugging cuts and swooping bangs. Check some old magazines and you will see Johnny's hair is just a vomiting up of dead 40 something 80's office lady hair.
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MistWizard
Some guys CANT grow hair in certain places. As mentioned by another, would you prefer a comb over?
Pants half way down the butt crack can't go away fast enough.
I have not seen too many lip and eyebrow piercings here but I hope they never come to Japan. Some piercings are nice, but those are just horrid.
The arm thingies are NOT fashion. Its a practical answer to a problem. And NO, sunscreen does not come in 800 spf, which is probably what they amount too. Sunscreen does not do much for me, I can tell you that. Give me cloth any day.
As to the fashions, most things are fine with me. What can I say? I love variety so long as it fits, matches and adds instead of taking away. But if the fashion is skimpy on a lovely girl, don't scold me for looking!
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ThonTaddeo
Bare feet and toes sticking out of those black leggings that are so popular these days. Put something on your feet!
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MrDog
Turned-up jeans - they make the wearer look "special"
Pointy shoes - just... WHY?
Fedora/panama hats - it's not the 1920's anymore!
Backpacks (especially businessmen using them) - you look like an idiot!
Idiots who have one leg of their trousers rolled up to the knee - what is the point of this??? It could be the stupidest thing I have EVER seen.
Big sunglasses (worn constantly) - is it really dazzling your eyes walking around Shinbashi at 11pm??
Plugs in ears - unless your name is Cacabuto or something from some Amazonian tribe they look stupid. Seriously, what were you thinking?!
Americans who wear beige short pants, big white socks and BIGGER white trainers.
iPads - making people look like idiots since 2010.
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Tokyoapple
Basically, any fashion that J-men think they look cool in.
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limboinjapan
Knit caps, you know the ones that look like ski caps (girls and boys) worn all year long,
It's 34+C outside what are they doing wearing a wool cap for?
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MisterCreosote
A fashion trend I would like to see die? It's been going on for generations. It is the Japanese man's need to wear clothes that enable him to experience hisself as much,much larger than he is in reality.Big puffy hakamas, tall hats, shoulder pads, all kind of silliness, and it goes way back in their history too.
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Thunderbird
crocs and ugg boots are indeed so ugly that can't believe how they could became a trend :(
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mrskit
probably just reiterating what has already being said BUT leggings in summer???? shave your legs and experience sunshine! uv gloves????? uv scarfs, big hats that have the vinyl or whatever on the front, hat is ok, but those are scary tight clothes on skinny guys (there was a cool way to do it in the 1970's,,,check out Stevie wonder and his gang in 'very superstitious',,,that is the way to wear skinny) 10 cans of hairspray in beehive of garu or garu guys scary contacts as mentioned the granny styles i hate how they mix patterns, please wear only one pattern, to wear a floral blouse and checked skirt together makes my eyes sore please have a look in the mirror before leaving the house oh those rompers that have floral design, looks ok on the shop mannequin (maybe) but outdoors just looks like pj's stockings in opentoed heels or shoes WRONG!!!!!! long toe nails ,,,shudder gross,,,,, long fingernails on guys,,,, pregnancy or maternity clothes on non pregnant women the forest girl,,,mori garu ,,,look,,,, it doesnt look like you are one with nature, just looks like maternity dress what i hate the most is, the women wear all these clothes and then sweat alot and then say 'atsuiiiiii', so take off like 5 layers and you will be cooler!
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Ranger_Miffy
To reply to MistWizard: you are right that a comb-over is most atrocious. The anwer to that is the same as for the skin-head look. Grow some honest hair and enjoy what one has. Even Capt. Picard kept a minimal amount of real hair to proudly (and attractively, I must admit) surround his dome.
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komachi0jim
sweaty, overweight foreign women trying to pull off what only skinny, hot Japanese women can.
skinny little Japanese guys trying to pull off only what bad-ass ripped foreign dudes can.
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whiskeysour
*The Children The Children- ***-Children should keep their natural hair color. **Because these kids should first learn to love themselves and stop worrying about vanity or what they SHOULD look like. No mullets for kids should be authorized.- I really want to put an end to the child's school napsack/book bag,backpack and etc.
All children should not wear the same school backpack and ugly greyish/silver bicycle. It's just plan annoying.
I want to get my kid a smurf, spongebob bookbag or something other than the leather gigantic ugly big red bookbag. It's not cool and just plain ugly.
It's a school fashion it has nothing to do with anything. Except make school kids look like the work for a company or something. Parents need to come together and protest this sort of rubbish.
Kids need to be kids, not soldiers doning on the same uniform.
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whiskeysour
**Thanks Richard III***>Brown shoe, dark suit combo. This has slacked off over the past year, but many continue the trend. Many of the brown shoes are pointy to boot, topped off with a cheap looking suit and poorly cut white shirt. Simply awful. * WoW !!!! Sounds like a J guy I met inside the train staring at my suit. But I looked good. He looked bad with his brown ugly dress shoes. Not cool dude !!!! His shoes and suit didn't match and was really off. His brown shoes looked to worn !!!! Simply ugly. And he was checking me out. I said out loud stop checking me out.
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MrDog
I'm in no position to say someone looks stupid when I look like a criminal when I wear a suit, but wearing worn-out "style" brown pointy (or not pointy) shoes is just WRONG.
Braces/suspenders - You think you're Larry King or something? Wear a belt like normal people.
Hair styles that look a complete mess should be banned too. You don't look cool, you look like you just got up and haven't washed your hair in a week.
Jumpers/sweaters hung around shoulders - Jesus Christ! Do you know how arrogant you look?
