What does Finland and Japan have in common? You can Wikipedia all you like, but you are probably going to end up with the same answer as us...not much! Well atleast that is what we thought but it seems as if we were oh so very wrong.
The answer is Harajuku Girls! While we are not entirely sure that any 'real' Harajuku Girls exist in Finland, we have definitely spotted some Finnish Harajuku Girls in Japan. We even have the pics to prove it!
Inspired by some of our personal favs; Kera and Fruitsthese girls were on a two week Tokyo pilgrimage when we spotted them on a sunny corner in Harajuku.
In awe of their popularity and intrigued by their inspiration we just had to stop for a quick chat and photo op.
Decked out in Takuya Angel, a much loved Harajuku label, one of the students confessed there really wasn't any kind of street scene quite like the Harajuku one in Finland. A bit of Cosplay here, a bit of dress up there but no true scene to speak of. Both students surprisingly spent a hard earned fortune on their dress ups, on a much dreamt about Tokyo shopping spree.
Surrounded by the rest of the Harajuku crew, not content just to shop and watch, these cosplayers were rewarded for their audacity with endless requests for photos and the chance to be Harajuku Girls for a day.
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Comments (8)
I just finished a textiles project on Harajuku girls. Absolutely GUTTED I didn't know this website existed when I was doing it!
It's pretty awesome anyway :]
x
Posted by Kathryn | April 20, 2007 11:03 PM
Posted on April 20, 2007 23:03
konnichiwa
esta
muy
sugoi
tus
fotos
n____n
kio tsukete
zayooOoNaRa
Posted by gaara | January 12, 2009 11:56 PM
Posted on January 12, 2009 23:56
Konnichiwa!!
watashi wa bunko desu
kawaii HARAJUKU!!
aishiteru
Posted by kawaii_ichigo^^ | February 23, 2009 5:30 AM
Posted on February 23, 2009 05:30
this is soooo cool
Posted by Anonymous | May 9, 2009 12:54 AM
Posted on May 9, 2009 00:54
koniciwa.........
Posted by ayumi | June 20, 2009 2:34 AM
Posted on June 20, 2009 02:34
Konichiwa, Kawaiiii ne?
Posted by Gabi-chan | September 16, 2009 8:00 PM
Posted on September 16, 2009 20:00
kawaii!
Posted by Nadeshiko | September 19, 2009 4:55 AM
Posted on September 19, 2009 04:55
AWESOME!
Posted by Anonymous | November 21, 2009 9:39 AM
Posted on November 21, 2009 09:39