Tanned dark haired asian

The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo were the centres of ganguro fashion; it was started by rebellious youth who contradicted the traditional Japanese concept of beauty; pale skin , dark hair and neutral makeup tones. Ganguro instead tanned their skin, bleached their hair and used a lot of colourful makeup in unusual ways. Ganguro has a connection to Japanese folklore of ghosts and demons who are depicted with a similar appearance such as those in kabuki and noh costumes. This connection is further underlined by the off-shoot style yamanba , named after a mountain witch in Japanese folklore. The ganguro trend started in the mids and reached its peak by the latter half of the decade; it purportedly became almost obsolete by when a bihaku craze emerged among young women who wanted to imitate the look of their favourite popular singers, [3] specifically Ayumi Hamasaki [4] who debuted at the time.