A harajuku question.

AnimeBaby112 · (#1 (**permalink**))

I have a question...
I have be wanting to go to Tokyo for a while now and i totally love Harajuku fashion. But I was wondering if Japanese people object to Americans dressing up and hanging out there.
I know its dumb but I was curious.

kenmei · (#2 (**permalink**))

nope, it's pretty common actually...

AnimeBaby112 · (#3 (**permalink**))

Really? wow. all the pictures i have seen of Harajuku have only been japanese.

lol i doubt i'd look as good as they do.

MMM · (#4 (**permalink**))

They would probably love it.

AnimeBaby112 · (#5 (**permalink**))

odd.

would not look that good.

i love the fashion though.

i have another small quick sort of off topic question; does anyone know if there is a book on the fashion there? with like pictures and stuff.

thats the reason i want to go there so bad. writing a book about that.

MMM · (#6 (**permalink**))

I've seen the Fresh Fruits books

Sanchome · (#7 (**permalink**))

Every weekend there are a few foreigners - mostly tourists, mostly young, and mostly female - who show up in Harajuku wearing lolita or some sort of gothic or other Harajuku-esque style clothing. The Japanese girls seem friendly enough to the non-Japanese girls wearing Harajuku fashion. I do think that you will have problems communicating with the Japanese Harajuku girls if you don't speak at least some Japanese.

In general, in Japan, if you are friendly to the Japanese people, they will be very friendly to you. There are exceptions, but I think it's true here more than many other places in the world.

As far as books, there are a few that have come out recently. Try one of these if you haven't see them already:

Style Deficit Disorder
Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno

Have fun in Japan!

AnimeBaby112 · (#8 (**permalink**))

thanks lots!

it was very helpful.

Housetek · (#9 (**permalink**))

yea lots of gaijins dress up in harajuku...

Seems like thats what some people only go to japan for=P

cartoons and dressing up but to answer your question simply

they actually like it, my friend kai does it all the time and made friends that way.

taro · (#10 (**permalink**))

No problem to dress up like Americans and go around Harajuku, in that mater anywhere around Tokyo. I suggest you also visit Ginza streets and Asakusa.