Photos from the pit walkabout session of Super GT International Series Malaysia at Sepang International Circuit in June 2008…
Safety costumes?
Super GT Sepang 2008 – pit walkabout (2)
Safety costumes?
Japanese women
Safety costumes?
Maimi Yajima B.L.T. Magazine
Maimi Yajima of Japanese girl group C-ute’s in recent issue of BLT Magazine [Jp]. She’s also a concurrent member of High-King, a new female pop group within Hello! Project which was created earlier this year.
Old-Japan-era bathing beauties
Photo of Japanese Geisha posing in swimsuits (or bath-suits) during the Meiji Era (1868-1912) or Taisho Era (1912-1926) of old Japan…
More pictures available on Flickr [via Japanprobe]
Moe Oshikiri Japanese La Parler Commercial
Japanese model Moe Oshikiri looks amazing in a commercial for La Parler, an aesthetic salon in Japan. Oshikiri is a famous exclusive-model for CanCam Magazine.
Although using a different term, aesthetic salons are not much different than beauty salons in other countries. However, considering how image-conscious Japan is, their beauty centres may feature some technologies ahead of other places.
Most beautiful legs in Japan 2008
Actresses Miki Maya, 44, Asaka Seto, 31, Ryoko Hirosue, 28, and ex-volleyball player Kaoru Sugayama, 29, were named as women who have the most beautiful legs at the annual Parcassio Beautiful Leg Awards. The event was organized by six shoemakers; and Parcassio is an artificial leather used in their products.
(L-R) Kaoru, Miki, Ryoko and Asaka; the actresses were selected according to each age group (20s, 30s, 40s) while Kaoru for sportswomen category
Japanese companies always come out with these kind of awards, i.e. best dressers, best jeanists, cotton awards etc… and the Japanese celebrities are quite supportive for these events. After all, commercial endorsement means huge money; the celebs won’t want to offend any of the potential sponsors.
Aya Hirano’s bikini blunder
A Japanese board is heated up with debates about Japanese star Aya Hirano and her seemingly upside-down bikini photo published in her 2009 calendar.
To be frank if I didn’t see this at Tokyomango I wouldn’t have noticed the problem. It’s just a cute pic for me; ladies might have sharper sense on this kind of wardrobe malfunction though.
The alleged photo and how the bikini should be worn instead
