Glitterball

Megumi Yasu (and her Lego firefighting mascots) want YOU!

That is the shinest silver jacket I've seen in awhile. Kudos to who ever that is, for having the fortitude to wear something like that in public.

Another classy photo, thanks JT.

Wow JT really stretching for publicity? Bad enough to see this in a 7-11. No thanks. Lets put women up display like animals, cool. Just in keeping with the objectification of women as pleasure things as per video game. Which one is it JT?

what is that 2nd man (from right) is looking for...look at the way he looks at her....:)

Spudman, I don't think thew women on the pole is complaining. Classy picture though. I do tell folks at home that most Japanese are not the geeky, suited up folks many think they are. This picture....

spudman

How little you know. I was there last night and there were hundreds of people watching this performance, more women than men, I would say. Pole dancing is gaining in popularity. There are dance studios and dance studios that specialize in it and many girls do it for exercise and fun.

I enjoyed watching the performance and there is no objectification of women as pleasure things, as you call it. It's just a performance, nothing more.

Lets put women up display like animals, cool.

I think she put herself up there spudman...

Nice outfit. ( the pole dancer's )

Alright, give spudman a break! Yes, no one forced her up the pole, but money does play a part in her getting up there. From what I can see this is just what most have already said, entertainment. I think what spudman is referring to is the more scantly clad pole dancers, and Japan is not the only place this happens, however it may be one of the most tasteless place. Exploitation of women in this country is the norm until a prominent group of people step up and demand a stop to it. Until then it’s anyone right to choose to participate or go elsewhere.

And how just how much were the lapdances?

Japanese business people and other guys seem like not enjoying to see the performance. I wonder if it is fun that performer is dancing upside down.

She certainly doesn't seem to appreciate the gravity of the situation.

Spudman, this is not a striptease. I've taken a poll dancing lesson, too. It's a highly athletic, art form.

There is nothing sexually suggestive about the dance. I didn't find it titillating at all. This pole dancer's outfit isn't even revealing. I watched it in much the same way as I would watch acrobats or trapeze artists at a circus. My girlfriend loved the performance, as did all the other girls there last night.

I understand that some people find it objectionable. They are the same people who object to beauty contests, girls adorning cars at auto shows, race queens at F-1 races and so on. But if you really feel disturbed by such performances, then I suggest the problem lies with you. You need to ask yourself what it is deep down that bothers you.

smartacus - "I didn't find it titilliating at all."

Do you have red blood, ha ha ha!

"This pole dancer's outfit isn't even revealing"

It's revealing her thighs and her midriff! That's enough!

sariri,

which part of the street-walker attire the woman is wearing should the uninformed like myself regard as "art"?

perfect

Again, syndenham, it's her choice...or are you and spudman really saying that women are so stupid that they cannot take responsibility for their own actions? That's what it sounds like, 'this society exploits women'. It looks very much like women making choices on their own. They needn't be the choices you prefer to be 'right'.

whichever of those guys that wasnt supposed to be there (perhaps the guy in the glasses) are so busted...

the guy in the shark skin suit takes the cake (lucky the pole covered his face to prevent humiliation).

Sarge

I assure you I do have red blood. Perhaps I'm a little older than you. I might have been drooling when I was college age but now, as I said before, I tend to view these performances as dancing, or like circus trapeze acts.

On the other hand, I did mention to my girlfriend about the possibility of installing one of those poles in my livingroom.

Nice pic.

I have a pole at home.

Himajin,

Hey, more power to her if that's how she wants to be viewed. I just didn't know that dressing like a prostitute made you an artist, or that pole dancing was really Chinese acrobatics, or that you could put lipstick on a pig a call it something other than a pig.

Thanks for the education.

It's a highly athletic, art form

how many other art forms do most of the viewers think "damn, i'd like a piece of that..."

maryhinge: lots of people have poles in lots of places.

I didn't say any of that, did I? I just find odd the remarks about women being 'exploited' and 'put on display', as if they had no say in it themselves, and we know that is not the case. You'll find the remarks you've attributed to me to have been made by others...

likewise, Himajin. yours attributed to me by...others.

Mary - Do you use it?

this picture is related to Japan alright. this is japan :(