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The second Monday of each new year is Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi) in Japan. This holiday is a celebration of Japanese young people who are making the transition from childhood/adolescence into adulthood. Young men and women who

Spinns is one of the most popular stores in Harajuku nowadays. Located next door to international fast-fashion juggernaut Forever 21 (and not far from other Harajuku landmarks including LaForet, H&M, and Takeshita Dori), the flagship shop of this Japanese fashion

New Year's Day is Fukubukuro sales time in Tokyo. That means shopping districts around the city are packed with people hoping for a chance to score a lucky bag from their favorite brand or store. From the glitz of Ginza

It's the start of a new year. This means many things to many people, but to those of us in Tokyo it means one thing above all else - Fukubukuro! In the Japanese Fukubukuro (literally "lucky bag") tradition, the first

Harajuku style trends move quickly. Faces change, shops and brands come and go. It's difficult to stop time and declare what matters the most. Even so, as the New Year kicks off we thought we'd take a quick look back

Another year has come and gone. The traditional way to celebrate New Year's Eve in Japan is to return to your hometown and spend time with family, visit a shrine (hatsumode), or enjoy a quiet evening watching Kohaku on television

Christmas is a wonderful time of year - full of friendship and family, showing appreciation to your loved ones, and a chance to reflect on the year that's soon to end. It's also something else, though - an excuse to

Merry Christmas from Tokyo and welcome to our third holiday photo walk of 2012! This walk follows our walks around Aoyama & Omotesando and Takeshita Dori in Harajuku. Even though we covered part of Harajuku in the second walk, there

Christmas is very near, so we're posting Tokyo Christmas pictures as fast as we can! In this second installment of our annual Tokyo holiday photo walks, we'll be hitting Harajuku. Harajuku is too big for us to post it all

Christmas is only days away, and that means that Tokyo is buzzing with holiday cheer. Even though New Years is the big-big holiday in Japan, Christmas is a major event as well. Most of the shops have some kind of