Ever since I heard Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Girls, I wanted to see what these Harajuku girls are all about. We made two trips to see what they were really all about, but like Notre Dame in Paris, it rained both times! Well in addition to rain, the first time we went, we went along Harajuku St. which consisted of a lot of indie fashion shops with clothing that you will wear in 5 years (can you say clear handbags with an inner patterned layer??). This was just a mess, and while there were a few Harajuku girls walking around, it was just a lot of tourists, and Japanese shoppers.

Reading the guide later on, we realized our issue. Apparently the Harajuku girls only come out on Sunday afternoon in this particular park near Harajuku St. (do they sound like vampires? because some of them are), so we waited until Sunday to try again. I was armed with my camera and ready to take some portraits of dressed up antique or gothic Japanese girls, but when we went to the park, it was taken over by traditionally dressed dancers. Apparently it was the Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi that weekend and all the vampires were scared off. In the end, I wasn’t able to take pictures of the Harajuku girls except for a couple of snipes while walking on Harajuku St., and so they will be a mystery to me until I can successfully hunt one down.

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