ahhhhh this is perfect! I’ve wanted to go to Japan since I was a kid. I really want to see Kiddy Land, Sanrio Puroland, the Ghibli Museum, Pokemon Centre Tokyo, temples in Kyoto, sakura… yes, I am basically a child. ^_^
Kendra YeeMarch 11th, 20137:22 PM
LOVE THIS!!!!
ebichuMarch 11th, 20137:22 PM
OMG!!! You hanged out with Juria!!!! So awesome!!!!
AlienorMarch 11th, 20137:26 PM
Great pics !
I have a question for Rookie staff: to send stuff to you guys, is it “submission” (@rookiemag.com), or “submissions” ?
thanks !
AnaheedMarch 11th, 20137:29 PM
Either one works.
hiraariMarch 11th, 20137:27 PM
#13
I love the purikura!
#16 and #20
DKSJFISDJF JURIAAAAA!!!! She’s so cool!!!
TambourelleMarch 11th, 20137:34 PM
This is so sweet and cute. You’ve inspired me to document my trip to Rome next week like mad! And to create a little diary to treasure it all in. Oh and btw the guy in No. 5 is sooo pretty! x
Dana BoulosMarch 12th, 20131:12 AM
take photos of everything!! wow have a great time :)
YazmineMarch 11th, 20137:36 PM
That pink furry coat and bunny heels <3
wissycoshMarch 11th, 20137:48 PM
Oh Dana,
This is just so kawai. Would you mind telling some delicious great places you ate at? veg/watevz! danced at? chilled at? and stooped at?? I am going in June and am so excited to see everything.
Headlines on the photos would have been great- I only recognize the Issey store.
xxxxX
Dana BoulosMarch 12th, 20131:09 AM
Hi there!!
OMGOSH sooooooo many places! Alright the place to shop at definitely hit up harajuku street visit the following stores for cute and cool stuff:
1. Thank You Mart (everything is only $3.00 VINTAGE CLOTHES CUTE ACCESSORIES AND YES ONLY $3.00 i found amazing vintage high wasted levi jeans for that price)
2. Avand Gaurde
Super cool tattoo tights!!
3. Bubbles Vintage Boutique
You’ll find a lot of cool vintage there from the 60s – 90s.
4. 100 Yen store (its basically the 99 cent store but WAYYYYYY COOLER! you’ll find a lot of hello kitty items as well as MY FAVORITE ‘TWIN STARS’ as well as everything you’ll ever need!
This website really helped mehttp://tokyofashion.com/ as well as Tokyo by lonely planet book.
OOH and make sure to get a PASMO card basically like an Oyster card!
wissycoshMarch 12th, 20132:19 AM
Hai, arigato gozaimasu.
Sayonara odaiji ni. xx
AnaRuizMarch 11th, 20138:02 PM
I love the Japan fetish, but give us the rest of the world, Rookie!!
boringbrickMarch 11th, 20138:34 PM
I am so dying about this bunny shoes ;;
ZeldaMarch 11th, 20138:36 PM
Have fun in Rome. You are so lucky! and I agree about the guy in number five
basicallypennyMarch 11th, 20139:12 PM
love the layout! especially love the giant buddha(?)!!
very jealous…
StrawberryTwistMarch 11th, 20139:31 PM
AHHH this is amazing! :) It’s so inspiring! Im in love with the bunny shoes!
StellaBerlinMarch 11th, 20139:35 PM
I LOVE THIS!
I have that notebook, too! I live in New York and theres an incredibly cool japanese bookstore called Books Kinokuniya (pretty sure thats how you spell it?) and they sell books like that with AMAZZZZING paper.
Lola WitchMarch 11th, 201311:08 PM
Oh my gosh I love that bookstore!!! I’ve been to the one in LA and SF. Both are fantastic~
Dana BoulosMarch 12th, 20131:10 AM
i love that store in NYC!
Lola WitchMarch 11th, 201311:07 PM
Absolutely gorgeous!!! This is a perfect representation of my love affair with Japan. ❤ ☂ ☆
AmyLMarch 11th, 201311:15 PM
You hung out with JURIA?! I am so jealous!!!!!
gracegoessqueeMarch 12th, 201312:11 AM
SLIDE 14! I LOVE THOSE SHOES SO MUCH!
xoxololitaMarch 12th, 201312:33 AM
This has to be one of my favorite pieces of rookie. These pages are amazing very inspiring<3
xxBianca
Dana BoulosMarch 12th, 20131:13 AM
Thank you so much everyone ahh i had so many photographs…so hard to narrow them down <3
feryhdzMarch 12th, 201312:37 AM
I love the illustrations! Do you know the artist’s name?
