While Gwen Stefani continues promoting her Harajuku Lovers perfumes in the US, The Japan Times reports on some local concerns that Harajuku’s reputation for being the coolest district in Tokyo is on the decline.
The latest addition to the Harajuku landscape comes in the form of a 1,500 sq meter H&M store. Isn’t it interesting how in some parts of the world, the arrival of an H&M might be deemed a gift from the fashion gods. In Harajuku, here’s what one shopkeeper had to say:
“What concerns us about big chains coming to Harajuku is that the special atmosphere of this place [...]

Japan. Center of craziness. Empire of the trend. Nancy Staunton Knox took a trip to the neighborhood of Harajuku for the The San Francisco Chronicle and here’s afew things she…