This last weekend Comiket 78 was held at Tokyo Big Sight in the Odaiba area of Tokyo. Comiket is the largest self-published comic book (doujinshi manga) event on the planet, with over a half a million people attending each edition.

The annual Tokyo Gay Pride Festival took place this weekend in Shibuya. For the first time since 2007, the Tokyo Gay Pride Parade returned as part of the festivities. The Gay Pride Festival was held at the event space on

There's an interesting article in today's WWD about the spending habits of Japanese teenagers. The piece brings up several interesting points, most of them implying negative trends for the Japanese fashion industry. (Unless, that is, you happen to be a

A couple of weeks ago, we let you know about the Fuji Rock 2010 lineup. Today we've got more big music news. Summer Sonic just made their first lineup announcement. The Summer Sonic music festival - the 2010 edition of

Everyone here at TokyoFashion.com looks forward to the beginning of March. Why? Because that's when the big Japanese summer music festivals begin to announce their lineups. Summer Sonic and Fuji Rock are the two big ones, but there are others

The Japanese rock band 9mm Parabellum Bullet has announced a new single to promote their upcoming album, "Revolutionary". Instead of releasing the single on CD, it will go on sale as a limited edition USB flash drive printed with the

Design Festa, the biggest art event in all of Asia (yeah, you have to say that every time), was held again recently in Tokyo. The late October event was Design Festa #30, and the 15 year anniversary of its founding.

Walking in Shibuya near Parco right now, you will be struck by the appearance of one very famous - and very blonde - Japanese gal on numerous billboards and signs. Whose can't-be-missed face is winking at us from billboards in

What do you get when you cross one of the best known Japanese bag brands with one of the coolest sneaker shops in Tokyo - and then add a lingerie brand loved by millions of young Japanese women? A three

While walking in Harajuku recently, we noticed that the massive House of 247 Love store on Meiji Dori has closed its doors. This shop opened back in 2003 and was the flagship Tokyo store for several popular Japanese fashion brands