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Originally Posted by MissMisa
Harajuku is a place in Japan where teens go and hang out. They are usually the outcasts of society [the equivilent of Goth and Punk in the UK and America] that gather together in groups, to socialise, and some also pose for tourist photos. There isn't really a generic Harajuku style - there are many different styles in Harajuku, such as Decora, Ganguro, Lolita and Visual Kei to name a few. Look in books called 'Fruits' and 'Fresh Fruits' which have a lot of images of styles in Harajuku.
That's how I'd put it, anyway ^-^ I picked freedom of expression because Harajuku isn't really a style.
If you want to interview me, I dress Gothic Lolita quite often, and I know quite a bit about it. That would be fine by me ^_^ I am not from Japan though, I am from the UK.
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I wouldn't define them as "outcasts", if you look at them on any day but Sunday, they dress and look like anyone else. At the end of the day they change their clothes and pack their costumes in the little suitcases which they all wheel around. Dressing up and going to Harajuku is a social thing, whereas Goth/Punk are rather anti-social self-outcasts.
And they are not entirely teenagers, you'll find people there of all ages, even some in their 50's, men and women.