Video: Ganguro - a youth subculture in Japan
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Tokyo is a city that gives rise to an amazing variety of youth subcultures that do not know restrictions and prohibitions, where everything is allowed, and experiment is even welcomed. Japanese teenagers have an immeasurable number of opportunities to express their individuality through their appearance.
Ganguro is an alternative fashion trend among young Japanese girls who are constantly trying to change the stereotype of the humble and obedient white geisha. Gangaroo girls have a characteristic deep dark tan of the face, their hair is dyed light, orange or silver gray, they use false eyelashes, pearl white and white lipstick. Various small stickers in the form of rhombus hearts and other little things, as well as rhinestones, are sometimes placed all over the ganguro's face. Ganguro-style girls wear clothes in bright, flashy colors, mini-skirts or short shorts, shoes on a high platform, and as accessories they prefer numerous bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces.
The etymology of the word "ganguro" is not entirely clear, someone argues that the term originated from the word "ganguro" ("blackface", "black face"), and the ganguro themselves claim that the term originates from the phrase "gangankuro" ("exceptionally dark "," Extremely dark ").
Ganguro, as a new style in Japan, emerged in the early nineties, and was mainly prevalent among girls in their 20s. The trend reached the peak of its popularity in 2000, and until now finds its admirers among young people. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo are centers of the ganguro style.
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