And I always thought that Tori Gates was that real big drag queen down at The Monster.

These Tori gates are part of the Fushimi-Inari Shrine in the mountains of south Kyoto. The gates are prayers to the gods for a good rice crop and many of them are provided by the sake makers who operate in this part of town.The vermilion color is for protection from evil spirits and any of you who ever had too much sake know that it can be one evil spirit. Sorry kids I just had to.

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Of Shopping and Singing Crabs

As we were walking in a huge Kyoto shopping arcade we fell victim to the intoxicating siren song of a giant plastic crab. In an atempt to lure customers many restaurants in Kyoto employ the talents of singing plastic food all of whom have childlike voices and big round eyes. I'll post more Japanese singing entrees as I find them.

Very Well Hung

Our co-conspirator in LA Keven has just hung his first gallery show and we're as proud as we can be. TOM OF FINLAND: ROUGH Early Notebooks Preliminary Drawings Master Works This smokin little show is on through September 9, 2006 at Western*Project in LA. Should sudden swelling occur please contact your doctor immediately or better yet tell us all about it in the comments section.

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