Music: DJ

Emmanuelle is a Tokyo-based software engineer, DJ, and model who we met on the street in Harajuku. She is wearing leather shoulder armor by Una Burke over a UN3D. sheer top with a corset, a ruffle skirt by Japanese designer

Part of being the fashion capital of Japan means that Tokyo is home to Japan's top fashion colleges. To kick off the summer season here, underground Tokyo boutiques Itazura/Wagado/Nesin produced a party just for students of Bunka Fashion College, Mode

Ryu-P and Shu-P are two DJs we recently ran into in Harajuku. They were both wearing their caps backwards, had blonde hair, face masks and chain necklaces. Shu-P is 21 and he's pictured to the left. His trench coat was

The Harajuku-themed "MEtA x Heavy Pop" party took place in Tokyo this week. Organized by the Japanese photographer Ray Ochiai, Heavy Pop parties feature kids from the streets of Harajuku DJing their favorite music - along with lots of Harajuku

The 7th edition of Ray Ochiai's Harajuku street culture party "Heavy Pop" was held in Tokyo last week. The party featured musicians, artists, and performers including Raveman, Broken Doll, Bazookistan, Junnyan, Bloodolly, M&T from OVER ZERO, Die Schwarze Frau, rxsxhxc

What's a Harajuku kid who really loves Halloween to do after October 31st has come and gone? How about throwing a Halloween-themed post-Halloween? That's exactly what Ray Ochiai - the mad genius behind the Heavy Pop parties - did last

24-year-old Rieko works for the popular Japanese fashion brand Jouetie. Her trendy outfit caught our eye, and we stopped her for a few street snaps. Rieko is wearing a resale khaki bomber jacket with birds printed on the back. Underneath,

AvantGarde isn't only the most popular legwear shop in Harajuku - it's also a gathering spot for some of the most creative (and well-known) names in Tokyo's street fashion scene. So when AvantGarde Harajuku announced they were throwing a combination

Here's Aris Mukaide, a 21-year-old Japanese model and DJ. Aris (who sometimes writes her name as "Arisa", but it could also be translated as "Alice") is striking and quite tall at 170cm. Her look caught our attention right away when

"Heavy Pop" is the name given to a series of parties in Tokyo that focus on kawaii Japanese fashion, music, art, performance, and fun. The core of the Heavy Pop parties is the DJ booth, where personalities from the Harajuku