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    Harajuku culture originated in the Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan as a form of self-expression among disillusioned Japanese youth. It arose as a reaction to Japan's strict patriarchal culture and gender roles. Harajuku fashion allows women freedom of expression through colorful and creative styles like Lolita fashion. The culture also gave rise to cosplay and aims to promote gender equality in Japan. Harajuku has since become a global influence and has inspired fashion subcultures worldwide.

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    The Famous Harajuku Culture

    Japan is one of the centers of the advancement of pop culture that has an impact all
    through the world. One of the popular pop cultures from Japan is Harajuku fashion (Harajuku
    Style). Harajuku isn't just a style of fashion, but is an expression of the disillusionment of
    Japanese youth over culture. This culture arose from the numerous youthful women there who
    felt disappointed with the exceptionally patriarchal Japanese culture. Women in Japan have an
    overwhelming and powerless position where they are ordained to require care of children and
    other family needs. For this reason, Japanese families never contract sitters since it is purely a
    mother's work. The patriarchal culture also has an effect on the work of women within the work
    field. Ordinarily companies don't put them in high positions since female workers will
    unquestionably leave their employment to require care of their families. Being a Japanese
    woman has only two choices in her life, married young or postponing marriage until the age of
    40 years. In case they marry young, they need to devote their lives to their families. But if not,
    they can work or vent their adolescent years with consumerism. Consumerism can be done in
    numerous ways, for example, fashion as you please, purchase extravagant goods, or others.
    Harajuku fashion is one case. Harajuku is one of the prevalent zones where youthful individuals
    assemble. This range is found around JR Harajuku Station, Shibuya Area, Tokyo. Around the
    1980s, this range got to be the origin of a community of young individuals who have a cherish
    for pop culture. It is on the lanes of Harajuku that young individuals express themselves openly.
    In any case, it is seen as a positive way to express frustration with the culture in inventive ways.
    Hokoten, an abbreviated version of the Japanese word Hokousha Tengoku, which
    means 'pedestrian paradise,' was largely responsible for the district's peculiar creative spark,
    according to Shoichi Aoki, a pioneering photographer and creator of the magazines STREET,
    TUNE, and FRUiTS. The word refers to a neighborhood where roadways are blocked to
    vehicles so that pedestrians can socialize. Harajuku was Tokyo's most well-known Hokoten, and
    its young people were fearlessly unconventional in an usually conformist environment, yet each
    group adhered to its own set of rules.
    Harajuku culture was thought to be open to people of all ethnicities, races, and religions.
    Harajuku isn't just a hotspot for fashionable Japanese teenagers. It's also one of the fashion
    capitals of the globe. Harajuku's appeal has spread internationally, with regular Harajuku-style
    gatherings in various countries, including a "Muslim Lolita" event in Malaysia and even Gwen
    Stefani's new "Harajuku Mini" children's apparel line at Target stores.
    In harajuku culture there are several ways to dress. For example, the Lolita style. This
    design has little to do with the Western sexual connotations that the term "Lolita" conjures up,
    instead evoking a modest Victorian-era aesthetic. Lolitas typically wear a cupcake-shaped
    knee-length skirt with petticoats and knee-high stockings, however full-length skirts, corsets,
    and headdresses are also popular. Harajuku culture also gave birth to something that is more
    commonly known and practiced in Indonesia, namely cosplay. Cosplay, or "costume play,"
    entails dressing up as a famous character from a film, video game, band, or manga (comic
    book). This entails not only dressing up in a costume and acting the role, but also dressing up in
    a costume and acting the part.
    Their goal as a subculture in Japan includes SDG number 5, namely Gender Equality.
    Hopefully with their aim to bust gender roles in Japan, Harajuku culture can achieve SDG’s
    number 5 objective.

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