Harajuku Style: Cosplay

Cosplay (kosupure), short for "costume play",is type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan. Favorite sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Role play includes portrayals of J-pop and J-rock stars, Taiwanese puppet characters, science fiction characters, characters from musical stories, classic novels, and entertainment software. Any entity from the real or virtual world that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject. Inanimate objects are given anthropomorphic forms and it is not unusual to see genders switched, with women playing male roles and vice versa.
Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered around role play. A broader use of the term cosplay applies it to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context.

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Harajuku Style : Gothic Lolita

Gothic Lolita Harajuku style consists of wearing a mix of gothic, feminine and elegant clothes, to emulate the look of living Victorian doll.

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Gwen stefani introduced Harajuku street fashion to America

Recently you might have heard a certain Hip Hop Rapper, Nicki Minaj using the phrase “Harajuku Barbie” on her interviews or typed it on her twitter page, but the first big star that really popularized the word in the United States, and even made a song with her dancers “The Harajuku Girls” was Gwen Stefani. Gwen Stefani is a fashion icon in her own right, so it was only right she brought the term to light over here.

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Harajuku : Oriental Bazaar

Open from 10:00 to 19:00. Closed on Thursdays.

This is one of Tokyo's largest souvenir shops, very popular among foreign travelers in search of typical Japanese souvenirs, such as kimono, tableware, lamps, dolls, furniture and samurai related goods. The shop spans four floors.

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Harajuku: LaForet Harajuku

Open daily from 11:00 to 20:00

LaForet Harajuku is a trend setting shopping complex, consisting of seven floors of fashion boutiques and shops, mainly geared towards a young, female audience. The LaForet Museum on the top floor hosts various events and exhibitions.

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Harajuku: Daiso Harajuku - 100 Yen Shop

This is one of the largest 100 Yen Shops in central Tokyo, offering a wide array of goods, including clothing, kitchenware, food and stationary on multiple floors at 105 Yen per item. It is located only a few steps from Harajuku Station along Takeshita Dori.

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