PhoebeMarch 12th, 20131:10 AM
Her name is Etelu:
MiareleMarch 12th, 20131:37 AM
JURIA NAKAGAWA OMG. how did you meet Juria? how is he in real life? aaah so jealous I am OBSESSED with her
anyway, I really love the composition, it all seems very wacky, dreamy, yet just right, much like Tkyo itself. The covers are especially cute, too. Dana, you are a very talented (and lucky?) girl! <333
ivoireMarch 12th, 20133:18 AM
omgggg how was japan? ok i already know the answer cause i follow ur tumblr
i have so many questions like can we be friends?? and was juria as cool as she looked? and can u take me to japan one day???? omg!!! i love this.
Paint By NumbersMarch 12th, 20134:25 AM
Oh my gosh, this is so lovely! My friend went to Japan late last year with our school and she adored it (I think she’s considering moving).
julalondonMarch 12th, 20134:53 AM
When i saw those bunny-heels, i almost fainted. Where are they from??? One of my favourite photo-sets so far!
LilySewMarch 12th, 20135:25 AM
Oh my gosh those bunny shoes in picture 14!!! So adorable! And that’s so cool you got to snap a pic with Juria, she sure is a recognizable street-style star. :D
Haruka KanayamaMarch 12th, 20136:38 AM
Oh i have that notebook!!
Did you come to Japan? That awesome :) I really wanted to see you because i am a big fan of ROOKIE!!!
I’m looking forward to that you come to Japan again♪♪
Mary the freakMarch 12th, 201311:30 AM
TOO
AWESOME
FOR
WORDS
OMG!!!
cloudintheskyMarch 12th, 20132:16 PM
OMG this is a lovely photo diary!
I definitely have to visit Japan (Tokyo) some time, I would love to get to know this culture. <3
Divya MenonMarch 12th, 20133:55 PM
I love Japan! A topic besides the lovely pics up there ^ which are pretty beyond doubt…
I just love all your stuff from the Rookie mag is it weird that I’m not a teen? I know it’s not that weird… but hearing it would be my welcome hug! :D
AnaheedMarch 12th, 20135:43 PM
Not weird! Unless you mean you are under 5 years old in which case I am mostly just impressed.
limegreensunsetMarch 12th, 20136:03 PM
perfect.
momobabyMarch 12th, 20136:26 PM
Beautiful! I want to be there :P I love the diary format
Sea goddessMarch 13th, 20132:34 PM
Getttt ouuut these are fucking awesomeeee!!!!
RhiaSnapeMarch 13th, 20134:48 PM
I’ve always wanted to go to Japan so badly! i love the culture, the style, the cities….this is too perfect. and i NEED me those bunny shoes #14
AliceBuuMarch 14th, 20132:16 AM
OMG! Juria! so lucky :)
NanaLolitaMarch 14th, 201311:44 AM
Konnichiwa guys!
I’m Japanese girl!!! Did you enjoy Japan?Your diary is awesome! I wish You enjoyed Japan!!!
I met u guys at Bunny Salon by the little vicious.
And I took photographs with Dana! She was sooo sweet and Kawaii! Thanks for talking with me.
Japan have so many Kawaii stuffs and culture. You can enjoy more special things.
Please come back to Japan! We’re waiting for you in Japan. Bye-bye.
Mata Kitene! Mattuteruyo! Sayonara! :)
inescMarch 16th, 20131:23 PM
Amazing! It’s my dream trip!
Natsuki HayaseMarch 20th, 20136:19 PM
WOW she met a famous street fashion idol!!!!
So lucky!
Cutesycreator aka MonicaJune 21st, 20132:20 PM
I loooooooooove this!!! And the shoes in #14… omg… I would KILL FOR THEM.
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50 Comments
好可爱。。。⋯⋯^‿^
Absolute heaven!
Can I sumbit a photo set about grafitti in NYC?
Of course.
Omg I would LOVE to see that!!!
ahhhhh this is perfect! I’ve wanted to go to Japan since I was a kid. I really want to see Kiddy Land, Sanrio Puroland, the Ghibli Museum, Pokemon Centre Tokyo, temples in Kyoto, sakura… yes, I am basically a child. ^_^
LOVE THIS!!!!
OMG!!! You hanged out with Juria!!!! So awesome!!!!
Great pics !
I have a question for Rookie staff: to send stuff to you guys, is it “submission” (@rookiemag.com), or “submissions” ?
thanks !
Either one works.
#13
I love the purikura!
#16 and #20
DKSJFISDJF JURIAAAAA!!!! She’s so cool!!!
This is so sweet and cute. You’ve inspired me to document my trip to Rome next week like mad! And to create a little diary to treasure it all in. Oh and btw the guy in No. 5 is sooo pretty! x
take photos of everything!! wow have a great time :)
That pink furry coat and bunny heels <3
Oh Dana,
This is just so kawai. Would you mind telling some delicious great places you ate at? veg/watevz! danced at? chilled at? and stooped at?? I am going in June and am so excited to see everything.