Oh, and people who work in buildings that need a security pass who hang their pass around their neck when they leave home look stupid and annoy me. It's like they want to show off where they work. I work in an office where we need them but I keep it in my bag until I get to the building. So should everyone else.
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dolphingirl
MrDog: I saw an older guy wearing suspenders the other day and I actually thought it looked good!
Wearing a back-pack on your front! it's called a BACK-pack for a reason!
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champon
High-heels!!! Only one woman in a thousand can walk with grace in those objects of torture. That's leaves the others to stumble around in an ungainly and definately un-sexy way.
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champon
....and any clothing related to doing sports - worn when NOT doing sports. Cheap. Nasty. Distinct lack of taste.
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proudnippon
none, each to their own. it all comes back anyway
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Good_Jorb
I'll agree with proudnippon, fashion is a relative, I have no right to judge anyone for what they wear. Uniqueness is a quality lost on many.
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jj1980
Great list by JT posters even if I don’t agree with some, but that is why it’s call “opinions” everyone has one. Now the thing that gets me every time I see it is the ridiculous UV gloves these women wear, they are a bit overboard. Someone needs to teach these people here about alternatives against sun rays. Next time you take a gander at those who wear them. Look to see how many are STILL showing enough skin to make wearing gloves pointless.
I counted about 5 within the last 2 days that wore those gloves, but had on a tube top with no hat and wearing shorts with the bug eued sunglasses. Others had on ones with the straps or short sleeved shirts/tops, no hat, some wearing skirts or shorts with sandals or flip flops.
And I'm thinking... "And you are wearing those stupid looking gloves for what again?" Plus the keep warm rule of winter. If you cover your head, feet and hands, you are likely to stay a lot warmer. So why would you do this in the blistering heat? Just wear a long sleeve shirt that not only would look 20x nicer, but allows you to breath and stay 20x cooler while staying out of the sun.
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smodgy
I am with thunderbird! crocs and Ugg boots are hideous.
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Elarys
I'm not in Japan... but I have to ask (because I hate it so much here in the UK)...
Please for the love of humanity tell that Japan does not have the equivelent of "chav"!?
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griff
@whiskeysour, you seem to contradict yourself: children should not dye their hair (ie. everyone has black hair), but children should not be forced to have school uniform (ie. the book bags)? personally, i'm a supporter of school uniforms. children will still find ways to personalise it, but at least it detracts from school yard fascism and encourages the idea that school is an institution of some importance
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Rico808
Love to see how some of you authorities on fashion dress. Oh well, guess I should add my 2 cents as well.
Have to agree that the backpack with suit thing does look horrible. How much are you really carrying to work anyway? Suck it up and get a proper business bag. Using health risks as an excuse is just lame.
Crocs - Honestly I couldn't care less. It falls into the same category as flipflops for me and Crocs makes those too. Just don't like when people feel the need to wear neon colours.
Skinny jeans on men are disgusting.
Sports clothing - Again don't really care. If it's a very casual situation, why not? These usually consist of just tshirts, golf shirts, zip-ups and track suits. Pretty normal fare. If you're wearing bicycle shorts everywhere, then that may pose a problem.
The Sun Gloves - Questions the wearers sensibility. Saving your old creamy skin for who and what? Not to mention we've invented sunscreen.
Telling bald people to cover up their head or grow hair? What's that? They didn't sign up to be bald or balding. Get a hobby if that bothers you. The comb-over is much more of a cause for concern.
Suspenders is horrible as well. Seen a lot of men just wearing them without them being attached. Going for the double holster look I guess?
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delitachan
God, the black leggings with shorts. Let that die, please! It's the middle of summer!
Men: the putting hairclips and bobby pins in their hair.
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DentShop
A lot of girls in Osaka are wearing baggy, floral overall-like mistakes this summer with this gondolier hat. I accidentally found my self in an underground shopping arcade the other day and EVERY shop had nothing but this cheap, fashion disaster. Girls are nuts for this look here and it is worse than the maternity smocks (no Dent - tunics) that they have been wearing for the past 3 years. Japanese girls have fabulous figures but opt to hide them away under these cheap, ill-fitting and repellent future cleaning rags. Why did these girls ever think that denim shorts and kitten-heel pumps wasnt a good look for them anymore?
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Jbeezy
GONDOLIER HAT! THE STRAW HATS RIGHT? is that what they are called? I HATE THOSE HATS!!!!!!!
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bboy30
Im one that things people should wear what they want, and I think Japan has some pretty good fashion trends..HOWEVER... Host guys out in Tokyo, who stand around in circles, with skin tight jeans and shirts, pointy boots, and 80s rock hair styles, trying to pick up chicks..PLEEEEASE STOP. Its not cool, you dont look cool.. you look like you should be at karaoke singing Eye of the Tiger or something!
Ok..thats all
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kawaiitenshi
YES! Floral Romper suits and those hats should die... I literally counted over 200 people wearing them at Tokyo Disney in May. Since then I have seen them pop up in Gunma too. hideous. My hubby and I call them maternity pajamas.
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Papigiulio
Ahhh I found one. Granted, not really a fashion item, but:
Toupe's and hairspraypaints.
They are worse than a bald head tbh. Ive seen some horrible ones.
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mayhem
Elarys- Sorry for the bad news, but CHAVS are here! Pants hanging down, crooked caps, etc.
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yukisnowflake
My pet peeve reguarding fashion are: horizontal stripes on any clothing especially t-shirts with horizontal lines. I see alot of males young & old wearing them. Please no more!!!
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YuriOtani
Easy I would love to see the "girly girly" fashion die. You see them pretending to be preteens in their "kawaii" little skirts...
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SwissToni
I like the little skirts.
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