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Avatar Man “savage” foreign model wanders Tokyo’s Omotesando
This hasn’t taken off yet like we hoped it might — if YouTube video numbers are anything to go by at time of writing — but we wanted to share this video we spotted of an “Avatar Man” roaming the...
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyuseum at Roppongi Hills
To know Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is to love Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. At the young age of 20, she has dominated Japanese music charts and global YouTube viewing lists. If you’re in Tokyo, it’s pretty much guaranteed...
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Japan’s first “pocchari” larger size girls fashion show
We’ve already blogged before about la farfa, Japan’s first fashion magazine for pocchari larger ladies. Well, now it has held its first fashion show to celebrate the launch of the debut issue on March...
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UNIQLO launches UT POP-UP! TYO inside empty Toyoko Shibuya Station
As we’ve mentioned previously on JapanTrends, the Tokyu Toyoko line has recently merged with the underground Fukutoshin subway line at Shibuya Station. The merge has made the commute from outside of...
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Mobile Suit Gundam-inspired fashion by Strict G launches new Amuro Rei...
A men’s apparel shop that offers fashion based on anime franchise Mobile Suit Gundam, Strict G, has announced a new collection. Amuro Style is inspired by the clothes worn by Gundam protagonist Amuro...
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Ashipita help Japanese women walk better, look better
Fashion and beauty aids often overlap, and here’s a great example of one product that does it in a medically proven way too. We spotted these recently at a trade fair and feel they desire some...
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Kawaii!! Matsuri 2013: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tokyo mascots, Harajuku fashion and...
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to be offered a free ticket to the “Kawaii!! Matsuri”. What is the “Kawaii!! Matsuri?” Well, it literally translates as “Cute!! Festival”. And that is exactly what...
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Triumph “branomics” bra pays tribute to PM Abe’s economic policies
For its latest concept bra to announce its new range, Triumph has come up with the Branomics Bra. Yes, you’ve guessed it. This is a reference to Prime Minister Abe’s “Abenomics”, the fiscal policies...
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Final Home: Designer Homelessness
Following the Tohoku disaster in March 2011, we’ve all thought much more about the kind of tools and clothes that we need when society as we know it breaks down. From flashlights to emergency supplies,...
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GU’s fashionable flash mobs and other guerilla promos
GU (pronounced “gee-you” — a play on jiyu, meaning “free”) is the off-shoot of UNIQLO that is even cheaper and even more casual. GU branches have been popping up around major city centers recently and...
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Aeon yukata summer “cooling” kimono have peach, soap smell
Japan’s largest retailer Aeon is offering yukata (cotton summer kimono) this year with peach and soap fragrances. Part of its new “adult kawaii” range of hundreds of summer items, the yukata feature...
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Dentsu x BEAMS Asoberu T-Shirt is pure augmented reality kawaii cool
And the award for July’s cutest use of augmented reality mobile interaction goes to Dentsu, for this Asoberu T-Shirt (“Playable T-Shirt”). It works with a dedicated phone app to allow you to have fun...
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Found Fashion: Guerilla Fashion Show in Yoyogi Park with “Discarded” Apparel
On July 12th visitors to Yoyogi Park may have spotted some clothes that had been left in the hedges and foliage like garbage. But far from being discarded items of apparel by profligate Tokyoites, this...
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Tasukigake: Latest fashion trend hated?
Japan’s netizens are reacting with customary venom to the images of lackadaisical youngsters wearing their clothes like traditional sashes, which may or may not be the latest fashion trend about to...
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Bra vending machine by une nana cool Fun Fun Week, now in Shibuya
One of those myths about Japan is the used panties vending machine. Well, these blogger at least has heard of genuine panty vending machines (at least the machines were real, though we can’t vouch for...
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UNIQLO HairDo, a new Pinterest hair style wardrobe coordination digital tool
Japanese fashion retailing giant UNIQLO launched a new digital tool on October 1st. UNIQLO HairDo uses Pinterest to offer people a way to share examples of hair styles coordinated with UNIQLO’s...
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Tweed Run Tokyo 2013 sees fashionable cyclists tour the city in retro...
Thank God for hipsters. When all else fails and the media is amok with already notorious reports (supported by dubious stats) that Japanese people apparently no longer have sex, you can always at least...
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Veteran fashion magazine CanCam gets first male model
Leading fashion magazine CanCam has been going for over thirty years and now it has finally got itself its own exclusive male model. After launching the careers and seeing immense success in the heyday...
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Survival Game Fashion Snap: Girls, Guys and Guns pose for chic Airsoft
Girls with guns? Sounds like a cheap porno but this is actually a minor fashion craze right now, thanks to SG-Fashion-Snap.com, which is collating images of male and female participants in Airsoft...
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Mousou Mapping Bra T-Shirt is the best bachelor party item ever!
These are guaranteed to be a hit at any bachelor party! The Mousou Mapping Bra T-Shirt are a series of tees with a difference. Their fronts are decorated with the object of every man’s daydreams...
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