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Meiji Stadium
Japanese college boys at a swimming pool at the Meiji Stadium, Tokyo, circa 1955. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



Woman Hugs A Chippendales Dancer
View of, from behind of a Chippendales dancer, with money stuffed in his g-string, as he hugs a woman during a performance at the Magique club, New York, New York, June 30, 1997. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images)



Leather And Fetish Enthusiasts Converge
SAN FRANCISCO - SEPTEMBER 28: An unidentified man waits to use a restroom at the 20th Annual Folsom Street Fair September 28, 2003 in San Francisco, California. The annual fair originally began as a defiant expression of leather and community in the city's South of Market Area and soon blossomed into the premier celebration for leather and fetish fans around the world. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)



TOPSHOT-EU-FRANCE-CONSTITUTION-REFERENDUM
TOPSHOT - A man wearing a G-string attempts to vote in the French referendum on the EU constitution, 29 May 2005 in Paris, in order to protest against the so-called propaganda used by the government during the campaign for a "yes" vote. A divided France began voting today on the European Union's first-ever constitution in a historic referendum crucial to future EU integration, with final opinion polls suggesting the treaty would be rejected. (Photo by OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP via Getty Images)



60 Year Old Male Stripper Wins Multiple Contests
391971 11: 60 year old Bernie Barker prepares himself July 16, 2001 to compete against other amateur strippers at Club LaBare, a North Miami Beach, FL ladies club. Five years from a Social Security check and two years after prostate surgery, he just won another amateur strip contest, competing against guys young enough to be his grandsons. He has won the last 9 of 11 weekly amateur night contests competing against anywhere from three to ten other men. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)



60 Year Old Male Stripper Wins Multiple Contests
391971 07: 60 year old Bernie Barker competes July 16, 2001 against other amateur strippers at Club LaBare, a North Miami Beach, FL ladies club. Five years from a Social Security check and two years after prostate surgery, he just won another amateur strip contest, competing against guys young enough to be his grandsons. He has won the last 9 of 11 weekly amateur night contests competing against anywhere from three to ten other men. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)



Rudi Gernreich Bathing Suits
(Original Caption) What's going on here? Well, What's on is "The Thong" by Rubi Gernreigh for Bob Cunnigham. (patent still pending). Gernreigh says the unisex swimsuit evolves from several sources: the "String", the "Mawashi", which as a loin cloth worn at sumo wrestlers, a swimming outfit used by young Austrian workers in the 1930's, and a thong sandal.



'Property Of Fred' Tattoo At The International Lesbian & Gay Freedom Day Parade
Waist-high view, from behind, of an unidentified man, wearing chaps and thong-style underwear, during the International Lesbian & Gay Freedom Day Parade, San Francisco, California, June 15, 1985. His right buttock bears a tattoo that reads "Property of Fred;' he holds a can of Diet Slice soda. (Photo by Bromberger Hoover Photography/Getty Images)



Partially Nude Couple on St.-Tropez Beach
A partially nude couple sunbathes on a St.-Tropez Beach. The man on the left wears a g-string and the woman at right is wearing bikini briefs. (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

[haenschen15.4]

Auf das erste Foto (Tokyo) hatte ich schon vor längerem hingewiesen.

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[Gthonger]

Die Strings, oder besser der Fundoshi, gehören zur langen Geschichte japanischen Unterwäschegeschichte. Früher getragen als Lendenschurz, insbesondere auf Grund des Tragekomforts. Von daher kommen vielleicht auch heute noch die kleinsten Strings aus Japan. Und nach wie vor werden diese nicht nur in Japan ohne jegliche Vorbehalte in der Gesellschaft gerne im Bad etc. getragen...
Japan ist uns bei dem Thema Lichtjahre voraus.