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Tokyo’s Electric Town – AKIHABARA in Photos

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:54:40 +0000

Here’s a massive photospam of Akihabara. As expected on a Sunday afternoon, there were a lot of people. Many lined up to buy their most anticipated video games while others were lining up for seats at popular maid cafes…. and of course, AKB48′s Cafe & Shop!

You can buy some inexpensive but quality goods for your gadget needs in every nook of Akihabara. After all, this place is known as Tokyo’s Electric Town! Enjoy the photos and check out our facebook fanpage for bigger / high resolution photos~!

If you’re in Tokyo and you want to go here, here’s a comprehensive travel guide. : )

Killjoys, Make Some Noise!

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:00:21 +0000

We have been itching to post this sugoi video for a long time and here it is! This is such a fun fan tribute for My Chemical Romance! Who would have thought about mixing Japonista Sole and MCR music?! Too many exclamation points for this post and we’re not even done~!

“……… The song is a shortened version of Na Na Na by My Chemical Romance. They are our favorite band, and their album that this song is from has aesthetics that were also inspired and influenced by Japanese culture so we thought it would be appropriate to use our Japonista Sole kicks while doing a tribute video for them. They’re a very inspiring group for me and my friends, not only because of their music and art but also because of their heart. When the earthquake hit, they came up with a campaign called Sing It for Japan… so we thought of putting many things we love into one project and we came up with our video.

Their music video that we based ours on is this one. They made alternate personas for themselves and go around a post-apocalyptic world controlled by people who want the world to be static and uniform in black and white. We could relate to wanting to use art as a weapon to stand up for color and fun, so we made our own characters (and matched them with our shoes) and so that’s how our video came about.” – Jin (behindinfinity)

What do you think? We can only think of “awesome” to describe this! We were all shocked when Jin sent us the link of this amazing video. Didn’t quite expect that!

Also, you can read more about Death Berry here. Be amused!

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Video Credits:
Death Berry is Jin
Kombat Kibble is Miguel
Noodle Kid is Aki
Flutter Shark is Melo

Dr. Kow is Erving
Count Badmullet is Dom
Wolfman is Bok
Skeletor is Rayson

Video mainly shot by Erving, partially by Jin
Video editing and effects by Jin (who picked up After Effects for the first time just for this)
Concept and direction by everyone involved
Costumes put together by everyone involved

Music from the Art Is The Weapon preview (which is a shortened version of “Na Na Na“) by My Chemical Romance

La Carmina x Japonista

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:30:21 +0000

La Carmina wears Japonista Sole and proves that Gothic fashion and awesome ninja tabi shoes are awesome combination!

Read, read, read!

Her irresistibly cute cat Basil Furrow helps in opening the Japonista box we sent…

TOO CUTE!!

Ninja Hi Jika Tabi Boots x La Carmina

Little Prince x Osaka Jika Tabi

Read the whole entry here~! We’re sure you’ll enjoy reading it as much as we did. ^^v+

La Feet in International Shoe & Leathergoods Fair

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:21:38 +0000

Last week, La Feet participated in the yearly event called “International Shoe & Leathergoods Fair“. As posted on our facebook, here are some snaps of our products!

La Feet Tabi Shoes

New socks to be made available to our shop!

Watch out for this amazing pair of running shoes!

Vintage Tabi Sneakers

Kick the ground!

The New Valtain X!

You can view everything else here on our fanpage!

Japonista Mana Postcard Designs

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:11:37 +0000

Japonista has collaborated with illustration artist, Little Miss Paintbrush.

She hails from the world of tumblr! Visit her tumblr to view all her cute works: littlemisspaintbrush.tumblr.com

Her works will be printed as postcards featuring our own Japonista Mana.

Wearing Kyoto Jika Tabi and Black NEW Vailtain X from La Feet

To view all her photoshoot fashion pictures, proceed to our Japonista Gallery.

If you’re an artist and you want to do a collaboration with us, email us your resume / portfolio / sample works at japonista[AT]gmail.com.

Sole of your soul, Soul of your Sole.

Japonista Sole

Your Sole is a Canvas.

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:59:24 +0000

Thank you everyone for participating our artsy-fartsy contest! We had a difficult time choosing the most creative designs out of all the submissions we received~!

What are your favorite picks? Like those on our facebook fanpage.

Harajuku’s Quirks

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:23:05 +0000

Our resident over-all designer spends her afternoon in Harajuku.

If you’re a traveler in Japan, it’s very easy to go to this famous part of Tokyo.. the Harajuku. From the Shinjuku station, take the Yamamote Line going to Harajuku. Upon arrival, just follow where the crowd goes. You will be welcomed with a big Takeshita Street banner. If you want to enjoy shopping around without so much people, don’t go during weekends… but you’ll probably miss seeing lolita girls walking. :)

Read this guide for more information about this interesting place.

The Last of Our Kyoto Trip

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:12:42 +0000

Taking the shinkansen from Okayama to Kyoto..

Where the people flock during the day

Hardworking Japanese man

Kinkakuji, The Golden Pavilion

Ryoanji Rock Garden Miniature

Arashimaya, Kyoto

Cute shop along Shijo Kawaramachi in Kyoto’s Downtown Area

Kyoto at night