Harajuku kids
10/14/05
Harajuku, Tokyo. It's not entirely clear why the oddly dressed kids congregate outside the Meiji Shrine.
My Japan food diary is on Flickr.
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I think it has something to do with the "new era". Maybe. That was always my guess.
Posted by: Dan at October 14, 2005 02:25 AM
yes!
Posted by: alyssa at October 14, 2005 06:53 AM
I like the colors!
Nice photos!
:)
Posted by: cristina at October 14, 2005 08:16 AM
At long last you are back and I can go on lurking and appreciating. You were missed.
Posted by: LL Cool F at October 14, 2005 11:47 AM
Yay! Welcome back, Mike. I love the colors on these guys, especially the girl with the pink cat bag, and the creature in white-with-yellow gloves.
Posted by: Kim at October 14, 2005 12:08 PM
I love it. Looks like every day is holloween over there...
Posted by: control at October 14, 2005 12:54 PM
Resting.... on the other side of the world it would appear!
Welcome back.
Posted by: tdp at October 14, 2005 01:11 PM
Well, my day just got a little bit better..
Glad you're back.
Posted by: Jeremy at October 14, 2005 06:48 PM
holy cow, you updated! yay!
Posted by: rion at October 14, 2005 06:52 PM
Bless
Posted by: Chris at October 14, 2005 09:15 PM
yay! More updates please!
Posted by: Sekio at October 15, 2005 04:46 PM
Welcome Back! The picture of the person with the blue Stich backpack really made me smile. We never had these things when we were kids...
Posted by: LadyMedic1 at October 15, 2005 11:19 PM
Good to have you back ! !
Posted by: Matteo at October 17, 2005 10:55 AM
finally!!!!!!! welcome back.
Posted by: andrew piccone at October 17, 2005 11:35 AM
Welcome back Mike!!!
Posted by: Cheryl at October 17, 2005 12:58 PM
I think they hang out there because of the number of people who pass that way, locals and tourists alike. It's a great place to be seen. I've spent a bit of time there and was lucky(?) enough to be in the Harajuku McDonalds where most of them change clothes. The whole lower floor was full of girls with huge suitcases full of their goth gear. Another time we passed a bunch of kids dressed as doctors (covered in blood, looking "scary") and behind them against a wall were all of their school uniforms, folded neatly. It was awesome.
Posted by: philip at October 17, 2005 03:08 PM
Good to see you're back, I have been taking a few pics of my local oddities inspired by your page. This update is great!
Posted by: Brett at October 17, 2005 05:03 PM
It is truly great to have you back!!!
Posted by: Steve at October 17, 2005 09:04 PM
Glad to see you got back from "resting". Keep us entertained with your awesome photos.
Posted by: Steve at October 17, 2005 09:06 PM
yay your back!!! Its been to long!! Great pics
Posted by: joyjoy704 at October 18, 2005 12:19 AM
Glad to have you back WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted by: snowkatz at October 18, 2005 10:24 PM
so you ate airplane sushi eh?
wern't you sorta scared to start of the trip with possible food poisoning?????
Posted by: EE at October 19, 2005 01:04 PM
hey great stuff, welcome back
Posted by: andyclymer at October 19, 2005 03:34 PM
welcome back, dude.
Posted by: samantha at October 19, 2005 09:20 PM
What on earth took you so long to come up with something new...we were all waiting...but...again, thanx 4 all ur awesome picys! More Pls ;-)
Posted by: dash at October 20, 2005 05:11 AM
My favourite photo-blog is back...
..with pictures about my favourite Country...
I say that's perfect bliss!!
Thank you for all those pictures!!!
Posted by: inu at October 20, 2005 06:31 AM
Welcome back! Great stuff.
Posted by: Mitch45 at October 20, 2005 10:28 AM
Finally he has returned! I even resorted to buying a camera and walking around my city taking pics of odd things, but it just wasnt the same as Satans Laundromat! Gr8 photos as usual!
Posted by: James at October 28, 2005 12:35 PM
What must the elders be thinking?
Posted by: c.brady at October 31, 2005 04:16 PM
nice to have sex with those fuckin kids... errrrr... google me...!
Posted by: jeffrey at November 11, 2005 07:08 PM
Great shots love to visit there!!
Posted by: Kim at November 30, 2005 05:20 AM
According to my ex wife, Japanese, she told me that "it's the only chance these kids will ever get to express themselves before entering into the strict, grave world of the salary man and woman. The serious conformity of the adult business world
for the rest of their lives."
Posted by: johnseven at October 19, 2006 09:12 AM
According to my ex wife, Japanese, "It's the only chance for these kids to express themselves before entering into the grave, strict world of the salary man and salary woman. The conformity and serious adult business world for the rest of their lives."