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This weekend, tall, leggy models strutted down a glamorized version of what is usually Quad Yard. A large tent complete with runway, lights and seating reminiscent of New York Fashion Week played host to Project East, a fashion show exhibiting exclusively Asian designer names...
Kosher sausage—an oxymoron? Think again. Hillel hosted “Kosher Sex: The Game Show” in Adams Lower Common Room (LCR) on Monday as part of the week’s Jewbilation festivities. Done in Jeopardy-fashion, the trivia game tapped into potentially touchy areas, including the category “I ‘Know’ You Biblical Relations.” “We really thought it was important to have an event like this because Judaism has a lot to say about these issues,” says contestant...
Booming techno music and ear-splitting roars from the crowd fill the air, amid shrieks of laughter and occasional calls of "Ikki! Ikki!" (Chug it! Chug it!). The '80s-disco decor and the manic enthusiasm of the crowd at Top Dandy, one of the most popular host clubs in Kabukicho, could make you wonder whether Japan's bubble ever really burst. The clients are entertained by 50 hosts, most sporting an identical Rod Stewart-inspired hairdo. "Quite slow today," says Nobutora, No. 1 host at Top Dandy, the best-looking guy on their 'otoko' menu of male hosts. In less...
...host club is a uniquely Japanese institution, catering to women seeking to drink with attentive and attractive but unthreatening men. Hosts constantly clean up the table, make drinks and refill glasses, light cigarettes and pamper clients. It's an inversion of the traditional ginza hostess venue, i.e. a gentleman's club without striptease or lap dancing. And it's not cheap. A bottle of '60s-vintage Dom Perignon goes for $10,000, and a few hours of non-sexual entertainment costs some of the more addicted customers as much as $100,000 a month...
...Mindful of the importance of maintaining the customers' favor in order to drive up their own rating in the club, many hosts will maintain the relationship outside of working hours, phoning and e-mailing their customers, and taking them out to dinners and karaoke where, like old-fashioned men, they usually pay for everything. Kyotaro, No. 2 at Top Dandy and one of the 20 finalists in the upcoming 2007 All Japan Host Grand Prix, says that the first thing he does upon waking each day is call and e-mail customers. The 24-year-old host, who earns...