Category Archives: Life in Tokyo: Crazy, Cute, and totally Confusing
organize yourself
when I joined Folio Models in Tokyo, I was issued an official agency organizer, containing a handy calender with tiny lined spaces next to each day. I think the idea was that models were supposed to fill it up with … Continue reading
watch that baton, mr police-man!
i came this to getting a baton-induced concussion! JOKE but it looks that way in these shots don’t it? and what’s up with japanese police men looking all british?
yummers
hope i didn’t give the impression that i’m not a lover of japanese food. because when it comes to 7-Eleven lunches, there ain’t nothing like these little rice seaweed triangles. they’re like kinder surprises, but with pickled plums and salmon … Continue reading
lil’ japanese stone people
i think these are sacred statutes of some kind, but they were so cute i couldn’t resist snapping a shot. hopefully, i won’t be cursed or eternally damned or anything.
excuse me, pardon me
the other downside of living in tokyo (as compared to suburbia, land of vast parking lots and empty sidewalks)–there’s lots and lots of people.
can i have one of the…uh…never mind
i totally would have maybe considered buying some of those if i a) had any idea of what they were and b) wasn’t too chicken to ask. sometimes living in a country where you can’t read, write or understand the … Continue reading
girls in park
i can’t tell what this reminds of me of more: two little sisters sulking becuase mom made us wear these stupid hats, or some strange lesbian fantasy thing. disturbing either way. this one’s a little more normal–we’re all, ‘too cool … Continue reading
casting: scene four
there is nothing more awkward than being stared (and ignored) by a panel of grey japanese suits….
the casting: scene three
ken, the manager, briefs us on the casting details (this one for a poster and tv commercial) in the last few moments before we’re ‘on’….
the casting: scene two
this is our manager, ken. he’s camera shy–kind of ironic for someone in the modeling industry!
