America Mura. This is why you don’t let Octopi mate with Racoons.
Tokyo has Harajuku. I’m guessing you at least know of it’s existence, right? At least you’ve heard the song by Blondie McRossdale? If you have absolutely no knowledge of it then inform yourself.
Anyways… Osaka has its own fucked up area of the city, America Mura (アメリカ村, America Village) or Ame-mura as everyone calls it. So what the hell is it? It’s a little area of Osaka that all of the crazy kids go to. Most of the places here (clothing stores, bars, music stores) focus on teenagers and 20-somethings. The thing is is that this is Japan, so it’s different here. At Ame-mura a lot of people will meet/hang out at triangle park; it’s not really much of a park though, small, just a fountain and a bunch of places to sit down and no grass.
I recently got a new camera that I absolutely adore. It has a 10x zoom that is great for taking candid photos of people (something I could not do with my old camera). Now I can show you guys tons of stuff that I could never show before without freaking people out (even more).
ANYWAYS…
Ame-mura is known for it’s eccentric (to say the least) fashion. The people over here seem to
America Mura fashion is quite a interesting collection of fashions. You go from the neo Japanese classical of these two girls (the one on the right is a girl, right? I honestly have no idea and I took the picture)…
Some people decide to take elements from American culture (say, for example, the 50′s) like this girl with the huge beehive stuck on her head.
Other people will choose one color and run with it.
Some people just decide to seemingly pick random things from their closet and put them on.
And then there are those that will just wear what they’ve always worn for the past 3 or so years (or buy something very similar).
Ame-mura is quite interesting. It’s pretty much the one of the few places in Osaka that is a must visit. I’m going to make a picture folder that is just of stuff like this. Since I can actually do candids now stuff like this will go there.
