COSPLAYING AT EDELSTEIN SCHOOLBOY CAFE IN HARAJUKU: ANDREW ZIMMERN’S BIZARRE WORLD TRAVEL TV SHOW. SEXY JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL!
We’ve reached the final location of the Bizarre World episode I co-hosted for Travel & Discovery Channel. The Tokyo spooks met us at Edelstein in Harajuku — a cafe where the waiters cosplay as awkward teenage schoolboys! (I wrote about this boarding school fantasy in my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo book.)
As you’d expect, we all dressed up to match the school theme. Professor Fearstone (far right) applauds: “Well done, class. I am proud to say we beat the Saitama Grammar for backward children. You’re English is coming on in Beaps and Lounds!”
Host Andrew Zimmern drank rose tea and ate dainty cakes with this motley crew. He interviewed each of us about our fashion and lifestyle — and sincerely listened to what we had to say. A great guy. Perhaps I’ll meet up with Andrew again in December, as we’ll both be in Hong Kong.
Even if they’re fake, Carmina loves being surrounded by pretty young androgynes, yes she does…
It’s risky to be a Japanese schoolgirl. Yukiro almost got felt up in the subway while wearing this outfit. Then, Comte de Sang lifted his skirt as we went up the stairs… tsk.
Fantastic news: Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants will be distributed by Random House, starting in January! The book is available online now, but if you’re having difficulty getting it, the problem will soon be solved. (Also check back soon for a signed book giveaway.)
I’m on Day 3 of 5 of Halloween and couldn’t be happier. Please add me on Twitter to keep track of my dark thoughts, and I’ll try to add everyone back. Hope to see you at my NYC book signing on Oct 31 (info at the end of this post)!
PS: Wrote a CNNGo article about top 10 Asian new wave horror extreme movies! Do you agree with my picks? What’s your fav?
Song of the Day #229: Malice Mizer – Kioku to Sora (video from 1993, with vocalist Tetsu). Inspired by Lemon.
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October 30th, 2009 at 20:20
Thomas says:Yukiro's school girl is fantastic! You should have taken him with you on the book tour
October 30th, 2009 at 20:21
lacarmina says:I wish I could take the whole spooky group with me!
October 31st, 2009 at 01:04
Lemon says:Ha ha everyone looks really animated in these. Awesome!
Thanks for the shoutout ;3
October 31st, 2009 at 01:31
Nakayoshia says:omg i hope yukiro is okay XD
great post :)
October 31st, 2009 at 05:09
Marta says:Wow, this is incredible.
October 31st, 2009 at 07:27
Fluffy Conti says:mmmhmmm pretty young androgynes~
October 31st, 2009 at 07:30
Moon Maiden 90 says:*haha* luv the japanese school girl!
October 31st, 2009 at 07:30
Sarah says:SchoolBoy Cafe? …. SIGN ME UP!!!!
October 31st, 2009 at 07:31
lacarmina says:mmmmmmm yes!
October 31st, 2009 at 07:32
lacarmina says:The schoolboys pretended to be shy and awkward as they served us… so cute
October 31st, 2009 at 07:32
lacarmina says:Heh, he's fine… he always gets felt up by random people! XD
October 31st, 2009 at 07:33
lacarmina says:hahah I think we got into the theme a little too much! :P
October 31st, 2009 at 07:34
lacarmina says:It was like stepping into a Harry Potter fantasy. :D
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 01:35
Trashtastika says:I agree with your movie selections – but there's a few more I'd like to add. One Missed Call was a good film with an intriguing premise (and nice eye-candy actors!). Suicide Club perhaps isn't horror, but a good film. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (part of the trilogy OldBoy is in) I really enjoyed too (although not Sympathy for Lady Vengeance so much). The bathtub scene in Koma is memorable. There's one I can't remember the name, but I love the scene where a child climbs up and sees through a window, someone dismembering a body. Do you remember the name?
November 1st, 2009 at 06:52
lacarmina says:I agree One Missed Call had pretty people but I thought it dissolved into cliches… such as going alone into a scary building, never a good idea! I love the entire Vengeance series (I just thought I should only put one of them on the list). Ooh, I should see Koma… it's a Hong Kong film I think? I'll look for it! <3
November 1st, 2009 at 06:54
lacarmina says:Annnnd just reserved Koma. Really excited to see it; you piqued my interest!
November 1st, 2009 at 11:41
Lashy says:Awwh, Yukiro is so cute in that! Was Andrew more and more freaked out every time you went to a different place?
November 1st, 2009 at 12:05
Lashy says:Awwh, Yukiro is so cute in that! Was Andrew more and more freaked out every time you went to a different place?
November 1st, 2009 at 17:25
Ayame says:Hahahahahahaha no wonder Yukiro always gets felt up…. xDDDDD I wished I was there, i get to be surrounded by cute schoolboys!!!! <3
November 1st, 2009 at 19:41
Lashy says:Awwh, Yukiro is so cute in that! Was Andrew more and more freaked out every time you went to a different place?
November 1st, 2009 at 20:05
Lashy says:Awwh, Yukiro is so cute in that! Was Andrew more and more freaked out every time you went to a different place?
November 2nd, 2009 at 01:25
Ayame says:Hahahahahahaha no wonder Yukiro always gets felt up…. xDDDDD I wished I was there, i get to be surrounded by cute schoolboys!!!! <3