Headlines on the photos would have been great- I only recognize the Issey store.
xxxxX
Hi there!!
OMGOSH sooooooo many places! Alright the place to shop at definitely hit up harajuku street visit the following stores for cute and cool stuff:
1. Thank You Mart (everything is only $3.00 VINTAGE CLOTHES CUTE ACCESSORIES AND YES ONLY $3.00 i found amazing vintage high wasted levi jeans for that price)
2. Avand Gaurde
Super cool tattoo tights!!
3. Bubbles Vintage Boutique
You’ll find a lot of cool vintage there from the 60s – 90s.
4. 100 Yen store (its basically the 99 cent store but WAYYYYYY COOLER! you’ll find a lot of hello kitty items as well as MY FAVORITE ‘TWIN STARS’ as well as everything you’ll ever need!
This website really helped mehttp://tokyofashion.com/ as well as Tokyo by lonely planet book.
OOH and make sure to get a PASMO card basically like an Oyster card!
Hai, arigato gozaimasu.
Sayonara odaiji ni. xx
I love the Japan fetish, but give us the rest of the world, Rookie!!
I am so dying about this bunny shoes ;;
Have fun in Rome. You are so lucky! and I agree about the guy in number five
love the layout! especially love the giant buddha(?)!!
very jealous…
AHHH this is amazing! :) It’s so inspiring! Im in love with the bunny shoes!
I LOVE THIS!
I have that notebook, too! I live in New York and theres an incredibly cool japanese bookstore called Books Kinokuniya (pretty sure thats how you spell it?) and they sell books like that with AMAZZZZING paper.
Oh my gosh I love that bookstore!!! I’ve been to the one in LA and SF. Both are fantastic~
i love that store in NYC!
Absolutely gorgeous!!! This is a perfect representation of my love affair with Japan. ❤ ☂ ☆
You hung out with JURIA?! I am so jealous!!!!!
SLIDE 14! I LOVE THOSE SHOES SO MUCH!
This has to be one of my favorite pieces of rookie. These pages are amazing very inspiring<3
xxBianca
Thank you so much everyone ahh i had so many photographs…so hard to narrow them down <3
I love the illustrations! Do you know the artist’s name?
Her name is Etelu:
JURIA NAKAGAWA OMG. how did you meet Juria? how is he in real life? aaah so jealous I am OBSESSED with her
anyway, I really love the composition, it all seems very wacky, dreamy, yet just right, much like Tkyo itself. The covers are especially cute, too. Dana, you are a very talented (and lucky?) girl! <333
omgggg how was japan? ok i already know the answer cause i follow ur tumblr
i have so many questions like can we be friends?? and was juria as cool as she looked? and can u take me to japan one day???? omg!!! i love this.
Oh my gosh, this is so lovely! My friend went to Japan late last year with our school and she adored it (I think she’s considering moving).
When i saw those bunny-heels, i almost fainted. Where are they from??? One of my favourite photo-sets so far!
Oh my gosh those bunny shoes in picture 14!!! So adorable! And that’s so cool you got to snap a pic with Juria, she sure is a recognizable street-style star. :D
Oh i have that notebook!!
Did you come to Japan? That awesome :) I really wanted to see you because i am a big fan of ROOKIE!!!
I’m looking forward to that you come to Japan again♪♪
TOO
AWESOME
FOR
WORDS
OMG!!!
OMG this is a lovely photo diary!
I definitely have to visit Japan (Tokyo) some time, I would love to get to know this culture. <3
I love Japan! A topic besides the lovely pics up there ^ which are pretty beyond doubt…
I just love all your stuff from the Rookie mag is it weird that I’m not a teen? I know it’s not that weird… but hearing it would be my welcome hug! :D
Not weird! Unless you mean you are under 5 years old in which case I am mostly just impressed.
perfect.
Beautiful! I want to be there :P I love the diary format
Getttt ouuut these are fucking awesomeeee!!!!
I’ve always wanted to go to Japan so badly! i love the culture, the style, the cities….this is too perfect. and i NEED me those bunny shoes #14
OMG! Juria! so lucky :)
Konnichiwa guys!
I’m Japanese girl!!! Did you enjoy Japan?Your diary is awesome! I wish You enjoyed Japan!!!
I met u guys at Bunny Salon by the little vicious.
And I took photographs with Dana! She was sooo sweet and Kawaii! Thanks for talking with me.
Japan have so many Kawaii stuffs and culture. You can enjoy more special things.
Please come back to Japan! We’re waiting for you in Japan. Bye-bye.
Mata Kitene! Mattuteruyo! Sayonara! :)
Amazing! It’s my dream trip!
WOW she met a famous street fashion idol!!!!
So lucky!
I loooooooooove this!!! And the shoes in #14… omg… I would KILL FOR THEM.