I uploaded those pix with private setting. Only I can see them. First time shown on the net.
If here people are more receptive to men wearing less fabric undergarment/swimwear similar to the Japanese, I would just have different pattern cloths and wrap around wearing it at the beach. Instead of having a whole drawer of swimsuit collection.

NJH, I remember seeing a mood photo of you in a thong, you were much younger then and it was a very artistic picture. Thanks for the memory.

The fundoshi is a thong loincloth, the Japanese seem to have no objections to male buttocks being on show. To sumo wrestlers the loin cloth is just their fighting and training uniform. The West have become oversensive in this area.

This ?
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/79/267...ca90f6b7_m.jpg

Yes this is the photo that I remember, I thought that I had responded, but maybe it didn't save.
Really nice nice photo, thanks.

I was young and wanted to be model actor.
It was done by pro photographer, during a model portfolio(contact card)shoot.

Thanks!

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Purple fundoshi (rather confusing pic. with a mysterious pink ribbon) for Louis as he doesn't like white ones:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md...tlmwo1_500.jpg

nsfw
 

Yuk...urk,,, Looking At A Thing Like That Makes Me Puke, Lol.

cultural traditions
 

:D Steady on Louis ! - you must have been reading Mrs Grundy recently

Don't compare the fundoshi with the modern swim brief, it cannot compete with synthetic stretch fabrics and elastic.
It is better to compare it to Aunt Mable's drawers and bloomers from the Victorian era, the type of thing Mrs Grundy would approve of.

Compared to the one piece, full body, knitted wool swimsuits that people swam in up to the First World War, the fundoshi is a simple, elegant and efficient piece of swimwear.