Male gals get their day in the sun

You can uncross your fingers now, pretty boys. Gal fashion is now readily available for men who like to dress in racy thongs and t-shirts with bad English on them on an entire floor of the infamous gal department store, 109-2. Hundreds of boys flocked the shops on its opening day. Hooray, now you can be a Gyaru-o, too!

I think it's great how consumerism in Japan embraces niche cultures just as much as the mainstream. Otakus and cross-dressers in America are screaming for the same avenues of legitimacy that their Japanese counterparts now have. But all they've got is Wired Magazine and the Folsom Street Fair. And MySpace.

(Full story and photo courtesy of Mainichi Daily News.)