On Friday the 13th a bunch of us JETs celebrated my friend Nena's birthday. Her birthday was actually earlier in the week, but we chose to go out on Friday because there's a famous Sapporo transexual (tranny) show that night. (To be more precise, most of the men still have their male genitalia, but they also have boobs!) Nena just turned 30, so it was her "anti-death day" celebration held on the supposedly "unluckiest" day of the year... Turned out to be pretty lucky though! Here's a link to the photo album.
We went to a special bar where you have to make reservations in advance. We were six people that night, and we got seats right up front next to the stage. When you sit down, one of the performers sits down with your group and orders drinks for you. (This is similar to the "hostess" bar*** culture in Japan.) We had a wonderful cute hostess from the town of Obihiro in eastern Hokkaido. "She" had amazing boobs and "she" used to be a middle school teacher. She taught Japanese, English and social studies and spoke English fairly well.
Allow me to digress here for just a moment. I felt a little bit weird at first, because other people at the bar were coming there just to ooooo and ahhhh over people who look different and have chosen a different lifestyle. In fact, some people were treating the performers like objects or freak shows. But I looked beyond all that and wanted to get a better understanding about who these people really are, regardless of what's between their legs or on their chests... So I asked different questions than most people do (instead of stuff like, "How big are your boobs? Can I see them!). Hence I found out the interesting information mentioned in the previous paragraph. These performers are people too - they just look a little different than you or I do...
Back to the story: The performers at this bar work really hard! For example, not only did our "hostess" entertain us before the show, she also danced quite a few numbers and also sat with us for a bit after the show ended. Before the show, she showed off unique little talents, like drawing caricatures of us, telling jokes, and doing card tricks. During the show she performed with about 14 other trannys.
The performances were your standard drag queen-type shows: dancing, feathers, boas, can-can, cheesy songs, etc. But what made the show really stand out was its perfect synchronization and crowd interaction. The dancers came right out into the crowd and danced in the aisles. In typical Japanese fashion they also were perfectly synchronized, and the men really, really looked like women! (It's not as hard for a Japanese man to pull this off, in my opinion. They have less body hair and more effeminate faces than Westerners do.) Many of them had really nice boob jobs, and everything looked very convincing. (Maybe this is because there's not as much to tuck back! hehehehe)
Anyway, the show was amazing, and we all had a blast celebrating Nena's birthday there. Although it was a little pricey, it was totally worth it to see these beautiful boys in their element. If you ever have a chance to see a tranny show in Japan, I highly recommend it! They pull it off like no other country I've ever been to before!
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