Harajuku is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo. Harajuku is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku Station to Omotesando, corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūm
The old Harajuku Station (left), with Meiji Shrine forest as background
Omotesando Hills, Jingumae
Watermill at Onden, (tributary of the Shibuya River) by Hokusai, part of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series
Japanese street fashion refers to a number of styles of contemporary modern clothing in Japan. Created from a mix of both local and international fashion brands, Japanese street fashions tend to have
Harajuku
…retail fashion and dining destination in its own right, but still earns much of its wider reputation as a gathering place for fans and aficionados of Japanese street fashion and associated subcultures. Jingu Bashi, the pedestrian bridge between Harajuku Station and the entrance to the Meiji Shrine, used to act as a gathering…
Comme des Garçons garments on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gyaru being photographed in Ikebukuro in 2009
Two ganguro girls in Tokyo, April 2008
A kogal identified by her loose socks and shortened skirt