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Nov 04 2010 10 Comments

Fairly impressive Japanese facial hair

Facial hair, for whatever reason, is not exactly a firm favourite in Japan, so it’s often quite novel to see somebody bold enough to boast a beard — or tackle a ‘tache even. A situation that makes the old fella captured below even more of a character, as not only is he a man with a moustache, but he’s also one who’s valiant enough to have a very good go at the handlebar variety.

Japanese moustache

And if that wasn’t enough, he even takes a tremendous amount pleasure in twirling it too.

Japanese moustache

Categorized: Fashion, Photography

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  1. Natalie deLapins says

    11/4/2010 at 1:03 pm

    Perhaps he is participating in Movember, or even the World Moustache Championships?

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    • Lee says

      11/4/2010 at 7:31 pm

      I think it’s Movember all year round for this fella!

      Reply
  2. David LaSpina says

    11/4/2010 at 2:36 pm

    Great shots. Brave fella to go against the groupthink against facial hair. And nice ‘stache!

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    • Lee says

      11/4/2010 at 7:37 pm

      Cheers David. Yes, a pioneer. And proud of it too.

      Reply
  3. andra says

    11/4/2010 at 10:05 pm

    He’s so cute! In a funny-grandpa-kind’of way.

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  4. Lizzy says

    11/4/2010 at 11:50 pm

    Fantastic! Amazing how he manages to look both cheerful and “dastardly” twirling it like that. 🙂

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    • Lee says

      11/5/2010 at 10:22 am

      ‘Dastardly’, what a great word. Haven’t heard that for a long long time.

      Reply
  5. Jeffrey says

    11/5/2010 at 1:46 am

    Great mustache. Though he apparently dresses in the dark. That shirt!

    What I’ve always found pleasing is the they way so many elderly Japanese men get away with looking better in a beret than anyone else.

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    • Hilary says

      11/6/2010 at 10:59 am

      That shirt, yes, but even more so, that shirt with those pants! Oh my!

      Reply
  6. Steko says

    11/5/2010 at 5:13 pm

    You would think the Mario generation would rock more awesome ‘staches. The women seem to hate them though, at least my wife does.

    Reply

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