Month: June 2012

It's Juria time! Juria Nakagawa is a lavender-haired 17-year-old Japanese high school student, a shop staff at AvantGarde Harajuku, and one of the most visible young faces in the Harajuku street fashion scene. To say that Juria is "everywhere" right

This girl with long blonde hair and retro glasses is a 23-year-old student named Tsumire. She's wearing a red velvet robe that she bought in Shibuya with a black blouse, short black skirt and pink lace ruffled corset. Polka dot

Here's a stylish girl with a cute short blue-tinted hairstyle who we met in Harajuku. Besides looking cool, she was really nice. Her outfit features a vintage shirt which has been converted into a beaded fringe crop top (not a

This cute girl with skeleton tights is Hanaen, a 23-year-old who works in sales. Her outfit includes a long t-shirt with a cosmic theme from Romantic Standard worn with a pair of cutoff shorts from a used clothing store. She's

Here's a cute red-haired Japanese girl named Nonoku who we ran into on the street in Harajuku. Nonoku is 18 years old. Her outfit includes a vintage "The Who" band t-shirt from New York Joe over a yellow half-sleeve top,

The season has changed and we're seeing more girls in shorts on the streets of Harajuku. This cute girl with a short blonde bob is Konomi. She didn’t tell us where she bought her outfit, but we like her combination

Here's a fun girl with amazing gravity-defying braids who we met in front of LaForet Harajuku. Her braids reminded us of the famous Swedish character Pippi Longstocking, although they could be inspired by a more recent kawaii "character", Kyary Pamyu

Here are two Harajuku girls wearing some cool denim pieces. The girl on the left with striking blue lenses, a tattoo and a face stud (she didn't tell us her name) is wearing patched skinny jeans and a white top,

Rune Naito was a Japanese artist and illustrator who was active from the 1950s through the 1970s. He is credited with being one the originators of modern "kawaii" culture. Naito died in 2007, but his influence lives on in Japan

Here's a colorfully dressed girl we snapped in front of LaForet Harajuku. Her beautiful purple-streaked bob hairstyle caught our attention right away. She's wearing a long knit sweater striped in pastel colors, a pink and white sheer top, white lace