Pantera

Hey, Japanese Men! Pantera called and they want their look back!

The style for young men in Japan is Gay-Male-Hairdresser-On-The-Way-to-A- Pantera-Concert-In-Lawrence-Kansas-Circa-1983.


The two gentleman above have pretty typical Nagoya male hair and outfits. While we did see some pretty outrageous looks in Tokyo, the Nagoya look has its own Iowa Beauty Pageant sort of feel to it.

Men's hair here is (a)hideous; (b)clearly takes a lot of time to do in the morning and maintain all day; and (c) extremely feminine. If I were to guess, the men take much more time getting ready in the morning than the women. Even the nerdy scientists that buzz around the Nagoya University campus on their way to the chemistry lab have a hair-do.... they all have some kind of hair-do. Not all of them are as elaborate, but they have worked on their hair for at least half an hour in the morning with a mid-morning, lunch, and afternoon puff up. Lots of product.

The first two looks, below, and the last one, are the styles we see most here. The third one more conservative, but the bleached orange hair is very in.




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Many young women also look like they are headed to the Pantera concert, perhaps with their hairdresser friend. And although there are far more elegantly styled women here than men, in my opinion, there are still some pretty tacky get ups. I'll get more into those another day.

ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC....
Mr. Choocherberg (aka Carlos) got some new rainboots, a new raincoat, and a new pal - all with a froggie theme. He put them all on when we got home and, after checking himself out, said slowly, clearly and with lots of feeling... "Muy" (pause) "Guapo". He said it about 10 times. Here are some photos.
Have a nice weekend. Big kisses to everyone.

Carlos Photos