Comments on: Swimsuits of Old Japan

By: Old Japan era’s bathing beauties | YeinJee's Asian News

Old Japan era’s bathing beauties | YeinJee's Asian News — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:31:09 +0000

[...] More pictures available on Flickr [via Japanprobe] [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:13:55 +0000

I don’t understand the surprise over these photos, or even why they are though of as Maiko or Geisha.

This was a time period when japan was heavily influenced by the west. These photos look exactly the same as if they were taken in the United States during that time period. NO ONE smiled in pictures back then, it was believed the white of the teeth reflected the flash too harshly.

The silly part about that was that the photographers didn’t tell them to “smile without showing your teeth” they just told them “DON’T SMILE”.

Anyway, these pics are not very japanese or strange at all… the clothes, hats, hairstyles were typical for westerners and for those dressing up as westerners.

It bothers me that americans nowadays know more about japan than we do about our own heritage.

By: PlowKing

PlowKing — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:21:36 +0000

Not pictured: recently deceased family dog.

By: edwardhasnewgoggles

edwardhasnewgoggles — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:55:36 +0000

That is the hottest gurabia photo shoot I’ve ever seen

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:32:44 +0000

So all those people in “Japan Probe Personals: Profiles of the Day” aren’t Japanese???

By: mortonsalt

mortonsalt — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:32:46 +0000

awwwwwww yea

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:07:15 +0000

Cameras steal a part of your soul, after all.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:25:00 +0000

Sexy!

By: sillygolem

sillygolem — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:55:15 +0000

Japanese people generally don’t smile for posed photos, so they always look unhappy to Westerners.

By: chiablo

chiablo — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:30:38 +0000

Very unhappy Japanese women sold separately.