ipl-logo

Hawaii Culture Essay

979 Words4 Pages

Harajuku: The Fountain of Kawaii Youthful Culture

The vibrant, colorful, and kawaii culture of Harajuku, Japan’s street fashion capital showcasing its youthful vibe. The epicenter of this trendy and cutting-edge fashion hub is in Takeshita Dori and its nearby alleys—with rows and rows of fashion boutiques, used clothes stores, and anything that exudes extreme cuteness. Meanwhile, head south to Omotesando Hills for a taste of prominent fashion brands, cafes, and restaurants.

Aside from the lively ambiance of Harajuku due to the influx of teens and teen-at-heart visitors, Harajuku also is a home to various historical shrines and museums. And after basking in the of fashion, culture, and cuteness, one can sink their teeth in the sweet, savory, …show more content…

Harakuju is a home to some of the delish crepe shops in Japan. Angel’s Heart is easily recognizable with its pink heart and yellow neon light décor and shelves filled with replicas of crepes being that the store serves with prices starting at ¥350. Another early player in the crepe scene of Harakuju is Marion Crepes, which began in 1976. Marion’s blue and red stall and mirror display case of the various crepe variants. A must try crepe flavor is Marion Crepes’ #21 Custard Chocolate Special and its other offerings include sundaes and …show more content…

Pet lovers must add the Hedgehog Café Harry Harajuku. This quaint café, which features live hedgehogs that you can pet while wearing gloves. It also offers a vending machine wherein you can dispense your choice of drinks.

To those who’d like to have a crash course about coffee beans, Koffee Mameya is the place to visit. Here, coffee connoisseurs act as coffee doctors will teach you a thing or two about the darkness of the roast and the roaster where the beans came. They will also prescribe you the right bean for your preferred kind of perfect cup.

Feel like partying? This youthful area showcases a small cocktail bar hidden under transparent curtains and wooden doors. Bonobo features a library with an extensive collection of magazines about Japanese pop rock and art to the tune of amateur DJs spinning turntables freely. On clear nights, screens are opened to add additional space for dancing, barbecue while live music blaze from the basement.

Harajuku, a breeding area for anything kawaii and a face of Japan's street fashion. Patronized by fashionistas and budding photographers, Harajuku reflects the bold, bizarre, and hip culture of Japan, an unusualness that has made its name a stand-out in the

Show More
Related
1255 Words | 6 Pages

The area of the Khina culture is a plateau region in the mountains, surrounded by slopes and lots of rocks located in central Africa. The group living in the region is a pastoralism/early agriculture-based society, needing to grow food and collect supplies to prepare and cultivate their crops. It has been well documented that the transition into agriculture was very hard on humans as a whole, all around the world, and this would have been no different living where the Khina people lived. While little formal and recent archaeological excavations have been done in the area, the ethnographic record with recorded accounts from around the 1920s is extensive and provides a lot of information about what could be expected in an excavation of the area

Read More
1383 Words | 6 Pages

The Fresno Hmong community is an ethnic and cultural community. In Fresno, Hmong American is one of the largest ethnic groups. The Hmong are refugees. The United States recruited the Hmong to fight in the secret war against the Pathet Lao. After the United States withdrew from the war, thousands of Hmong were killed by the Pathet Lao or were forced to abandon their homes, lands, and livestock in Laos and fled to the refugee camps in Thailand.

Read More
932 Words | 4 Pages

From the Kamakura Period of the late twelfth century to the Meiji Restoration in the nineteenth century, the samurai have held prominent positions as noble warriors in Japanese society. They have come to be famous in modern, Western pop culture as the fierce, stoic guards of feudal Japan, but their practices and rituals extended beyond wielding katanas and donning impressive armor. Samurai practices were rich and complex, with strict codes, ritual suicide, and a history of influencing culture and politics (“Samurai”). Samurai code was influenced by traditional Japanese culture, Zen Buddhism, and Confucianism. Bushido, or “Way of the Warrior,” was the code of conduct the samurai class were expected to uphold.

