Midori Tajiri-Byrd’s faded lilac mohawk falls across her forehead as she flips through a book of photos. Taken in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, they depict teens and twentysomethings wearing second-hand, ...

Harajuku is known as one of Tokyo’s most fashionable districts, and even within the neighborhood, Takeshita Street, aka Takeshita-dori, is known for its particularly unique styles…and even by ...

THE World Cup gave us a fresh look at Japan’s creativity — but this self-expression has gone on for decades. Take a walk through the fashion capital of Tokyo, where anything goes. Rather than getting ...

‘Harajuku girls’ are not a monolithic lot. There are literally dozens of different subcultures with their own unique styles. On any given weekend afternoon, visitors to Harajuku’s crowded streets and ...

Stepping off the platform at Harajuku station on the Yamanote line in Tokyo, I surveyed the chaos unfolding around me. Fashion-conscious Japanese girls with hair extensions, stilettos, and ...