{"id":6881,"date":"2010-12-10T04:12:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T04:12:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-12-09T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T17:12:57","slug":"Tokyo-Hooters-Girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=6881","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Hooters Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The burgers, beer, and boobs chain opens in Japan.  Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2276982\">Paige Ferrari&#8217;s<\/a> account of Hooters&#8217; recruitment.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A week before the first Hooters restaurant opened in Tokyo late in October, five Japanese staff-in-training huddled in the bathroom to talk padding.  They debated the merits of gel inserts, classic cushioned cups, and a range of inflatable bust-boosting doodads sold at Don Quijote, a Japanese chain that is sort of a mix of fetish shop and your local grocery store. One girl whispered that modeling her artificially amplified oomph prompted her own mother to ask, &#8220;What happened?&#8221; <\/strong>Earlier that week, as part of a lesson on proper uniforming, a visiting American manager ordered recruits to &#8220;Push UP,&#8221; cupping her hands together and gesturing toward the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Americans, Hooters, with more than 460 restaurants nationwide, needs no introduction. Big burgers, cold beer, and top-heavy waitresses poured into short-shorts add up to the chain&#8217;s slogan of &#8220;delightfully tacky, yet unrefined.&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>In Japan, however, food portions are small, women&#8217;s shoulders are modestly covered, and Pamela Anderson&#8217;s breasts are not a certified national obsession. <\/strong>This makes Hooters&#8217; innuendo-heavy version of family dining an odd fit that the chain&#8217;s Japan team had to coach into reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And so a team of managers and image trainers flew to Japan from Texas, Illinois, and Georgia to transform 30 Japanese recruits and 10 Tokyo-dwelling foreigners into American-style Hooters girls. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/e\/m4sVD7RgJPQ\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/e\/m4sVD7RgJPQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I would suggest the Victoria&#8217;s Secret Wonder Bra instead of &#8220;Chicken Cutlets&#8221; as the bra makes you 2 cup sizes larger!  Needless to say, it is their best selling bra and a major hit with the men!  You&#8217;ll be sure to sell alot of beer and wings!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2276982\/?gt1=38001\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The burgers, beer, and boobs chain opens in Japan. Read Paige Ferrari&#8217;s account of Hooters&#8217; recruitment. 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