Read More
324 Words | 2 Pages

The Powhatan lived in the Virginia territory. The area that they lived in was called Tsenacommacah. Each of the tribes in the Powhatan nation had their own Weroance also know as chief; but had also paid their tribute to Powhatan. They interacted and intermingled with the Jamestown colonists, thus some of the Powhatan descendants still live in Virginia today. Other Powhatans were driven north and started a new life in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Read More
1292 Words | 6 Pages

The United State’s annexation of Hawaii in 1898 led to the gradual destruction of the Hawaiian culture and the almost-extinction of native-born Hawaiians. The majority of the Hawaiian natives opposed the annexation of Hawaii and wanted to maintain their sovereignty. Although the Japanese could have taken over the Hawaiian islands if the United States had not, the annexation of Hawaii by the U.S. was unjustified because of the treatment of the monarchy and natives, the infringement of the natives’ self-established culture and government, and the natives’ overwhelming opposition to the U.S’s involvement in Hawaii. From 1795 to 1874, the Kamehameha Dynasty ruled over the kingdom of the Hawaiian islands. Up until the death of Kamehameha III, the U.S. had stayed out of interfering with the islands.

Read More
811 Words | 4 Pages

’ Dirty crepe de Chine wrapper, hotel bar, Wilmington RR, 9:45 a.m August Monday Morning.”

Read More
1310 Words | 6 Pages

The Korowai, also known as Kolufo are individuals who reside in southeastern of West Papua in the Indonesian Province, very close to the border with Papua New Guinea. They are known to be one of the wildest tribes in the country. Their population number is usually around three thousand to four thousand people. The Korowai are forgagers and horticulturalists who practice shifting cultivation. The hunting and fishing is performed by the men.

Read More
550 Words | 3 Pages

Hiring a Limousine for traveling in Hawaii is one of the best ways to move around in the state with style and luxury. If you intend to choose a Limo service, there are various factors that you will need to consider. Read on to know what all you need to look for while making a choice. Nothing beats a Limo service in Hawaii when it comes to traveling in style. Limousines are generally used for occasions such as wedding parties, reunions, birthday parties and other events.

Read More
1507 Words | 7 Pages

Introduction In 1876, Captain Nathan Algren, an ex- United States Army Captain is traumatized by experience fighting in the civil war and Indian war. Algren accepts a job by a Japanese businessman to train the Imperial Japanese Army to inhibit a samurai rebellion, led by Katsumoto Moritsugu. He sails to Japan. Most of the soldiers being trained are just slightly better than peasants and farmers that are not experienced.

Read More
1196 Words | 5 Pages

Appropriation is the act of borrowing and changing the meaning of cultural products, images, slogans and elements as well as reusing existing elements to create new works and meanings. Many artists believe that in borrowing existing images or elements of imagery, they are able to recreate the idea as it is now placed within a new concept. This essay will discuss how appropriation has been used in cultural and social contexts in order to create controversy and sell products, as well as be a form of expression. Pop culture often uses brash ways when trying to provide interest in society. As humans we are constantly wanting more and are never fully satisfied without entertainment, thus in order to meet these high demands many often turn to cultural appropriation as a void of entertainment.

Read More
1465 Words | 6 Pages

Chapter 1: CULTURAL ANALYSIS The chapter pertains to the cultural environment of Fiji. We try to research and examine everything about the customs, traditions, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of Fijians to find out what will be our product. The introduction, tells us the main points in Fiji’s cultural analysis.

Read More
1151 Words | 5 Pages

== = == Brian Uzzi's paper is an empirical paper that, in many ways, can be seen as providing empirical support for and refining the essential embeddedness thesis made by Granovetter (1985) in Economic action and social structure: The Problem of embeddedness.

Read More
850 Words | 4 Pages

They mainly serve as props to get across the point that Japan is "strange" and "exotic". My own experiences while traveling in Japan, including very vibrant areas in Osaka almost identical to those shown in Tokyo, do not match with those in the film and many of the Japanese characters are very much exaggerations and

Read More
849 Words | 4 Pages

They mainly serve as props to get across the point that Japan is "strange". My own experiences while traveling in Japan, including very vibrant areas in Osaka almost identical to those shown in Tokyo, do not match with those in the film and many of the Japanese characters are very much exaggerations and

Read More
777 Words | 4 Pages

Culture is a very vast and complicated term. As a result, it is extremely difficult to provide an all encompassing definition. In layman terms, culture is used to refer to symbolic markers used by societies to differentiate and distinguish themselves from other societies. These symbolic markers range from religion to customs and traditions to something as basic as language and clothes. Basically culture is a way of living.

Read More

More about Hawaii Culture Essay

Related Topics

Open Document