Pac-Man T-shirts Project at UT Harajuku
UT Harajuku has launched a special artist collaboration project to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the legendary Japanese video game Pac-Man. The special project brings together Uniqlo, Namco/Bandai,...
View ArticleKaty Perry x H&M Harajuku x DAA
H&M Harajuku is currently collaborating with American singer Katy Perry and other bands, artists, and fashion designers as part of the DAA project. DAA stands for Designers Against AIDS and all of...
View ArticleDicokick Harajuku Bows Out – Cat Street Boutique Closes
Sad news from Harajuku: Dicokick – the quirky accessories shop located on Cat Street – will close its doors on Sunday, July 24th. When the Dicokick boutique first opened in April 2009, we were so...
View ArticleHarajuku Christmas Pictures 2011 – Takeshita Dori, Cat Street, LaForet & More!
Christmas is almost here! That means it’s time for our annual – and always late – Tokyo Holiday Pictures! This year, because of all of the cool X-mas events we covered (like the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu...
View ArticleHyper Core Harajuku – Punk-inspired Japanese Fashion & Art
There are many cool indie shops and fashion brands that exist only in Harajuku. These are the stores that give Harajuku its personality by catering mostly to the adventurous Japanese kids you see in...
View ArticleTokyo Bopper – Creative Harajuku Footwear Since 1991
Harajuku is known around the world for its ever-changing street fashion. Trends come and go week to week. What’s new is suddenly old. What’s next is always what’s important. While many Harajuku shops...
View ArticleMoshi Moshi Kawaii Harajuku – Cute Souvenirs, Japanese Fashion & Characters...
Yasumasa “Yone” Yonehara is one of the most well-known fashion photographers in all of Japan. Over the last two decades, he has also served as the editor for several influential Japanese fashion...
View ArticleAvantgarde Harajuku – A Peek Inside the Uber-Popular Tokyo Legwear Boutique
Avantgarde Harajuku is the most influential legwear boutique in the Tokyo street fashion scene today. You can’t walk down the street in Harajuku, attend a youth-centric Tokyo fashion party, or browse a...
View ArticleSOL & BeBe SOL Harajuku – Kawaii Handmade Goods, Vintage & Remake Fashion...
SOL & BeBe SOL is one of those quirky hidden boutiques which have made the backstreets of Harajuku famous. Its location on a side street (just off of the famous Cat Street) and relatively chill...
View ArticleHarajuku Lolita Experience by Maison de Julietta in Video & Pictures
Harajuku was the birthplace of Lolita fashion in the 1970s. Though specific styles have changed in the years since, Lolita remains a popular movement on the streets of Harajuku – and beyond. Watching...
View Article6%DOKIDOKI “Beyond the Kawaii” Evolution & Harajuku Shop Renewal
For nineteen years, Harajuku’s iconic 6%DOKIDOKI boutique has been a key player in the spread of “kawaii” culture in Japan and around the world. The brand’s founder Sebastian Masuda might be described...
View ArticleFunktique Harajuku – 1980s and 1990s Vintage Street Fashion Boutique
Tokyo’s famous street fashion scene has long been powered by an ever-changing group of independent Japanese and international designers. Another force – one which has been increasing exponentially in...
View ArticleJapanese Brand Avantgarde Closing Flagship Harajuku Boutique
When Japanese legwear brand Avantgarde opened their underground Harajuku boutique in the fall of 2011, no one could have predicted how big of an influence it would have on the neighborhood – and on the...
View ArticleMilklim Harajuku – Pastel Fairy / Fancy Japanese Fashion Boutique
Milklim is a Japanese fashion brand known for super-kawaii fairy/fancy fashion in all shades pastel. Founded in Nagoya, the brand recently moved their flagship shop to the capitol of kawaii – Harajuku!...
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