GANGUROGANGURO

Ganguro (ganguro - literally "black face") - a special Japanese youth subculture that originated in the 90th year of the last century. The peak of the popularity of this culture occurred in 2000, but young people "ganguro" often can be seen today on the streets of Tokyo, especially in the areas of Shibuya (Shibuya) and Ikebukuro (Ikebukuro).

Ganguro, at first glance, this perpetual holiday somewhere in the Caribbean - a tan and an incredible riot of colors. In the culture of "ganguro" greatly influenced pop singer Namie Amuro from Okinawa (Amuro Namie). In the mid-nineties, many girls wanted to be like this tanned Japanese girl ...

It is assumed that the appearance of "ganguro" is descended from the African heroes of anime, who is also a brown-colored skin and hair. Also, African-American model, presumably influenced by this subculture, as well as the increasing popularity of hip-hop music.

Appearance:Appearance:

• very strong tan or abundance of dark foundation.

• long hair, clarified (by the way, the procedure for hair coloring in white takes half a day and costs $ 400!). Also, hair can be dyed in different colors.

• Light makeup• eyes - black or white eyeliner.• false eyelashes, sometimes epic proportions

• bright clothes, mini-skirts• shoes or boots on the platform. High platform (around

15 cm) make them far above the ordinary Japanese.• set decorations

• artificial flowers in her hair• colored contact lenses

• in the hands - a mobile phone, the same colorful, as are the ganguro. On the phone - Color Photo Stickers purikura (purikura). Ganguro make them a special photo booths, and then they choose the same background, make the text on the touch screen, then prints a series of photo booth which is divided between friends.

What are they read?What are they read?• mostly fashion magazines, such as,

"Popteen", "Ego System", "Egg" and "Cawaii"• SMS messages. They rarely can be met

without a mobile.

What are they love?What are they love?• shopping. Things "haute couture"• use slang• go to the clubs.• send SMS messages.• listen to music. A lot of favorite artists such as Namie

Amuro or group «Max»

Where you can find they?Where you can find they? All entertainment districts of Tokyo: Shinzhuku

(Shinjuku), Shibuya (Shibuya), Ahikabara (Ahikabara), Roppongi (Roppongi) or Akasaka (Akasaka). Ganguro love shopping, so they can be often seen in shopping malls. They love to entertain, like when a noisy and fun, so often go to clubs.

Western way of thinking, that is positive, while consumer attitude to life. Japanese conservatives criticize ganguro for excessive materialism, believing that a measure of spiritual impoverishment of the Japanese youth.

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