Tag: Onii-Kei

Summer festival (AKA natsu matsuri) season is just around the corner in Japan, which means lots of fireworks, bon-odori dancing, and drinking in the streets. The heat is already on retailers to supply the appropriate clothing for these time-honored traditions.

It's the Golden Week holiday in Japan; meaning lots of people are traveling here and there, big movies are being released in the theaters, and of course, sales galore are happening both in retail shops and on the web. Knuckle-store

The male dandies of the Shibuya-based onii-kei ("big brother") fashion scene are known for being many things: narcissistic, preening, and girl-crazy to a fault, to name a few. But the tragic and catastrophic events of the Great Tohoku Earthquake have

These three charismatic Japanese guys were hanging-out near Shibuya Station when we photographed them. They are all supporting hairstyles that we see often in Shibuya. The guy on the left is wearing a khaki jacket with three red stripes on

This cute Japanese couple - she's 17 and he's 19 - were photographed on the street in Harajuku. The guy in glasses has a gyaru-o hairstyle and he told us that Shibuya 109-2 was his favorite place to shop. He's

Since the 1980s, Tokyo has been the focal point of almost every new fashion and cultural trend to develop in Japan. As the world’s largest city, Tokyo’s dozens of unique districts and neighborhoods have been home to some of the