I want to introduce Harajuku, where is a town of Tokyo. Young people especially go to the town to go out with friends, to go shopping, and to see different kind of people, so there are quite a lot of people like a festival every day. Harajuku has been giving birth to the newest fashion and culture which catches on young people for a long time. Thus, you can find the trend of Japan when you go there, but at the same time it is really difficult for you to recognize the culture clearly. Because lots of strange people stay in Harajuku and you can see people who wear weird clothes or are piercing all of their body: If you take pictures, they must be colorful. Now Japanese "Manga" which is comic are quite popular in Japan that some people imitate the character of Manga. It is also one of the big industry in Japan.
I can't understand why Harajuku people want to wear strange costumes. It's disgusting, but it's true that they are one of the aspect of Tokyo and Harajuku is composed of weird people. Anyway, you'll be able to enjoy a lot if you visit Harajuku. You can take a picture with Harajuku people if you want. They look strange but they are gentle as far as I know.
In the end, I was searching on Google to introduce the town and to put some pictures. But, I realized it's quite different between Harajuku and 原宿 in Google Images although the meanings are exactly same. In Japanese letter, you can see landscape or some snaps. On the other hand, you can see a kind of Harajuku style in English. Both of them are true, but the difference is interesting, I think.
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ReplyDeleteI have been Harajuku over twenty times , when my son was a kid .
ReplyDeleteNow he is a twenty-one years old young man .
We have a lot of nice remembrance in Harajuku .
I really loved Harajuku when I was there, Kenzo. Reminded me of what camden used to be like when there was more extreme street style. I think it's healthy for kids to want to look weird and different like this, personally. It's what I was like when I was young!! It's a great area (AREA and not TOWN, by the way) to wander round.
DeleteIt is interesting that you get totally different images of the area if you enter its name in English and in Japanese. I guess there must be many, many differences like that. What happens if you enter Roppongi in English and then in its japanese version? I bet you'll get VERY different images.