Getting the Boot
I remember how much fun it was to jump in puddles of rainwater with my shiny rain boots when I was a kid. That fun seemed to have somehow escaped when I grew up. Well, fun times are here again. Rain boots get trendy.
Oversized Sunglasses
Oversized sunglasses are big everywhere these days, and Japan is no exception.
Tokyo Decadance Photos
In October we covered the Tokyo Decadance Halloween party in Tokyo. We took some fun shots.
Tokyo Decadance Party
Tokyo’s celebrated underground event Tokyo Decadance is celebrating its 3rd anniversary on Sat Oct 25. Tokyo Decadance mixes cyber, goth and other subcultures to come up with something that is truly unique and authentically Tokyo.
Photos of Osaka Trends
Tokyo’s Harajuku and Shibuya are now famous worldwide, but there are still many people who don’t know that Japan has another city with cool youth culture districts. Some two and a half hours by the super speedy Bullet Train gets you in Osaka.
Murakami in Germany
The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the works of Takashi Murakami are on show at the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt, Germany. If you are nearby, this is worth a visit!
KERA Fashion Show
Last Tuesday Sep 23, KERA and Marui One organized the fourth Individual Fashion Expo, a unique one-of-a-kind event with fashion shows of lolita, EGL, punk, visual kei and related genres. JAPANESE STREETS was there to photograph the action.
Wagado
Walking into the tiny Wagado shop in Osaka’s Amerika Mura is like entering a cave made out of clothes. It is dark and there are clothes all over. On the walls, hanging from racks, and even hanging from the ceiling.
Visual Kei Paradise
The fourth INDIVIDUAL FASHION EXPO IV will be held on Tuesday, September 23. This event features fashion shows by major visual kei, gothic lolita, goth and other brands, as well as live performances by Plastic Tree, jealkb and Wakeshima Kanon (文島花音). Open to all!
Hurry to Win Japan Trip!
The deadline for the Marui fashion contest for non-Japanese is on Sep 15. Hurry to win a FREE trip to Japan for two persons!
Harajuku Fashion
Last week we spent three full days shooting in Harajuku and found quite a few people we liked. It may have been way too hot for real Harajuku fashion. But we did find a huge range of trends, from Spank! to Gothic to “ethnic”, and lots more.
Spring Summer Shows
The Japan Fashion Week is in full swing in Tokyo this week, and JAPANESE STREETS is there to capture quite a few of the shows for Spring/Summer 2009.
Visual Kei Fashion
Early August, the disbanded visual kei band Phantasmagoria gave a surprise one-time-only concert at Amerika Mura in Osaka. We photographed some of their fans.
Yukata Special
Summer time is yukata time in Japan. JAPANESE STREETS went out and found some trendy men and women wearing yukata in Osaka.
Beach Fashion
Although the Japanese o-Bon vacation has finished, it is still very much Summer in Japan with high temperatures driving people to the beaches. JAPANESE STREETS checks out beach fashion this week.
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