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We will take you on a brief tour behind the scenes of the latest Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo and show you what usually only staff and media members get to see. The empty chairs, the photographers and visitors waiting for shows to start, the designers giving interviews.

After each show, the designers meet the press in front of the hall and leisurely answer any questions. It is a very easy-going atmosphere where each journalist gets the chance to ask as many questions as she likes.

everlasting sprout designer Keiichi Muramatsu surrounded by the press (#111017-5151). See his show.

Designers Steven Hall and Yurika Ohara of IN-PROCESS BY HALL OHARA talk with the press (#111018-8278). See their show.

Japanese designer Junya Tashiro answers the press (#111021-1258). See his show.

Photographers waiting to be allowed into a hall (#111018-7620)

A tired photographer and journalists waiting for a show to start (#s 111018-7633 and 111019-8915)

Photographers packed together (#111018-7642)

Photographers waiting for the MOLFIC show to start (#111021-1286)

International Fashion Correspondent Evan ‘Czar who writes for Vogue Brazil (#111022-3159)

Bloggers Suzy Lau of StyleBubble and Danny and David Roberts of Igor + André (front row right; #111020-0389)

Bloggers Danny and David Roberts of the blog Igor + André (#111021-0791)

Bloggers Danny and David Roberts of the blog Igor + André show their work to fashion blogger Suzy Lau (#111022-3172)

Fashion Essayist Françoise Moréchand (with hat) sitting next to fashion blogger Suzy Lau (in green; #s 111021-1275 and 111021-1290)

Suzy Lau (left) of StyleBubble and Misha of Fashion Tubuyaki (#111018-7612).

Misha of Fashion Tubuyaki (#111020-0607)

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Waiting for a fashion show to start… (#111021-1533)

A staff member rushes before the start of a fashion show (#111021-1540)

Staff members confer before the start of a fashion show (#111021-1541)

A staff member guides a visitor to a seat (#111021-1544)

A shy staff member of the espresso booth (#111022-3907)

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Japan Fashion Week Organization Senior Director Kenji Yamazaki (#111022-3975)

Backstage staff members during a show (#111022-3981)

A staff member at a booth (#111022-3926)

Visitors leave the IN-PROCESS BY HALL OHARA show (#111018-8263)

Visitors leaving the Yoshio Kubo show (#111019-8911)

Flowers and smiles (#s 111021-1250 and 111021-1264)

Visitor at the Junya Tashiro show (#111021-1265)

A visitor at the Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo takes a photo of the photographers (#111021-0788)

Visitors looking for a place to sit (#111021-1537)

Waiting is a very big part of attending fashion shows. It takes a long time to show many hundreds of people into a hall, and shows often also start at least 20-30 minutes late. Here is a series of photos showing visitors waiting. Some take it well, others yawn, still others fall asleep…

People waiting for the mastermind show (#111022-3920)

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(#s 111021-0787 and 111021-0792)

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A band plays at the Yoshio Kubo show (#111019-8685)

Espresso bar at the Japan Fashion Week Media Lounge (#111017-5728)

Information Counter for the Press (#111017-5730)

Advertising Poster for the Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo (#111017-5731)

Visitors at the Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo watch a Mercedes Benz. The company is a major sponsor (#111018-7629)

Support for Japanese tsunami victims of March 11 (#111022-3925)

A booth with merchandise at Tokyo Midtown, since several years the main location for the Fashion Week in Tokyo (#111022-3927)

Chairs waiting for visitors to arrive (#111021-1529)

JAPANESE STREETS staff member Anzu walks into the spotlight while leaving a show (#111019-8669)

Anzu at a fashion show (#111022-3166)

Anzu inputting data at the media lounge (#111017-0496)

See all the photos of the backstage look at the Junya Tashiro show