January 13, 2009

Harajuku Blues


A common sight in Harajuku.
Photo courtesy of Flickr.


Long time no see everyone! This time I’m going to talk a bit about something I saw a lot of during my winter break.


Many people have different forms of expressing themselves. For some it’s poetry, for other it’s drawing, and for the Harajuku teens, it’s dressing up.


Having spent most of my Winter break in Harajuku and Shibuya, I got to see a lot of these `Harajuku Teens`. These are people usually from ages 16 to 28 that dress up in gothic-style or outrageous rainbow colored clothing. Basically they try and look as original as they can according to their own tastes. This is their way of expressing themselves, by wearing their art. Each piece is picked carefully for best effect, usually coming from the various Harajuku shops that actually specialize this type of clothing.


You can find these Harajuku kids almost anywhere in Harajuku, as it’s not that big. They seem to spend most of their time by the main bridge next to Harajuku station that lead into the Meiji-jingu Shrine. They also usually come together on Sundays.


If you can’t find them there, they are probably in shops or roaming about, and some of them don’t mind having pictures taken of them and rather enjoy the attention, but ask before you snap a shot.


Anyway, that’s all for now.


- Dave

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