HOLIDAYS, Japan, Uncategorized JAPAN: SEEING THE HARAJUKU GIRLS 23 February 2010

Ahhh the wild and wonderful streets of Harajuku.

Of course, it’s now famous in the Western world, mostly thanks to Gwen Stefani and her famous “Harajuku girls” and style. But Harajuku was the epicentre of crazy Japanese fashion and shennanigans long before she brought it to light. It’s an explosion of creativity and all-round bizzareness. You get goth lolitas walking the streets, little bo peep characters prancing around, and a whole assortment of weird and wonderful outfits.

And it’s all considered perfectly NORMAL! If any of them were in Shanghai, traffic would stop from people staring πŸ˜‰ I like Harajuku though – it’s a cute little area with so much to see, and it was a lot of fun poking around in all the little stores. I could spend hours there.

After that, it was off to Ginza for a quick walkaround. It’s basically a large, main street filled with high-fashion stores like Louis Vuitton, Chanel, etc etc. Heavenly πŸ™‚ And they also have an adorable store, Kiddy Land that Chris and I thoroughly enjoyed – possibly because we have a mental age half of our actual age πŸ˜› It’s 6 floors (or is it 7?) of toys, toys and more toys. Stuff from Lego and Transformers, to Hello Kitty and Care Bears. Everything’s totally adorable and when we have kids, I am SO bringing them there so I can play with everything in wild abandon πŸ˜›

Japan’s an absolute shopping paradise!


Harajuku

The wild and wonderful streets of Harajuku

In the cockpit of a “plane”, which was actually a little shop

Costumes of every kind – from the cute, to the kinky

KIDDY LAND!!!

Fascinated with the little plastic dancing toys

A whole wall of (freakin’ adorable) socks

6 levels of ultra cuteness

Hello Kitty cakes selling outside!

Freshly baked with various fillings inside

Little girl with a perfect face, perfect hair, perfect clothes. OMG I WANT HER!


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omg that little girl looks so fashionable!!!! I want her too!!!! LOL!

Are things very expensive in Japan, such as makeup, skincare and cutesy stuff??

She was sooo adorable.. her parents obviously have awesome taste!

STuff is pretty $$ but like most countries, it depends on where you go. It IS possible to eat/live fairly cheaply in japan..

omg that little girl looks so fashionable!!!! I want her too!!!! LOL!

Are things very expensive in Japan, such as makeup, skincare and cutesy stuff??

She was sooo adorable.. her parents obviously have awesome taste!

STuff is pretty $$ but like most countries, it depends on where you go. It IS possible to eat/live fairly cheaply in japan..

I saw many cute Jap kids all dressed up in their cute winter outfits too! Made me want to buy some and dress Emily and Eunice the same away…LOL!

Loved Kiddy Land too! I went to the one in Shinjuku – also 6 storeys tall. One floor is entirely dedicated to Snoopy!!! Would have bought the entire floor if I could πŸ˜›

I saw many cute Jap kids all dressed up in their cute winter outfits too! Made me want to buy some and dress Emily and Eunice the same away…LOL!

Loved Kiddy Land too! I went to the one in Shinjuku – also 6 storeys tall. One floor is entirely dedicated to Snoopy!!! Would have bought the entire floor if I could πŸ˜›

love ur trench! where’s it from? i’m going japan next month for the sakuras, can’t wait after seeing ur pics! did you go on a sunday to see ppl in cosplay?

Olive des Olive, a shop in Shanghai, but I THINK they’re a japanese brand πŸ™‚

Ooo lucky you’re going to Japan, it’ll be gorgeous then!

I love Kiddyland in Harajuku! Funnnnn! Their restrooms are cute, too. Haha! πŸ˜›

I’m not sure if you got to check out Aoyama, right next to Harajuku but they have a lot of cool shopping and cafes there too. There are sooo many places to see in Japan but I’m sure you’ll be back there again soon! ^___^

love ur trench! where’s it from? i’m going japan next month for the sakuras, can’t wait after seeing ur pics! did you go on a sunday to see ppl in cosplay?

Olive des Olive, a shop in Shanghai, but I THINK they’re a japanese brand πŸ™‚

Ooo lucky you’re going to Japan, it’ll be gorgeous then!

I love Kiddyland in Harajuku! Funnnnn! Their restrooms are cute, too. Haha! πŸ˜›

I’m not sure if you got to check out Aoyama, right next to Harajuku but they have a lot of cool shopping and cafes there too. There are sooo many places to see in Japan but I’m sure you’ll be back there again soon! ^___^