Tokyo Times

I saw an interesting discussion program on TV the other night. The panel was made up of a rather disparate group of individuals. Or as the program imaginatively billed them, a ‘generation jungle’.

The main topic of conversation was of the supposedly common practice among schoolgirls of enjo kosai. Or compensated dating to use its English (and rather polite sounding) translation.

Whilst I’m in no way a proponent of such behavior, according to the program, some of the cases are merely innocent dates. Well, innocent for the young girls in question. As they turn up, have dinner, chat a little, and then get compensated handsomely. I guess their companions motives are somewhat less innocent, and heaven knows what goes through their minds, but at least they don’t do anything untoward. Unfortunately not all dates act so chivalrously, and in many cases the young girls unfortunately do have to earn their money. But sadly it has to be said that they enter into such agreements voluntarily, many of them wanting the cash simply to buy new designer/brand goods.

Not surprisingly both the discussion panel and audience wholeheartedly condemned this unsavory activity. The selling of used underwear on the other hand, proved a more, ahem, sticky problem. One of the panel in particular was a vociferous supporter of the practice, claiming she gets at least 5,000 Yen (26 Pound) for each pair. That’s pretty easy money it has to be said. I have to admit, that in the unlikely event that somebody was willing to pay that kind of money for my (for want of a better description) soiled underwear, I’d be more than willing to help out.

Indeed, when it was put to the vote, a quarter of the audience decided that underwear selling, was, by and large, ok. Although which members of the audience voted this way wasn’t disclosed. Having said that, I dare say that it wouldn’t be difficult to work out.

So without further ado, let the bidding commence. How much for these?

So as not to mislead potential buyers, I must say that I am NOT a Japanese schoolgirl. Rather, a 34-year-old British male.

A certain duo I saw on MTV today reminded me of this autumn’s sports day at my school. And yes, it does indeed involve Japanese schoolgirls and lesbianism. Kind of.

Whilst I don’t really have duties to perform at the annual sports day, as a teacher I’m expected to attend nonetheless. The day involves watching endless nonsensical events (I’m hard pushed to put most of them under the banner of sport), whilst at the same time doing my utmost to avoid getting involved in the teachers’ relay race. If you saw me run you’d understand why.

But anyway, I must push on in regards to schoolgirls and lesbianism. An integral part of the day is the girls dance routine. Mine is a pretty big school, so this performance involves over 300 female students dancing about in short skirts. Each year I see this extravaganza, I always feel a little bit awkward, a bit of an uncle fester. I mean, lets be honest, a fair number of people would pay a lot of money to witness such a performance. It has crossed my mind that if I were to film the proceedings, I could probably sell it for a tidy sum of money. But I hasten to say it remains merely a thought. Honest.

So anyway, that’s the Japanese schoolgirl section of the title dealt with. The lesbianism aspect was a new edition to this year’s event. As for reasons that defy explanation, one of the songs danced to this year was by the slightly infamous Russian duo TaTu. The are they or aren’t they argument is irrelevant really, as the image they portray leaves little to the imagination. So to use it in the girls dance repertoire, was, it has to be said, a surprise choice. Needless to say a film with that as a soundtrack could have significantly increased its selling price.

The thing is, the gay flavour wasn’t quite finished with TaTu. as for a stirring finale, The Pet Shop Boys Go West was blasted put of the school’s PA system. Figure that one out!

Thankfully when the boys turn came around, The Village people’s YMCA was not a part of the proceedings.

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