tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post2989154862122557214..comments2023-05-11T22:03:14.850+09:00Comments on Green-Eyed Geisha: Playboys' stocks are downGreen-Eyed Geishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-15452205549322374302008-11-21T12:22:00.000+09:002008-11-21T12:22:00.000+09:00Shane and T.C.: Thank you for helping to extol the...Shane and T.C.: Thank you for helping to extol the virtue of the working man's tie. I wonder if those two women who made the tie comment have any idea how much flack they are getting.<BR/><BR/>JT: Please do try that wardrobe idea at work some day. It would make for an interesting blog if nothing else :)Green-Eyed Geishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-8075444648054812232008-11-18T21:25:00.000+09:002008-11-18T21:25:00.000+09:00I don't wear ties. Business casual is the norm at ...I don't wear ties. Business casual is the norm at my office.<BR/><BR/>But I compensate for the cheap tie by wearing cheap clothes. And I do so proudly.<BR/><BR/>The only way I could possibly care less is by wearing Ed Norton's wardrobe in Fight Club. And sometimes, I'm tempted to try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-31510977020604460302008-11-17T17:49:00.000+09:002008-11-17T17:49:00.000+09:00Polyester ties are the new black. All the best guy...Polyester ties are the new black. All the best guys have them, including mine :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-26818506639999408622008-11-16T16:43:00.000+09:002008-11-16T16:43:00.000+09:00Love this article and your take on it. As a forei...Love this article and your take on it. <BR/><BR/>As a foreign girl who lives in the burbs of Tokyo, Chiba to be exact, I tend to avoid the whole Roppongi scene to stay closer to home with my American born Japanese husband (stated simply to clarify that I can't speak to the qualifications of native Japanese men as prospective mates) who has been know to wear a polyester tie every now and again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-22086339573037829272008-11-15T22:01:00.000+09:002008-11-15T22:01:00.000+09:00kelley-dawne: Amen right back at ya!kevin: Thank y...kelley-dawne: Amen right back at ya!<BR/><BR/>kevin: Thank you for your comment, its nice to see some male readers coming out of the woodwork! I think even if the bankers are washed out with the tide there will be another tribe to replace them sooner than later. For all the foreigners to be found in Roppongi, there are probably equally large numbers who, like yourself, avoid it. If I was one of them I would definitely be sitting on the sidelines smirking right now. Who am I kidding, I am smirking, sidelines or not.Green-Eyed Geishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-50197417900152443022008-11-14T15:44:00.000+09:002008-11-14T15:44:00.000+09:00Personally, I enjoy reading English language blogs...Personally, I enjoy reading English language blogs about Japan. Green-Eyed Geisha is one of my favs - always well written. <BR/>The entire foreign financial community comes in ebbs and tides. The tide last went out after the Asian financial crisis of 97-98. Since then it appears the "Hills tribe" only became more discerning, I guess.<BR/>Being in IT I wear non-custom suits, with good ties, only because I have two wonderful "double" boys in private education to support.<BR/>Stopped going to Roppongi about 15 years ago for most of the very reasons in the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-15001806331377783122008-11-14T13:12:00.000+09:002008-11-14T13:12:00.000+09:00Amen sister!Let's give young Japanese guys a break...<B>Amen</B> sister!<BR/>Let's give young Japanese guys a break! <BR/>It's the <I>elitism</I> of Japan that has caused this problem, not the attitude of the average Japanese male. <BR/>If you didn't go to university? <B>pass</B><BR/>If you don't pull in more than 400,000 yen a month?<B> pass </B><BR/>If you don't get your suits custom made? <B>pass </B><BR/><BR/>And these women wonder why they have unhappy marriages and wish for their husbands' deaths (possibly by overfeeding from McDonalds)?<BR/><BR/>I will stick with my average, sweet, non-high flying Japanese boy who treats me right and spends all his free time with me. It beats a fancy lawyer who never comes home any day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473364044446995764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-70431553176478501162008-11-14T12:00:00.000+09:002008-11-14T12:00:00.000+09:00Jason - your comment made my week! I hope I will ...Jason - your comment made my week! I hope I will continue to cause you to break this rule.<BR/><BR/>I say hang on to your domestic polyester with pride, who needs girls from the 'burbs anyway?Green-Eyed Geishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-91709250457928691372008-11-13T20:18:00.000+09:002008-11-13T20:18:00.000+09:00I only discovered this blog two weeks ago, but I h...I only discovered this blog two weeks ago, but I have to say, I gleefully break my "No reading English language writing on Japan" rule for you.<BR/><BR/>Working in IT here and adorning my neck with the most pathetic of polyester ties, my favorite line was "the suits worn by the men don't fit right and the ties are domestic, they could even be polyester...[the men] are quickly sized up as frauds, or possibly IT consultants." <BR/><BR/>Mariko Bando is epic lulz. Showa Women's University, everyone! Give her a big hand!<BR/><BR/>I live close to the Hills and I enjoy enjoy walking through it...but I can't say I don't feel a little dirtier every time.X Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496888489559287183noreply@blogger.com