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"Terrace House" is a
Japanese reality show.

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The show's "Real World"-esque premise

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puts six people-3 men, 3 women-

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in a house to see if they'll hook up.

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But the show's gimmick is even better.

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Every few scenes it switches
to a team of commentators

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who mock what we've just seen.

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It's great.

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The show's become trendy in America.

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Or at least among east coast media types,

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which is good enough for
the purposes of this video.

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But as I've been watching the show's

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"Opening New Doors" series-like
any good reality show,

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there are several versions
of "Terrace House"-

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I've been struck by the fashion.

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The people on "Terrace House" are young

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and they dress casually.

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There's a lot of streetwear.

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Supreme, Off-White, Billionaire Boys Club.

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Yuudai, the show's best villain,

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actually wears Supreme and
Off-White at the same time.

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Ami, for her birthday, gets
a pair of Vans Old Skools

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and a hoodie from the brand Milkfed,

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originally founded by
Sofia Coppola in the '90s

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and reconstituted into a
Japanese streetwear brand.

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But there's also a ton of
American sports team gear.

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Yuudai wears a Spurs Tony Parker jersey,

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Yankees gear, and a
University of Texas hoodie.

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Tsubasa, a hockey player,

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understandably wears a
ton of NHL team gear.

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The Penguins, the Blackhawks,
the Flames, and the Oilers.

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She really likes teams from Alberta,

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and teams that routinely
beat the Flyers I guess.

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But the best American sports gear

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comes from Shion, my favorite
character on the show.

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Not only does he wear
a Brooklyn Nets shirt,

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he wears a retro Oklahoma Sooners jacket.

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It's almost a Starter jacket.

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But how much sports team gear
do you actually see in Japan?

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According to W. David Marx, author of

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"Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style,"

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there's a long history of it.

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The 1976 debut of Popeye Magazine-

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the "Magazine for City
Boys" was its tagline-

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ushered in a California trend

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that made UCLA gear hot.

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The issue even contained a
shopping map of UCLA's campus.

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This trend continued and spread.

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As recently as 2003, there
were 12 standalone UCLA stores

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in East Asia according to the university.

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Marx tells me a second fashion fad,

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"Shibuya casual," brought a ton

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of American basketball team
gear into Japan in the 1980s.

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And just like in America,
Michael Jordan gear

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was hugely popular in the '90s.

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It continues today.

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On "Boys and Girls In The City,"

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a different "Terrace House" version,

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Minori wears a bootleg Bart Simpson

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as Michael Jordan shirt.

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Trendy.

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Strict U.S. sports team gear
is not incredibly popular

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in Japan, though.

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"Rustic, faded sweatshirts from colleges

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are more common at secondhand stores."

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Makes sense.

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It's a good look.

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People say that American vintage shopping

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is even better in Japan,
than it is in the States.

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I think I need to book a flight.