Tag: fashion

This month, the 32nd edition of Design Festa was held at Tokyo Big Sight. Design Festa is billed as the largest art event in Asia, with over 7,000 artists from all over the world attending. The 2,500+ booths on display

A hidden alleyway in the middle of Shibuya nestled between a street crammed with cafes and the Loft building. It's dark and a little eerie, but about halfway down you'll see a neon sign with the word "Candy" scrawled on

The real Harajuku Girls - and Shibuya Girls - are coming to MTV! And this time, it won't be in a music video. MTV International has announced a new reality series called "Shibuhara Girls" - their first ever reality TV

Shibuya, once famous for its dizzying array of subcultures such as backstreet b-boys, super-tanned ganguro and gaudy gyaru and gyaruo, has been going through something of a face lift. Fast fashion giants H&M and Uniqlo, and sportswear brands such as

What do you get when you mix cute 1980s characters with cute fashion and cute girls from the Japanese fashion brand 6%DOKIDOKI? You get a fuzzy pink bedroom full of so much cuteness that it must be seen to be

This weekend is a big weekend in Harajuku - the LaForet Grand Bazar is on! Held twice a year (in January and July), this is the biggest sale in all of Harajuku. The streets between Harajuku Station and LaForet are

Today - Monday, January 11, 2010 - is Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi) in Tokyo. That means that walking in Harajuku you're likely to see quite a few 20-year-old Japanese girls dressed up in furisode Kimono on their

Christmas is only hours away! That means we must hurry up and post the rest of our Tokyo Christmas 2009 photo walks. We still have to cover Omotesando and Aoyama to complete the neighborhoods around Harajuku. Looks like won't finish

Design Festa, the biggest art event in all of Asia (yeah, you have to say that every time), was held again recently in Tokyo. The late October event was Design Festa #30, and the 15 year anniversary of its founding.

This awesome trio of Japanese punk rockers posed for our photo on Cat Street in Harajuku. Their fashion is like a smorgasbord of punk style. Take a look at the shoes as an example: Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers? Check. Creepers?