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Harajuku have led the prevalence of Japan for a
long time. It was the 60's, that Harajuku established the information
transmission base among the youngster culture in Japan. The Harajuku trend'
emits was effected by the U. S. culture that was the memento of the 50's
and started with rich fashionable youngsters called@'the Harajuku tribe'
that appeared in Harajuku.
'The Harajuku trend' became in full bloom in the
80's and low-teen cultures such as 'Bamboo tribe' which is a kind of dance
team were appeared mainly on and around the Takeshita street which is
the main street in Harajuku.The youngsters with novel fashion who are
mainly teenagers gather around Harajuku on weekends. Even now numerous
trendy words are born from here. Harajuku is regarded as the town of the
youngster among Japanese.
Harajuku has also another face besides as the
information transmission base. There is the Meiji Shinto shrine which
was constructed to enshrine the Emperor and Empress Meiji built in 1920
west next to Harajuku station, and also there is a Yoyogi Park which used
to have the lodging Washington Heights of the U.S. Army built after the
world war 2 next to the Meiji Shinto shrine. Harajuku which has many places
to look around has been changing even now
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