Oyster Party, Tokyo, Japan

Any decent oyster party starts with a nice bottle of white wine

We (Michi-chan and I) are somewhere near Tsukiji inside a large building at a food court of sorts.  Actually, its a few restaurants nestled together on the 3rd floor of an office high-rise.  There was a british pub, a nice Japanese restaurant, and an Oyster bar/restaurant.

We saw oysters and we were on it!  

It's been a long day up to this point and we are hungry and thursty.....   

(yes, the u is intended there...!)

For those of you that can read Japanese here are the menus

This is the bar filled with ice and oysters

The first round is raw and there are several types to choose from.  No idea what part of Japan they are from tho, so just enjoy the photos  :-)

These are the toppings that allow you to customize your bite.  Scotch, ponzu, ground green tea, etc....

Mmmmmmm

MMMMMM!!!!!!!!!

Obviously a sideshot of the bar

Action photos

Smoked, probably the best thing, out of a lot of best things

Accompanied by olives.  The green were good.

Baked, and several different flavors.  And pretty cheap too, $3 a pop.  BRING ON THE OYSTERS!

Basil

The next is miso.

And that's where the party ends.  Short and sweet.

Raw, baked, steamed, smoked.  Eat 'em

DVA

Dudes With Purses

There is a very not awesome trend a-brew and I hope that it not only stops soon, but dies a quick death.

Dudes with purses

Now, I get that it might be more convenient to have lots of stuff in-tow whilst out on the town, handy to have extra of your schizzle in your nizzle, stuff in ur sack, bits with your pieces.  But really?  A purse?  For a dude?

I'm not talking about a satchel or fanny pack or messenger bag or briefcase.  These items, while a few are not awesome, at least have some masculine charm.   I'm talking purses.  Louse Vuitton, Gucci, and the like.  Purses.  Carried either over the forearm or at the shoulder, even simply in the hand.

Now, I am not spouting any anti-of-any-sex rhetoric, at all.  This is not a diatribe against any one sex or any ones ability to be who they truly are.  Please, carry on with all of that.  While I might not be into it all, I respect that you should be able to choose to do WHATEVER you want as long as no one else is injured by it.

With that said, having a voice, and an opinion, and the fact that you don't have to read this if you don't want to, I feel like I can voice my opinion in this forum.  And I don't like this.

The setting is Tokyo's version of Times Square, Shibuya Crossing.  All of these photos, and there were about 50 more than what you see in this post, were taken over a span of about 20 minutes, not very long.  And from one location.  

Let's ease into this shall we?

This one is admittedly borderline.  Let's call it our amuse bouche.

And yes, all of the principals in this expose are men.  All of them.

Terribly burry photo, and another borderline purse

Two dudes, two purses.  The closer shot shows the Gucci-ness of it

Might be a brief case?  Keep scrolling down

 Looks like an Ikea shopping bag, but a bit too high on the shoulder for me

 Yep, a purse

We'll come back to these guys in a sec

Uhmmmmmm

Almost capris, almost

LV half satchel crossing the body, no

The increasingly popular double purse

A great example.  

You have to admit, it doesn't look right

Double

A double and capris, REALLY high capris

Wowzer

No words for this one

Fanny pack break.  And it's a BIG ONE!

Yeah, spend some time on this photo

Look at the woman in the background to the left...  Other then the side burns, they kinda match!

Going to work.  I think he might be a cobbler.

Dude

With a purse

............

Gulp

An endless stream of them

 I think I have more of a problem with all of the white on white on white than the purse with this one

Homeless with a purse

Really

He was walking around talking to himself.  But he's got his purse.

Another capri purse combo

He looks mad.  I don't blame him, I'd be too

This one pretty much sums it all up

Or maybe he does

Yep, just below is a dude

WTF

 Nice belt

A much needed fanny pack break

Double

A nice couple out with their purses

 This guy is great.  Watch as he turns.  A full on business guy.  Legit.  And a purse.

I think we'll end here with Harry Potter.

I hope you've taken my little analysis here as it was intended, as a lighthearted look at something different.  It was meant to read a little tongue-in-cheek.  It's also not super awesome and I hope it stays far away and dies quietly.  

I for one won't be dawning my purse to head out with the guys.  Right Dennis?

DVA OUT