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Asia - Japan - Tokyo - Deafened by the Roar of Pachinko ... or how to embarrass lesbians without really trying - part II
Patrick Gatland
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I was always under what was probably a poorly uninformed impression that Japan was a quiet, understated country. In my few (wasted) years in high school Japanese class I learnt about the culture of a quiet people, who respected tradition and weren’t amenable to the loud, disrespectful ways of us Westerners (hence the trainee Japanese teacher who came on exchange to Maclean High School for a few months and after one period of our Year Nine elective Japanese class she was so shaken by our loud and outrageous behaviour she took off the remainder of the week and steeled herself against any further aural assaults by refusing to come to any more of our classes).
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Shinto shrine Behind the craziness of Harajuku station is this huge park and shrine. An interesting contrast to the consumerism and peacock-like showiness of the Harajuku girls. |
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Harajuku girls This isn't a great photo but they were my favourite H Girls. they came all dressed up then plonked themselves down and didnt talk to each other, or anyone else. the rest of the girls primped and preened for the tourists taking photos. These ones just sat under their Disney blanket and watched the world go by. The question springs to mind - "Why?". |
