Juliana's

Juliana's, also known as Juliana's Tokyo (ジュリアナ東京), was a Japanese discothèque in that operated in Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo^[1] in the early 1990s. It was famous for its dance platforms, on which office ladies dressed in "bodycon" (abbr. (wasei-eigo): "body conscious" (ボディコン, bodikon, "sexually flattering clothing")^[2][3]) clubwear would congregate, as amateur go-go dancers (professionals were also employed).^[4] The club was produced by Masahiro Origuchi^[5][6] for the British leisure services group Wembley PLC, and Nissho Iwai Corporation, the Japanese general trading company (now part of Sojitz).^[7]

The club "Disco Queen" in chapters 18, 19, and 21 of the rugby manga No Side^[8] by Ikeda Fumiharu (池田文春)^[9] is a reference to Juliana's, down to the white feather fans used by the dancers.^[10]

See also

• Herve Leger—the fashion house founded by the creator of the body-con dress

Notes

1. ↑ Brand, Tokyo Night City, p. 34.
2. ↑ Jim Breen's WWWJDIC, ボディコン.
3. ↑ Chaplin, Sarah. Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History. Routledge contemporary Japan series, 15. London: Routledge, 2007, p. 135. ISBN 978-0-415-41585-9, ISBN 978-0-203-96242-8.
4. ↑ Schilling, Mark (1997). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. Weatherhill. pp. 76–78. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1. 
5. ↑ Kawakami, "Survivors: two approaches to survival in Japan's unkind economy".
6. ↑ Trends in Japan, "Disco Icon Sets Out To Conquer Nursing Care".
7. ↑ Schilling, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture, p.77.
8. ↑ ノーサイド (No Side, ("Nō Saido")) volume 3, pp. 32–3, 35, 66–68, 111–123. ISBN 4-08-875070-5.
9. ↑ PRISMS: The Ultimate Manga Guide, No Side. Accessed 10 August 2008.
10. ↑ Fujino, Chiya. "Her Room". In Ozeki, Ruth, and Cathy Layne. Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women; with a foreword by Ruth Ozeki; compiled by Cathy Layne, p. 144. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 4-7700-3006-1. Accessed 10 August 2008.

References

• Associated Press. "Juliana's craze ceases", September 1, 1994. Accessed 10 August 2008.
• Brand, Jude. Tokyo Night City. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1993. ISBN 0-8048-1896-7.
• Kawakami, Sumie. "Survivors: two approaches to survival in Japan's unkind economy: meet the fighter and the surfer - H.I.S. president Hideo Sawada and Goodwill Group CEO Masahiro Origuchi". Japan, Inc., December 2002. Accessed 10 August 2008.
• Schilling, Mark. "Juliana's" in The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. New York: Weatherhill, 1997. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1.
• Sterngold, James. "A Night on the Town in Tokyo". The New York Times, October 18, 1992. Accessed 10 August 2008.
• Trends in Japan. "Disco Icon Sets Out To Conquer Nursing Care: Former Club Producer Ventures Into New Territory", June 30, 2000. Accessed 10 August 2008.

Coordinates: 35°38′47″N 139°45′12″E / 35.64639°N 139.75333°E / 35.64639; 139.75333