Brands: D.I.A.

Mika is a friendly Japanese kuro gyaru we met on the street in Harajuku. Mika is wearing a top by the Japanese gyaru brand D.I.A. with DIA short shorts, a DIA belt, and Flag-J platform heels. Accessories - including her

Bazookistan, Minori, and Elizabeth are three members of Japan's shironuri subculture who are well-known around Harajuku. We were lucky to run into the three of them in Harajuku while they were hanging out together. Elizabeth, on the right, is an

We met this cool guy and girl in Harajuku and they were nice enough to stop for a few quick street snaps. This is what we learned: Yusuke - on the right - is self-employed. He's wearing a white shirt

Suuchama and Rumanjyu are two striking Japanese models who we met in Harajuku. You might remember Rumanjyu from our previous street snaps of her. Suuchama is the one with brown hair and a bow headband. She's 22 and she keeps

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

Here is Suzu, a kuro gyaru from the Japanese gyaru unit Black Diamond. We snapped Suzu on the street in Shibuya. All of the items in Suzu's outfit are from the brands d.i.a. and Thirteen Japan (XIII) - including her

Here is Yukahime, a friendly member of the kuro gyaru unit Black Diamond who we snapped in Shibuya. Yukahime's outfit - which she told us all came from the Japanese brand d.i.a. - includes a skinny black jacket over an

Meet Yui, another proud gyaru mama from Japan's kuro gyaru unit Black Diamond. When we met Yui in Shibuya, she told us that her entire outfit - which features a cross top with matching arm warmers, white short shorts, and

Here's Sachiko, a proud gyaru mama and a member of the Japanese kuro gyaru unit Black Diamond. We snapped Sachiko in the gyaru capitol of the world, Shibuya. Sachiko told us her outfit - which features a leopard and black

Japan's reputation as the street fashion capitol of the world can be traced directly to two specific Tokyo neighborhoods - Harajuku and Shibuya. Harajuku's "kawaii" fashion scene has experienced a major boom recently as a result of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's