Harajuku Society in Japan

HARAJUKU....

Harajuku is a common name for Harajuku station on the Yamanote line in the Shibuya-ward of Tokyo, Japan, adjacent to Yoyogi park line and within a comfortable walking distance from shinjuku.

It is a wild and crazy place best seen on a sunday or any other holidays where you can find teenagers wearing famous cosplay style, anime, or other gothic type of

costumes right

outside the stations or street performers

acting out for a little extra money.

History of Harajuku

Harajuku as it now traces its root to the end of world war 2 where U.S. soldiers began to occupy the area known as Harajuku. it soon became an area where young people gather together to experinence a different culture. After the Olympics, the young people who hung out in the area, frequently referred to as the Harajuku-zoku, began to develop a distinct culture and a unique style. from this distinct style grew the culture of Harajuku as a gathering ground for youths and as a fashion mecca.

The term "Harajuku girls" has been used by english language media to describe teenagers dressed in any fashion style who are in the area of Harajuku. These girls may be members of various sub-cultures including Gothic Lolita, Ganguro and Kogal.

One nice thing about Japanese and their Harajuku fashion, is that it's not a matter of shops and brands instructing what people wear, but teenagers instructing what the shops will start selling.Nowadays there are many clothes and websites which sell harajuku fashion but the spirit of this japanese style has come up from teenagers not being in deep confusion to customise and accessorise their own clothes, and to wear crazy outfits with a sense of humour to retaliate against social expectations of nice clothes, nice jobs, nice attitudes.