Month: May 2012

Here are two stylish 16-year-old Japanese girls who we are always happy to see around Harajuku - Juria and Mayupu! On the left with pink hair is Juria Nakagawa, a fast-rising personality in the Harajuku street fashion scene. Juria is

Nana's vintage style lace blouse and leopard print jacket caught our eye in Harajuku and we knew we had to get some pictures. The 21-year-old beautician's jacket and blouse are from Sly and her long chiffon skirt is from Spinns.

The 3rd Heavy Pop party in Tokyo took place during Golden Week 2012. We've already published our massive photo and video report on Heavy Pop - complete with coverage of the DJs, performers, indie fashion brands, artists, and other awesome

"Heavy Pop" is the name of a series of parties produced by Japanese photographer Ray Ochiai. Heavy Pop's main draw is that personalities from the Tokyo street fashion scene are invited to DJ. If you've ever wondered what the fashionable

Here's Amo, a 24-year-old student with a stylish short hairstyle who we met in Harajuku. Amo is wearing a blue sequin jacket over a sheer & leopard print top (with an image of an actual leopard), blue skinny pants, pink

Here's a stylish and friendly 17-year-old Japanese girl with bright red hair who we are always happy to see in Harajuku - it's Lisa! Lisa is a high school student, a guitar player, and an active user of both Twitter

This cute girl is Akari, a 21-year-old student who's a fan of Beams Boy (it's where she got her entire outfit). She's wearing a checked blazer, eyelet maxi skirt and a straw boater hat. She's also carrying a Chico backpack

It would be hard to imagine a modern celebrity who has done more to promote Japanese fashion around the world than Lady Gaga. With help from her stylist Nicola Formichetti (himself half-Japanese), Gaga's bleeding-edge wardrobe choices have launched one Japanese

Kazhelin is a 19-year-old student that we photographed in Harajuku. He's wearing a sweatshirt with teddy bear sleeves from Futatsukuri with a white shirt and wide pants from Tricot Comme des Garcons. He's also wearing suede shoes with blue ribbon

Here are Kazuya and KKK, two cool students that we photographed in Harajuku. On the right is Kazuya, who's 16 years old. He's wearing a hoodie, jacket and vest from Cosmic Wonder with a tie dyed shirt and matching shorts