Jul 15 2009: Cropped pants have been extremely popular with women the past few years. More and more men have taken to them as well. Especially this Summer, cropped pants for men are huge. Pardon the pun, but they’re cropping up everywhere.
Jul 02 2009: Two new photographers have been shooting in Tokyo for JAPANESE STREETS recently. We just uploaded the shots of one of them, Emi Kusano.
Jul 02 2009: Last May I shot a group of 8 friends, all of them lolita fans. I wasn’t able to upload all photos because the brand information for many of them was missing. These missing shots were finally uploaded today!
Jun 30 2009: Tomorrow, Deanne Tonking and Masao Tamaoki, the founders of TokyoMade, start a weekly guest blog on JAPANESE STREETS.
Jun 30 2009: I am always on the lookout for stuff that is cool, beautiful, fun, wacky or attracts my attention in some other way. Recently I found three that just made me smile.
Jun 29 2009: We are in the middle of the Rainy Season in Japan. Umbrella time! I often use the cheap vinyl ones that you buy at convenience stores. They are cheap, but impossible to distinguish from other umbrellas. Now there is a fix!
Jun 18 2009: Edgy Japanese fashion brands Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, Black Peace Now, 6%DOKIDOKI and SOU • SOU will open boutiques at San Fransisco’s NEW PEOPLE, a new 20,000 square foot Japanese pop culture mall in the city’s Japantown, planned to open on August 15th.
Jun 17 2009: J-pop trio Girl Next Door‘s new single Infinity has a great video with brightly colored flair skirts over black petticoats. They look incredibly cute.
The second part of this two part series focuses on the people at Design Festa 8 comments
The first part of this two part series focuses on the art at Design Festa 4 comments
Dorothy Vacance—one of Tokyo’s hidden gems—is offering really cute embroidered patches featuring traditional images of Japan 0 comments
One of Tokyo’s most important fashion and design exhibitions, rooms, took place again this week. JAPANESE STREETS picked a few favorites 3 comments
Last year, Israel’s famous Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art exhibited over 100 of JAPANESE STREETS photographs 6 comments