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Thank you all for visiting JapaneseStreets.

In the first two days already close to 1,000 unique visitors have had a look at JapaneseStreets!!!
Not bad for a new site. Thanks a lot.
I will keep on working hard to get great contents!

Kjeld
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Lovely, lovely girls.

Carefull with the javascripts errors. I'ms using IE 6.0 at win2k.
 
Thanks Ln!

I noticed the issue on some Windows machines over the week-end. I work on a Mac myself.

Hopefully I can make some time soon to fix it. Any volunteer wiz out there with time on his/her hands?

Kjeld
 
I'm also using w2k with IE 6.0 and noticed tons of JS errors on many sites including even major league players like CNN.com. I've therefore disabled that option in my IE preferences. I'm not sure whether this is an intrinsic flaw of IE or just sloppy coding.

It's also recommended to call JS code externally, as it minimizes file size and improves search engine ranking.
 
Thanks for the tips, Thomas.

In the meanwhile I have discovered that one of the javascript errors is in such an externally called script. Another one is sloppy coding.

Hope to fix them soon!

Kjeld
 
Kjeld

Dude! ... Nice website! Wigs are really popular in Japan now... They are great for the average wannabe because they can put on a wig with Ronald McDonald red hair and express themselves when they are out on the town. Then the next morning they can go to work without the wig, looking like a regular worker drone. It's like these kids are living a double life. I'm not really knocking it; I just tend to look a little deeper beneath the surface of things.
 
Kakuzen,

Could be. Maybe it is time for me to get one and go wild... Wigs make a lot of sense though if you have straight black hair and you want a change. A cut as drastic as what a wig does to you comes easily to 50,000 Yen (over US$400,00!). A wig is perhaps 10,000 Yen. I know what I would go for.

Kjeld
 
Kjeld

Good point... Economics must definitely play a role in the decision to wear a wig instead of paying for a stylist to try and simulate one with your own hair. I guess it's not such a bad thing, because when you wear a wig I imagine it must feel like your wearing some sort of hat, and no roots will ever need touching up.

On your site I see that the vast majority are J-rock chicks and many are wearing these wigs. You see these little cuties all over the urban areas in Japan. I know you are in the Osaka/Kobe area, and I saw a few of the (male) "Rockabiri Greasers" with slicked back hair and black leather jackets when I was there last. I always wondered what these guys girlfriends look like. Do they dress up in 50's style clothes with bouffant hairdos? It might be kinda cool to see some of that fashion culture on your website too.

Oh... and PLEASE get as many pictures of the Goth culture in Japan as you can. They are deep underground and you won't find many of them hanging out on the streets in the daytime, so to get pictures you will have to visit nightclubs like Club Sabbat, The Black Veil & Club Neo in Osaka.

Here's a sample of what you might find...

 
MMm.. yes, I'd definately read your book if it was in English! If theres a possibility of a translation into English, let us know and we'll read it!

xxStarxx
 
Kakuzen,

Cool shot! If that's yours, please upload it to the Photo Galleries of Japanese Streets. Thanks for the names of the three nightclubs. I will definitely pay attention to the Goth subculture. I have a few phone numbers already, so just need to make time now to start shooting. Ah... time!

"'Rockabiri Greasers' with slicked back hair and black leather jackets" I don't run into too often, but that is a good suggestion too, that I will take too heart.

Starr,

Thanks a lot! I will tell my publisher.

Kjeld
 
Kjeld

Neo Rockabilly and Psychobilly definitely have their own subcultures there in Osaka.

If you ever hear about any Rockabiri concerts playing anywhere in the Osaka/Kobe area, then you might take a camera with you to the show. I already know what the guys look like, but what the women they date look like is still a mystery.

Here is a photo of a really good Rockabiri band called "Retro Gretion"

http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/retro13/Profile.html

The following is a list of Neo and Psycho Rockabiri bands to look for in the Osaka/Kobe gig guides, so you can photograph greaser chicks at the shows:

 BATTLE OF NINJAMANZ, MABO & THE 88, SUPER COCKS, CRACKER JACK, SLAP DRUNKEN TERRORS, SPIKE, ONE TRACK MIND, ZIP KING ROYALS, GREASY HASH, BATTLE FISH, DYNAMITE EBBIE AND SUNSETS, CEMEDAIN, ATTACK, SLAP OF CEMETERY and ROCK-A-SPEED.
 
Great info, Kakuzen!

Thanks a lot.

Kjeld
 
If read the book and I think it is great, I hope Kjeld will come on-line here again... being in the administration of the Dutch Community west-japan, it would be nice to have an experienced person like Kjeld back
 
Thanks, Dutch Naka!

Really appreciate the nice words about my book. I have been busy with all the natural disasters of the past year and have spent very little time in Japan... Just returned from second trip to Pakistan, actually.

It is hard to promise to show my face here more often, but I'll try.
 
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