JAPANESE STREETS: Japanese street fashion, street culture and catwalk fashion. Follow the fashion trends of Japan's trendy youths

Hair – Shink – JPY 2,000

Hair Accessory – N/A – N/A

Dress – Ethnocic (shop) – JPY 3,000

Pouch (orange) – N/A – JPY 1,500 | Pouch (pink) – titicaca – JPY 840

Shoes – Vans – JPY 2,000

Dress – Ethnocic (shop) – JPY 3,800

Listening to Toe: Goodbye

See all the people we photographed at the Bunka Fashion College Bunkasai 2012 (Culture Festival)

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:

This is such a cool outfit. I love the colors and textures together and that hair clip is SO neat! Just curious, I’ve noticed there are a lot of signs and advertisements I’ve seen in these pictures that aren’t in Japanese characters. Do a lot of the Japanese understand the characters that a lot of other languages use? Like the “bunka” in the background?

Whitney
Nov 28, 2012 (4029 days ago)

@Whitney: I shot Misu at this year’s Bunkasai (Culture Festival) at Bunka Fashion College, therefore the word Bunka at the stage in the back. Japanese learn the alphabet at elementary school and have no trouble reading it. Many don’t really process words written in the alphabet though, just like you and I don’t notice every single tree. You know there’s a tree, but unless it really stands out you don’t notice its specific shape. ^_-

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Nov 28, 2012 (4028 days ago)

Ahh, I see. That’s very interesting. I wish we were taught things like that in elementary in the states :/ I wanna go to Japaaaaan!

Whitney
Dec 1, 2012 (4026 days ago)

She reminds me a bit of mori girls… I love how comfortable this outfil looks <3

Maria
Dec 1, 2012 (4025 days ago)

@Maria: Now you mention it… I hadn’t really noticed; don’t see many, if any, Mori Girls, anymore these days.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Dec 2, 2012 (4025 days ago)

@KD: yeah I know… I miss them :/
I hadn’t notice her hair accesory! Looks kinda peruvian, so cute n_n

Maria
Dec 2, 2012 (4025 days ago)

@Maria: It probably is Peruvian.

Kjeld Duits (photographer)
Dec 2, 2012 (4024 days ago)