Harajuku Shopfront

I made the mistake of venturing into Harajuku on a weekend, and immediately regretted entering this crowded nightmare of teenage fashion boutiques and attention-seeking idiots.

Quickly dashing into a backstreet, I was pleased to discover not only a largely human-free environment, but also a wealth of interesting little details to photograph.

I’ve no idea what this place was, nor why it was called ‘soap.’ It didn’t appear to be selling that useful commodity, so who knows – but the frontage was appealing in its choice of colours, and hence the target of my Nikon…

“Harajuku Shopfront” : Tokyo, 20th March