Harajuku - The big buzz.

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Yume

Many people of the world know what Harajuku is, but why is this part of Tokyo so well known? This part of Tokyo is unlike any other part of Japan. It has a style and a kind of class all of its own. It's known to most as a hang out spot and a place to have fun, but why is this one hang out spot of Japan so hot? Well, Harajuku was mostly made by the outcasts and the odd people, as most Japanese people see them. They make their own fashion and show it off. The streets of Harajuku are like a cat walk for the lolitas and the Japanese gothic crew. They spend hours everyday to come out and show the whole town what they got. Some believe that Harajuku was made to show all of Japan that they were done with the old fashion and ways of Japan. It was seen to some as a way to anger those who didn't want Japan to change or to show the rest of the world that they were who they wanted to be.

Few people really know why it really started, but we do know that the people of Harajuku have shown that they have their own style and their own class. What becomes of it is up to the lolitas and the gothic lovers.

This small part of Japan has not only become the biggest hang out for Japanese people, but lots of people from all over the world come to Japan just for the fact of Harajuku. To some, like myself I see it as a art show. A place where the crazier you look the more you are liked. It shows that many people take the time to make outfits and to make themselves a walking work of art.

So, for many years to come we can only hope that they keep up with their style and class. To show the children of tomorrow that it's alright to be who you want to be.