This weekend, Spinns Harajuku hosted a special launch event for a new line of cute Japanese eyelashes called "Harajuku Doll". For those who couldn't make it to the event in Harajuku, the new eyelashes officially go on sale on Valentine's

From January 26th-28th, fashion brands from around the world and all over Japan came together at Tokyo Big Sight to show their collections at the JFW International Fashion Fair (IFF). According to the official website, the International Fashion Fair was

It's hard to believe, but two of the biggest sales of the year in Harajuku take place in the same month. We start January with Fukubukuro, then towards the end of the month we jump right back into mayhem with

The second Monday of January each year marks the Japanese holiday Seijin no Hi, known as "Coming of Age Day" in English. On this day, Japanese people who have turned 20 years old within the last year celebrate their graduation

The reality show many of you have been waiting for, Shibuhara Girls, now has an official premiere date, video trailers and, even more interestingly, each of the girls in the show's cast has been introduced and profiled. Shibuhara Girls will

It's time to experience the craziest shopping day of the year in Shibuya - and the grand finale of our 2011 Tokyo Fukubukuro and New Year's Sales coverage. Just after midnight in the early morning of January 2nd, people start

Welcome to our second Harajuku 2011 New Year's Sale (Hatsuuri) and Lucky Bag (Fukubukuro) report! In our first report, we shared Takeshita Dori Fukubukuro pictures. Now it's time to see what was going on around the rest of Harajuku! We

A new year has dawned in Tokyo, and that means it's time to go shopping! In Japan, "Hatsuuri" (the first sales of the New Year) is a great time to find everything from fashion to cosmetics to electronics to you-name-it

Happy New Year from Tokyo! 2010 is officially over, and the sure-to-be-great 2011 has begun. We celebrated New Year's Eve in Harajuku and Shibuya this year. New Year's is a huge holiday in Japan, and Shibuya and Harajuku are the

Christopher Nemeth: a designer and artist remembered In early October, Christopher Nemeth's friends, family and fans gathered in east London for a small exhibition in his honour. Tragically, the revered designer and artist had died a few weeks earlier following