Month: October 2013

The popularity of Halloween in Japan has exploded in the last decade! Halloween promotions, parties, and costumes - especially costumes - are everywhere in Tokyo in the weeks before the spooky holiday. The atmosphere is fun, and people put a

Yukinko is a stylish Japanese girl who we have been street snapping in Harajuku for over a year now. She is 19 years old and a student. Her unique sweater from Barrack Room features a smaller attached top. Her sheer

Here are a group of punks we ran into on the street in Harajuku. You might remember K and Mark (far left and far right) from their previous Harajuku street snaps. As far as fashion, we didn't bother with brands.

Tokyo is in the mood for Halloween! It's the last weekend before the scariest holiday of the year arrives, and that means lots of costume parties around town, special events, Halloween sales, and more. While out doing street snaps in

This is Mika, a 20 year old student we met in Harajuku. We loved her short bangs hairstyle and accessories and stopped her for some snaps. She is wearing a San-biki no Koneko pussybow blouse with a polka dot maxi

Hyde loves Halloween! The lead singer of the Japanese rock bands L'Arc-en-Ciel and VAMPS has been hosting increasing-elaborate VAMPS Halloween parties for his fans since 2008. We took snaps at the 2012 Tokyo VAMPS Halloween Party and it was so

Ayu is a friendly 23-year-old girl who we met on the street in Harajuku. Her cute hands-shaped collar is the first part of her outfit that caught our eye. Ayu is wearing a Vivienne Westwood cardigan over an I Am

Haruka is a kawaii fashion-loving girl - with twin tails and a pastel outfit - who we met in Harajuku. She is 16 and she's a student. Her sweatshirt is from the kawaii Japanese brand Milklim, and her shorts are

We often see Hirari Ikeda around Harajuku. But this time we ran into her in Shibuya, during a "Pop Icon Tokyo" event at Parco Shibuya. Hirari is a Harajuku Style Icon, a fashion model (she appears in our new Fangophilia

To say that Japanese accessory brand Fangophilia makes "custom" or "one of a kind" body jewelry is an understatement. In the words of the brand's founder Taro Hanabusa, "Fangophilia creates body extension accessories through careful molding to the individual parts