Photo shoot in Tokyo
 

hello

this is a pretty exceptional news but i though posting it since you never know about potential new business...i am going to be in Tokyo, Japan from jan 6th till jan 17th so i am available for shoots over there. if interested please mail info @ gabriolinari.com

gabrio

post photos of the models you will be shooting or are available for nude shoots.

Let me know how the Yakuza feel bout it. :uhoh

dont have contacts with local models yet. im available if people have contacts there but phisically not possible to set up shoots.

i hope i wont be able to report this haha

tokyo? nice, always wanted to go there

Contact me please.

thats what i wanna know..... word on the street they run it all over there.

lets see some pics!

will be nice to see pics

Don't forget your giant plastic tentacle...

Well good luck with that.

Foreigner shows up in Tokyo, probably first time there, starts looking for girls to shoot.

It will end up one of three ways for you:

1) You are lucky, find girls and get your shoots. Yakuza may hear about it and pay you a visit. Or not.

2) You will waste your time and the girls won't dare. You may have a run in with Yakuza.

3) The Yakuza will do something horrible to you. There is a reason why you don't see western guys roaming Japan shooting the women there.

Good luck. :thumbsup

Don't expect to build many contacts... the Japanese are xenophobic as hell.

You are going with no contacts? Good luck, seriously. You may need it, keep us posted.

I have heard they have some crazy laws about pornography.. so not really sure if you have chosen the right country.. there is a reason why most of the content is censored.. :Oh crap

Saw this guy Jake Adelstein on the Daily Show.
He wrote a book about the the Yakuza
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...050902544.html

If you are in the US you can watch the episode here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-epi...ck-s-mannequin

if we don't hear from you after jan 17th, we will assume the yakuza has had a chat with you.

Seriously good luck. Be careful. Not really something you want to mess around with unless it is VERY softcore or non nude. Sounds like we are joking, but we're not.

Want a test run? Try going to almost any soapland and see if the 3 or 4 guys in black suits give you entry. :winkwink:

Aaaahh!!! Japanese Yakuza.

Mafia doesn't bother me in Canada. Wheee...

Anyone seen the movie Godfather? Classic.

there is no such thing as the mafia :winkwink:

You are going to have an interesting experience for sure...tons of hot looking girls over there. I would start researching the laws over there regarding photos. Also Tokyo would be the place to go since most of the hostess clubs are over there.

http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/04...test-av-stars/

You might want to also make some connections on myspace.com or if you had a japanese translater mixi.jp (basically myspace of japan)

I wore my glasses for 2 weeks over there in october so my wife who is japanese wont catch me checking out the girls. I did get a bunch of adult magazines...all in japanese though. there is a ton of adult companies out there. This one was popular http://www.ideapocket.com

try contacting the phone listed in the whois, they should have someone who can speak some english. http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?do...rog_id=godaddy

post if you need more adult websites that are in japan, the magazine seems to list websites with most of the layouts.

Also if your in california you should be able to find a japanese bookstore they will have adult magazines from Japan, unfortunatley right next to the kids anime magazines.

Just make sure no matter what happens to keep that boots site up. :thumbsup

after reading this topic i will cancel my flight reservations :)

ahah lol what's up with UBF?

wow this thread got popular....thanks for the head ups!

Japanese culture is one of subtlety. Nothing bad will happen to you if you try your hand at shooting porn out there. It's just that you'll never get anything off the ground. Everyone will be super nice to you. But nothing will actually happen. In the West we are used to "getting things done" when we want. But over there, one needs the consensus of many to be able to go forwards, and then only very slowly. Because Japanese hate any sort of conflict, you'll never get a difinitive Yes or No.....as that might cause conflict. The "group" is more important than the "individual". Most Westerner don't have a clue. Things work by recommendation, so without long term contacts, you will never have the possibility of putting your wants and needs to those who can make it happen.
I had a photo studio in Akasaka for over 5 years, but shooting mainly beauty, food and still-life. I got an agent (who himself had an agent!). As a very lucrative side project we ran "nude" photo classes for Japanese amateur photographers using European dancers as models. So you think, cool, I have the studio, and the models, lets make some cash. But no....you can't find any way to advertise. No magazine will touch your ad. And it's nothing to do with how much $ you offer. No, they have other Japanese studios doing the same, and you are the new boy. So no go. Luckily, through contacts in the other magazines, they were able to make the right introductions...30 peeps a day paying $600 each every second Sunday! Fun days.