or the clothing, you’ll see bright colored outfits and accessories showing a huge range of adorable cartoonish characters (think Hello Kitty and all her classmates), plus English language sayings on cotton tees and hoodies that make little sense, but communicate empowerment, coolness and U.S. culture – “Live Zeal” for example.

A very popular trend here for the girls is wearing above-the-knee hose or stockings in black, with bright or lighter pumps that match the rest of the outfit. Usually, the girls are wearing minis or short-shorts too. Everything else is down to the detail, such as the perfect shade of lawn green shoes to match that lawn green sweater.

Men turn it out with incredibly intricate jeans and cutting edge layering of jackets and tees. And a must: a designer messenger bag to look very cool on the subway, to and from the train at Harajuku station.

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