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Harajuku, Tokyo, peek-a-boo, HAND, KNIT, TOKYO BOPPER, Disney, ALTER EGO

Thursday April 5, 2012

Ayako

harajuku, tokyo
SPRING 2012, girls
Kjeld Duits

STUDENT, 18

Sweater – HAND-KNIT
Shorts – N/A
Shoes – TOKYO BOPPER

naka_ayaka @ twitter

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Hair – peek-a-boo – JPY 8,000 | Scarf – N/A – JPY 1,000

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Scarf – N/A – JPY 1,000 | Sweater – HAND-KNIT – JPY 1,000 | Shorts – N/A – JPY 2,000

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Sweater – HAND-KNIT – JPY 1,000 | Bag – Disney – N/A

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Scarf – N/A – JPY 1,000

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Bracelet – ALTER EGO – JPY 4,000 | Phone – Willcom – N/A | Shoes – TOKYO BOPPER – JPY 25,000

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About the Photographer

Inspired by the stunningly creative street fashion that exploded on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka in the late 1990’s, photo-journalist Kjeld Duits launched JAPANESE STREETS in 2002. This makes JS one of the first fashion blogs on the net, and the very first to cover Japanese street fashion.

Recent photos by Kjeld Duits:

Comment （日本語もOK）

Very cool, I love her use of color, and the scrunched tights are really interesting!

Lactose Intoler-Art
Apr 6, 2012 (2023 days ago)

I love this so much! That sweater is amazing!I love it.And those tights….I just really love this outfit :)

Safiya
Apr 6, 2012 (2023 days ago)

I dont know why, but I find those tights really cool and interesting. I would love to buy some!

Lily
Apr 6, 2012 (2022 days ago)

@Lactose Intoler-Art, Safiya, Lily: Those tights are arresting. They are not tight at all. Maybe they should be called untights or sloppies. ^_-

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Apr 6, 2012 (2022 days ago)

Wow, totally TOKYO style! 本当の東京のスタイルだ！！

Martin
Apr 6, 2012 (2022 days ago)

And she knitted that HERSELF! Man, so great! Stardet knitting a scarf and that took me long enough.. So great..

Nyurah
Apr 6, 2012 (2022 days ago)

@Nyurah: Actually, HAND-KNIT is the name of the brand. When I checked the label I immediately realized that the name would cause misunderstandings. When something is made by the person him or herself we introduce it with (self) or similar explanations. It will always be in lower case and in parentheses.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Apr 6, 2012 (2022 days ago)

Love this beautiful and unique style!!! I feel like I wanna go there and steal all the clothes from you :) Sry :)

Mary
Apr 6, 2012 (2022 days ago)

Those shoes are awesomeeee * _ *
I wonder if she likes kpop, her hair color is like Minzy’s, from 2NE1 <33

Maria
Apr 7, 2012 (2021 days ago)

@Maria: I just asked Ayako if she is interested in K-Pop. She says she is, but that she knows very little about it. She doesn’t speak English and hasn’t figured out yet how to use the JS comments on her mobile phone.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Apr 8, 2012 (2020 days ago)

@KD: Oh…I see. Well, even knowing very little, she has a kpop-like hairstyle hehe ^^

Maria
Apr 8, 2012 (2020 days ago)

I think more people should comment on this site in Japanese though! Haha. “日本語もOKでしょう“　（笑）

Lactose Intoler-Art
Apr 9, 2012 (2020 days ago)

@Lactose Intoler-Art: yeah! I think so too… maybe they see so many comments in English that they feel demotivated :/
Should we starting commenting in Japanese?! XD

Maria
Apr 9, 2012 (2020 days ago)

@Lactose Intoler-Art & Maria: YES. I am trying hard to get more Japanese people to comment and tell them that even commenting in Japanese is OK. I think many are still intimidated by the English. Although Japanese comments are fine, it is important that JS remains mostly an English site, though. ^^

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Apr 9, 2012 (2019 days ago)

I agree, I think one of the things that has made this site so great from an early point is that English speakers could connect easily. But I also agree that more Japanese would be great too, especially since some Japanese people may feel much more comfortable typing in their own first language.

Lactose Intoler-Art
Apr 10, 2012 (2018 days ago)

I will make comments in Japanese from now on. Since I’ll write based on whay I’ve learned, it’ll be only simple comments like “cute” and “I like her skirt” lol ^^U

Maria
Apr 10, 2012 (2018 days ago)

@Maria: I will do the same thing. Also my knwoledge somehow ends at “cute”…^^

Nyurah
Apr 11, 2012 (2018 days ago)

@Lactose Intoler-Art, Maria & Nyurah: Thanks. That’s a good initiative. I like the idea of JS becoming bilingual, especially if that helps to pull in more Japanese commenters.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Apr 12, 2012 (2016 days ago)

I imagine the brand HAND-KNIT doesn’t really have hand knitted stuff. If they do, I don’t think that sweater would really cost Y1000 (unless it’s extreme clearance or something).