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REUTERS/Issei Kato

Thursday 05th March, 06:49 AM JST

A combination photo shows shop attendants at Marui One, a branch of department store group Marui Co, in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. The Marui One store has more than 30 boutiques catering to consumers of Gothic, Lolita, Punk, Street and modern Asian brands.

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aikisako at 04:08 PM JST - 5th March

bigwave, nice to hear it from the Who.
Wottock_Hunt at 04:09 PM JST - 5th March

I thought bottom right looks a bit gloomy. I told her to keep her chin up.
Yelena at 04:28 PM JST - 5th March

It is easy to belong to this or that group, but the point is what are you apart from them? If you cannot be yourself some stupid mask will not help you anyway.
zaboomba at 04:37 PM JST - 5th March

Yes, what are you?
poshdrivel at 04:53 PM JST - 5th March

Good lord, I won't be shopping here anytime soon ! Yuk !
injapan at 05:02 PM JST - 5th March

jesus, you all are pretty lame. this is japanese culture, for kids to dress in this fashion. kids in america do it too, they just look a little different. who cares what someone wears? at least they are not boring like you.
Triumvere at 05:31 PM JST - 5th March

Can't say I care for they hair-cut, but No. 2 has some serious potential.
memyselfI at 05:34 PM JST - 5th March

" Are you a Philosopher ? Yes, I think very deeply. " EXPRESS YOURSELF JAPAN. Let these children be themselves. Who cares. They are just alienated youth. Did you get a weird hair cut when you were a teenager ? I am not an conservative. I am a Super Duper Liberal. Let these kids express themselves.
LoveUSA at 05:45 PM JST - 5th March

I do not think they are expressing themselves, they belong to a group where everybody does the same. I have seen many look exactly like this, so the fashion quickly turns from original to boring. When somebody introduces a fashion trend, everybody rushes to be the same, I think in Japan this is more expressed than elsewhere. I think most of these people do not fit in their workplace or school so they join a group of outcasts.
grafton at 09:27 PM JST - 5th March

LoveUSA at 05:45 PM JST - 5th March

"I do not think they are expressing themselves, they belong to a group where everybody does the same."

Much the same as you then. Read all the above. Now I am sure you feel much less isolated sitting in front of your computer alone.
sowhatnow at 04:40 AM JST - 6th March

'tis a bit creepy, but gothic's all about blackliciousness. oh well.
jeffrey at 10:18 AM JST - 7th March

Wakarimasen at 02:17 PM JST - 5th March Nice. and the reason why the next generation of nihonjin will not be drones like the last. Which is also nice.

Why do you say that? This kind of nonsense has been going one for about twenty years now. While it's somewhat more extreme, there have been folks on the fringe of Japanese society (particularly in Tokyo) for hundreds of years.
hepy1 at 12:56 PM JST - 9th March

yeah i like it, japanese rock and japanese gothic i mean japanese lifestyle is the real gothic in the world they are cool.
jeffrey at 06:10 AM JST - 10th March

hepy1 at 12:56 PM JST - 9th March yeah i like it, japanese rock and japanese gothic i mean japanese lifestyle is the real gothic in the world they are cool.

Another NOVA graduate? Punctuation and grammar always count.
ZazoomZa at 01:45 AM JST - 13th March

I like blue hair. I think I will dye my hair blue.