I Want to be Famous
JAPANESE STREETS ran into Tokusatsu actress Noah Kirishima at Nihon Street Festa Osaka on March 20. We uploaded some nice shots of her as Gashadokuro.
Cosplay in Osaka
Nippon Street Festa Osaka, one of Osaka’s largest public cosplay events, took place on March 20. It was attended by some 200,000 people, of which more than 1,000 were actual cosplayers.
Japan Fashion Week March 2008
Japan Fashion Week started last week. More shows will be on this week and later this month. We just uploaded close to 2,000 photos of 17 runway shows.
Design Competition
Gen Art invites you to compete in Styles 2008 International Design Competition, a program for emerging fashion designers in the US.
SCOOP: Japan Pop Culture Festival
A major Japan Pop Culture Festival will be organized in Osaka this October, JAPANESE STREETS has learned today.
Marui O1O1 Internet Shopping
Great news for Japanese fashion lovers. Marui (O1O1), one of the coolest department stores in Japan, has launched an international website in English, French and Japanese.
Gothic & Lolita Bible in English
Japan’s extremely popular Gothic & Lolita Bible will be released in English in the US next year.
Autumn in Tokyo
We are shooting on the streets of Harajuku, Tokyo again this week. Autumn has finally conquered Japan and it shows in the clothes. We just uploaded over 100 photographs of this Autumn fashion.
Cute Little Devils
Japan has so many fashion magazines that you can spend weeks reading them all. Ko-akuma Ageha, launched last year October, is one of the newest ones. “Ko-akuma” means “Little Devil”…
mercibeaucoup Spring/Summer 2008
When you think of Japanese fashion, most think of multiple layering, cute patterns and innovation. This is exactly what mercibeaucoup do time and time again.
DressCamp Spring/Summer 2008
If you are a regular visitor to Japanese Streets you will know that we are big fans of Toshikazu Iwaya’s glamorous brand DressCamp.
Kino Spring/Summer 2008
Tomoe Ishikawa’s Kino label, established in 1999, prides itself on “simple and sophisticated adult elegance”.
Somarta Spring/Summer 2008
Somarta, the label begun by Issey Miyake protégé Tamae Hirokawa in 2006, has very quickly grown into an exciting and promising brand. Feted by foreign and domestic press alike the label’s latest offerings demonstrated what all the fuss is about.
N Hoolywood Spring/Summer 2008
Quite simply, Daisuke Obana’s N Hoolywood brand is the best menswear label in Japan. Their off schedule Spring/Summer 2008 show in Tokyo’s Ebisu was a triumph from start to finish.
Onitsuka Tiger x Edwin Jeans
Japanese heritage and sports fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger has teamed up with Japan-based Edwin on a jeans collaboration to be sold across Japan and in selected stores abroad.
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