The journalist, Poorna Bell describes kawaii fashion as "a doll that has met an unfortunate accident with a vat of LSD" Ok, when you see vids like this, I can see her point, but asides from late 90s psy trance raves that used to be on at Yoyogi every week, Harajuku is actually a really quite innocent place -- I think that is something that a lot of visitors are surprised about when they go to Harajuku or check out goth/ industrial clubs, everyone is quite straight, despite the fashion suggesting otherwise.
Thank you for mentioning the book xoxoxo
