Fruits

29th October - Tokyo

If you've not seen the Shoichi Aoki publication entitled 'Fruits', I suggest you take a look at it next time you go to Waterstones. It is full of strange Japanese kids dressed up in fantasy gear. Relax, not that kind of stuff - we're talking somewhere between manga, little bow peep and sesame street.

These kids can be found chilling and eating birthday cake each weekend near Harajuke station in Western Toki. It is a bizarre sight to behold; these (mostly) girls in their costumes, the tourists wandering around bewildered, the old Japanese men perving with their cameras.

I met a guy who was making a documentary on the whole phenomenon. I asked him what insights he had gained as to why they did this. He had no idea. Sounds like it'll be a great documentary.