Sep 12 2008: 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.
Sep 04 2008: 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.
Aug 21 2008: 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.
Aug 20 2008: Summer time is yukata time in Japan. JAPANESE STREETS went out and found some trendy men and women wearing yukata in Osaka.
Aug 18 2008: 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.
Aug 18 2008: JAPANESE STREETS went onto the streets the past few weeks and shot over 100 Japanese t-shirts.
Aug 07 2008: Japan youth fashion giant Marui has announced a unique fashion contest for non-Japanese. The Grand Prize is a FREE trip to Japan for two persons.
Jul 19 2008: Colored contact lenses that alter the color of the pupils have become extremely popular among trendy Japanese the past few years as we have recorded in photo after photo. These days, some 5 million of them are sold in Japan every year.
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