If you want to discover Japanese culture via photography, I would suggest Daido Moriyama[1], [2], [3]. All NSFW-ish. He has a great look into what lies beyond the surface in Japanese culture. For more night culture, Kohei Yoshiyuki[4]<p>[1]<a href="http://fotoroom.co/daido-moriyama/" rel="nofollow">http://fotoroom.co/daido-moriyama/</a><p>[2]<a href="http://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/10/asx-tv-daido-moriyama-senses.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/10/asx-tv-daido-moriyama...</a><p>[3]<a href="https://www.moriyamadaido.com/en/" rel="nofollow">https://www.moriyamadaido.com/en/</a><p>[4]<a href="https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/kohei-yoshiyukis-the-park/" rel="nofollow">https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/kohei-yoshiyukis-t...</a>
I know this has nothing to do with the article, but the UI/UX for this site feels so off-putting
It's like a worse version of the windows 8 start screen.
Can't even middle click the scroll wheel and navigate with gestures.<p>I wouldn't mind seeing a piece on Shiyuba fashion though
So, wait, what are we looking at?<p><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/</a><p>Is this like a Medium.com content publishing platform?<p>From the about page:<p><pre><code> EXPLORE COLLECTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOOGLE
ARTS & CULTURE, CREATED BY GOOGLE CULTURAL INSTITUTE.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cultural_Institute" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cultural_Institute</a>
Enjoyable collection but somewhat a little bland.<p>You hear about all the wild stuff you'd see in Sninjuku and this was rather mild. The most provocative was one Ganguroo pic.<p>My uneducated guess was that these pictures represent the "official" and branded street culture.<p>That is these pics represent something you could actually buy with relative ease and not make yourself.<p>I didn't see any gothic lolitas and those are just something that westerners would know about.<p>There must be 100s of substyles that are one-offs and produced by individuals.<p>Anyone know of more "street" pictures?
Well that was surprisingly tiring! I started to imagine keeping up with all those styles as they were happening -- sounds expensive. Fashion is inherently, I think, of the moment... in the "now"... and to lay out 37 years' worth of it in a row like that, has the probably unintended effect of laying bare its impermanence, frivolity (not in a good way) and unimportance. Grandpa comment.
Aw. Cute.<p>For a good sense of what's happening now, see this walk through Harajuku at 2160p.[1] At that resolution, all the clothing details are visible.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiQ4YDH3g80" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiQ4YDH3g80</a>
The photos are all black and white until 1984, when they're all suddenly in color. Was there any particular advancement in color photography in 1984?
It seems like a lot of the simpler styles - even as far back as the mid 1980s would probably work without sticking out a whole lot even now. I suppose there's a universal lesson of some sort in that.
Last time I was in Japan, the "wolf boy" haircut (sorry, I can't remember the Japanese word to describe this) was still quite popular even though it was passé. Then I was at the airport in the Philippines and there were some Japanese flying to Tokyo, and all the boys had the same haircut. Man, that cut will <i>never</i> die.
There's a very well put together video about the history of Tokyo street fashion and music from the 70s till today on YouTube. Worth a watch for the visuals alone:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmsxWmKz-B8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmsxWmKz-B8</a>
For those fascinated on the subject of Japanese fashion trends, I'm pleased to recommend <a href="http://neojaponisme.com/category/fashion-2/" rel="nofollow">http://neojaponisme.com/category/fashion-2/</a>
If you liked the story, you'll like this video of 40 years of Japanese street fashion: <a href="https://youtu.be/xmsxWmKz-B8" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/xmsxWmKz-B8</a>
Personally, I think the best way to get a snapshot of the fashion of the times (apparel, makeup, hairstyle, shoes) is to watch a few of the popular TV dramas from each year.
Ah I always thought that Gyaru and Gal were the same fashion style slightly lost in translation, but now I see that they were actually different styles!
What a horrible navigation. You can't freely scroll at your own pace, advancing with the keyboard is inconsistent, and what's worse, zoom is busted with keyboard <i>and</i> trackpad. This is a disservice to people with disabilities and people without them.<p>What's so wrong about regular scrolling? Why do designers feel the need to <i>fight agains the browser</i>? When a site decides to re-engineer basic user interactions (zoom, scrolling), the user has to focus on learning new behaviors instead of consuming your content (which is what they should be focused on).<p>The web has great UI patterns. Use them. Don't fight them.<p></rant>
Check mahole covers in Japan <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/the-beauty-of-japans-artistic-manhole-covers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/the-beauty-of-japans-a...</a>