Goodbye yamamba and those Gothic freakish looking Harajuku girls. The word that’s causing a fizzle and sweeping J-land at mo is agejo. One can describe it as a kinda tribe of young women seen as having pale skin, large dewy eyes and loud long Barbie-type hairdos. You’ll see them around Shibuya and Shinjuku at lot. These type of gals existed already since I’ve been here in 2005, just look at the bio of Ayumi Hamazaki and were popularised and dubbed today by model agencies, fashion magazines and nightclubs. Most will immediately label them as hostesses, which men find erotic and pretty and who wouldn’t, right? In fact, you’ll find agejo falls between the professionals and amateurs and some may be a student that goes to a uni who works as a hostess at night to pay her tuition.
Although all these may sound derogatory, the word, believe me, is classified favourable here especially to teens and fashion-minded women.
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