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Once a Trendsetter, Harajuku Is Suffering a Fading Sense of Identity

  • Harajuku Station is a familiar sight on social media. (Courtesy Nakamura Yukino)

    Harajuku Station is a familiar sight on social media. (Courtesy Nakamura Yukino)

  • The Co-op Olympia Annex in the 1960s. From the book Fei ying: Riben liuxuesheng zhi mu Ding Weirou (Flying Hawk: My Mother Ding Weirou, a Foreign Student in Japan), by Jin Mingwei.

    The Co-op Olympia Annex in the 1960s. From the book Fei ying: Riben liuxuesheng zhi mu Ding Weirou (Flying Hawk: My Mother Ding Weirou, a Foreign Student in Japan), by Jin Mingwei.

  • A group of young people on Omotesandō sometime in the 1970s. (Courtesy Some Gorō)

    A group of young people on Omotesandō sometime in the 1970s. (Courtesy Some Gorō)

  • The photo collection 70’s Harajuku. (Courtesy Hirano Kumiko)

    The photo collection 70’s Harajuku. (Courtesy Hirano Kumiko)

  • Looking across the crossroads at the Co-op Olympia Annex. (Courtesy Nakamura Yukino)

    Looking across the crossroads at the Co-op Olympia Annex. (Courtesy Nakamura Yukino)

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