#include(CAUTION!!) ---- #contents ---- *Thai males, and other 'Golden Week' happenings 1995.05.21 Shukan Taishu 5/29 &blankimg(1995.05.21.png) // Buoyed by the surging value of the yen against other currencies, Japan- //ese travelers stampeded overseas in record-breaking numbers during this //year's "Golden Week." Between April 28 and May 7, some 184,400 Japan- //ese left the country for vacations acroad. And, remarks Shukan Taishu //cynically, once again they showed the world that the term "Ugly Japanese" //is no exaggeration. // "I don't tell Japanese OLs (female office workers) not to go to the //beaches at Phuket or Pattaya," grumbles a Japanese journalist who is based //in Bangkok. "But what I do tell them is to change planes right at the airport //and go to those places directly on their own. Instead, they go into Bangkok //and hunt down some good-looking Thai male, who will take them there //and give them the royal treatment." // The source of these available males are host clubs in Bangkok, establish- //ments that post photos of their employees and let the female clientele pick //the one they like. The OLs pay a per diem fee of 500 baht (about 1'750 //yen) to the club. Including transport, hotel fees and meals, it costs a cus- //tomer about 10'500 yen a day to secure such services. // // In exchange for "satisfying" service in bed, Shukan Taishu report, //these grateful Japanese wormen reward the gigolos with articles of expen- //sive cothing or accessories. // Meanwhile at the same beach resorts, middle-aged Japanese men can be //seen in large numbers enjoying the affections of young Thai women. // According to n employee of a Japanese trading firm based in Bangkok, //a customer who showed up at a hostess bar on May 1 seeking female com- //pany found that virtually the entire stook of women had been bought out by **タイ人ホスト買い漁る日本人オンナどもーッ &blankimg(1995.05.21-2.png) //four groups of Japanese males who preceded him, and that none of the //employees were expectde back until May 5. // Many of the Thai women, however, profess to dislike Japanese cus- //tomers, not only because of their vulgar behavior, but because, increasing- //ly, they refuse to use condoms. // But the eccentric behavior of Japanese travelers is not limiled to their //sexual appetites. Shukan Taishu reports they display an astonishing lack //of common sense in other matters as well. Two female college students //attempting to leave Narita Airport on a flight to Guam were halted by //immigration when they realized they had forgotten their passports. "Well //shuck," they exclaimed. "We didn't have to carry a passport when we flew //down to Yoron Island (in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture)!" // More light comedy: // ・On a flight to Australia, just after takeoff the head of a contingent of //Japanese agricultural exeperts was asked in English by the flight attendant if //he preferred tea or coffee. His reaction was to reach into his pocket and //offer her his passport. When the other members of the group saw what he //did, they all followed suit - while the embarrassed stewardess stood in the //aisle with two pots of steaming liquid. // ・When an elevator operator at a Paris hotel greeted his female Japanese //guests, they burst into a torrent of giggles, saying, "Look, he's actually //speaking in French!" // ・In an attempt at humor that fell flat, a Japanese-speaking guide at the //Museum of Antiquities in Cairo jokingly told a group of Japanese that the //sarcophagus of one particular pharaoh had been discovered by Aiko Gibo, //a Japanese clairvoyant. They reacted as if his pronouncement was true. &blankimg(1995.05.21-3.png) // ・During a visit to a chamber vault within one of the pyramids at Giza, a //mixed tour was interrupted by a burst of Osaka-accented Japanese exclaim- //ing. "This is nothing but a bunch of rocks. All we do is walk. I'm pooped //out!" He was soundly hushed by the Americans and Europeans on the tour. //"I was never so ashamed of being Japanese in my whole life," remarked //another person on the tour. // ・A group of middle-aged Japanese women sat about in a Taiwan restau- //rant and exchanged negative remarks about the ill manners of the Taiwan- //ese - in the presence of many Taiwan natives who appeared to understand //every word being said, and who responded with angry glares. // If Japanese are going to act like such fools when they go abroad, //Shukan Taishu suggests, perhaps the name "Golden Week" should be //changed to "Week of National Shame." (MS) *【日本語訳】タイ人ホスト買い漁る日本人オンナどもーッ *元資料 &blankimg(19950521.jpg) ---- *関連ページ #related()
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