Category: Society

‘Risuka’ (wrist-cutting) causes less damage and you don’t ruin your status at school much. Sumire, a “gothic Lolita,” who hangs out at Harajuku on Sundays, on the fascination she and her friends have with near-death experiences. (Aera)

Nao is reading a book by Terayama Shuji (sorry, I don’t have the title), and she was describing to me the following, which I found quite interesting. He writes that although ramen and “curry and rice” are both loved by students and salarymen in Japan, he believes that 2 groups exist. The “curry and rice”…

Quite often, I feel like dying. When I feel that way, I let my cell phone die instead. Mai, a 17-year-old girl who gets a new cell phone every time her boyfriend dumps her, enabling her to “reset” her life. (Japan Today)

They’re everywhere. Young women who couldn’t give a damn about how they look, don’t really care what anybody else thinks about them and are only interested in finding out more about themselves. They’re the Kamayatsu women, according to Sunday Mainichi (7/4). Named after rough-and-ready rocker Monsieur Kamayatsu, who made slobbery and grunge part of his…