VISUAL KEI J-ROCK MEMORABILIA STORES IN HARAJUKU, TOKYO JAPAN. WHERE TO BUY JPOP STARS PHOTOS & SOUVENIRS.
Harajuku is just like my favorite movie, The Ten Commandments: each time you revisit it, you discover something new and amazing! The legendary Tokyo district may not the Fruits fashion heaven that people imagine it to be, but if you ask me, it’s still the best place around to shop and soak up colored-hair, pierced-faced, punk-booted inspiration. (Where else would a cute fetish polar bear make total sense?)
I’ve posted hundreds of Harajuku boutique photos, but neglected to put up pictures of rock star merchandise shops. Usually packed with teenage schoolgirls, these stores are plastered with J-pop and Visual Kei posters, photos, tour souvenirs…
Pop idols take up most of the racks, but you’ll find Hide, X Japan, Gackt, Mana and your other favorites in the mix. Most stores offer gachopon (lottery machines); insert 200 yen in this one and you’ll get a Nightmare trinket.
I leave you with a D’espairs Ray 10th anniversary poster from the music store inside Laforet, the Harajuku shopping complex. You can see more Visual Kei music store photos, as well as every Gothic Lolita Punk brand inside Lafore, on this page.
And here is my new CNNGo article: Asia WIN! A photo gallery of epic epicness. Hope it makes you chuckle. See you in costume at my LA book signings!
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VISUAL KEI GACHOPON? THAT'S SIMPLY AMAIJING! suuuugoiiii desu~ (^___^)-b
O_O. Why can't they have things like that HERE!? *cry*
hahaha cool…XDD
Sugoi, ne? XD
;__;
There are maid cafe gachopon, h.NAOTO and Hello Kitty ones… love them!
VISUAL KEI GACHOPON? THAT’S SIMPLY AMAIJING! suuuugoiiii desu~ (^___^)-b
There are maid cafe gachopon, h.NAOTO and Hello Kitty ones… love them!
O_O. Why can’t they have things like that HERE!? *cry*
;__;
hahaha cool…XDD
Sugoi, ne? XD
Oh win. I'm so going there! *~* I can still see paint on my walls, need more posters!!
Oh win. I’m so going there! *~* I can still see paint on my walls, need more posters!!
They sell tons of posters, photos, everything to turn your room into a VK paradise!
Laforet is very good!
However, I has been there only still once.
Because it is very far from my house.
Laforet is great… the basement is fun!
They sell tons of posters, photos, everything to turn your room into a VK paradise!
Laforet is very good!
However, I has been there only still once.
Because it is very far from my house.
Laforet is great… the basement is fun!
AHHHHHH I love Nightmare!! ;_;
All the major VK bands have photos and memorabilia for sale… you'd go broke! ;)
AHHHHHH I love Nightmare!! ;_;
All the major VK bands have photos and memorabilia for sale… you’d go broke! ;)
There is a really big store selling those types of things, near paris kids accessories (which is awesome and has accessories for 300 yen each) and a whole lot of stores selling v.kei cosplay and tutus, its just off the station road….I cant remember what near :s
There is a really big store selling those types of things, near paris kids accessories (which is awesome and has accessories for 300 yen each) and a whole lot of stores selling v.kei cosplay and tutus, its just off the station road….I cant remember what near :s
There is a really big store selling those types of things, near paris kids accessories (which is awesome and has accessories for 300 yen each) and a whole lot of stores selling v.kei cosplay and tutus, its just off the station road….I cant remember what near :s
LOL is that like a Hard-gay polar bear mask xD it looks like HG’s hat and glasses and I can see the G lol
About all I have where I live is WalMart. A store like the one above is like a magical place to me . . . I can’t believe no one sells this stuff online. They’d make a fortune and make others happy. I don’t get it.
Can you please tell me what shop is that photo taken, the second from the top one with hanging small photos? I need to get these SUGIZO photos so badly when I go to Tokyo in January.