Ganguro : Face to Black Fashion

And now we entering the unique fashion in Japan. i called it...

"face to black"

Ganguro (ガングロ), literally means "black-face", is a Japanese fashion trend among many Japanese girls which popular from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, an outgrowth of chapatsu hair dyeing, blonde or orange hair and tanned skin. The term ganguro is derives from the Japanese word gangankuro "ガンガン黒", meaning extremely dark, and guro "グロ", meaning grotesque, and the word ganguro translates to "blackface" or "charbroiled face", meaning heavily-sunburned face.

Hikikomori : Pulling Away from the World

Hikikomori refers to an extreme version of social withdrawal that is especially prevalent in Japan and affects hundreds of thousands of young men. The term refers to the person as well as the phenomenon.

literally means ‘pulling away,' Hikikomori (引きこもり, shut-in) is a diagnosed mental disorder in Japan. While every country has its share of people who hide away from the outside world and its social obligations, it’s extremely common in Japan, a country whose people are known for their shyness.

Bunraku : traditional puppet theatre of Japan

Bunraku, (文楽), also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃) or Japanese puppet theater founded in Osaka in 1684, is probably the most developed form of puppetry in the world. It is closer in style to Punch and Judy than Pinnochio as there are no strings and in its early days the puppeteers were hidden behind a curtain.