Japanese fashion designer Shohei Kato got his start on the streets of Tokyo's famous Harajuku neighborhood. Since graduating from Bunka Fashion College in 2014, the young designer has been focused on building his popular-on-the-streets-of-Tokyo fashion brand HEIHEI. HEIHEI just released

Michiko Koshino is a legend in the Japanese fashion world. She grew up in a family which made kimono for generations. In the 1934, her mother Ayako broke with tradition and opened her own dressmaking shop. Michiko and her two

We meet many fashion college students while shooting street fashion in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood. The most ambitious of these young Japanese designers launch their own independent brands, often while still in school. It's fascinating to watch these creative people at

Buccal Cone - the independent fashion brand founded by young Japanese designer Takeru Niimi - has been popular with the edgiest kids in Tokyo's street fashion scene since its launch two years ago. The brand's just-announced 2016 S/S collection -

Halloween has blown up huge in Japan in the past few years. A researcher with Mitsubishi UFJ told the Associated Press that there were expected to be 20,000,000 Japanese Halloween revelers in 2015 spending a total of over US$300,000 on

Halloween starts early in Japan! October 31st is the biggest celebration, but as soon as Tokyo Disneyland kicks off their Halloween festivities around the beginning of October, you begin to see people in Halloween costumes around the streets of central

Decora is one of the Japanese fashion subcultures that helped to make Harajuku famous around the world back in the 1990s. While decora isn't as popular as it once was, there is still a core group of cheerful Harajuku kids

Grimoire is one of the most influential vintage/antique boutiques in the Japanese street fashion scene. Vintage fashion-loving young women from all over Japan look to Grimoire for style inspiration. The unique fairy tale-inspired vision of director Hitomi Nomura sets Grimoire

Tokyo's famous Harajuku neighborhood is getting a new landmark - the Kawaii Monster Cafe! The Kawaii Monster Cafe - opening on August 1, 2015 - aims to capture the spirit that made Harajuku the most famous street fashion neighborhood in

Itazura, Wagado, Nesin, Zzz...Tokyo, and Bedroom are a family of underground fashion boutiques located in the Koenji and Harajuku neighborhoods of Tokyo. They are all diffferent, but each of the shops feature unique original fashion and remake items, often influenced