Dec 02 2008: The Tokyo 135˚ shop is hidden away on the second floor in a small building on a back street of Harajuku. If you don’t know it is there, you’ll most probably never find it. You’d miss out on Harajuku’s best modern kimono shop.
Dec 01 2008: 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.
Dec 01 2008: Oversized sunglasses are big everywhere these days, and Japan is no exception.
Dec 01 2008: In October we covered the Tokyo Decadance Halloween party in Tokyo. We took some fun shots.
Oct 13 2008: 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.
Oct 09 2008: 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.
Oct 05 2008: 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!
Sep 27 2008: 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.
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