12/11/2005

Police Blotter: YOYOGI PARK, Sun Dec 11, 2005 15:58
ASSAULT— People at the Harajuku Bridge at the entrance Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park called the police and reported seeing a photographer being assaulted by two women about 2 p.m. Sunday and that one of the women brandished a knife.
When the police arrived the found Albert Siegel, a foreign tourist who just arrived in Japan Friday, moaning on the ground with massive injuries to his groin.
He reported that two young women dressed in skimpy “visual kei” clothing had attacked him when he attempted to photograph them. He said the two young women stomped him leaving him with a mass of bruises on his body and badly scratched. Although Siegel was mostly incoherent, he complained of suffering ringing in his ears and pain from his hair being pulled.
Although the police found the young women in question, they unable to place them under arrest. The police also suffered multiple scratches, torn uniforms, and the embarrassment of being assaulted by two women half their size. The two women are still at large and the police advice extreme caution if you attempt shooting up-skirt photos of them.

Ok, ok, I lied.
Albert Siegel and I went out to Harajuku today to take photos of the freakaziod girls on the Harajuku bridge. We had a great time and met Masa-kun of the famous Masamania.com website (don’t miss that site that shows the real Japan). Below are a few more pix of the funny girls and on my Flickr account I’ve posted a full collection of larger-photos not shown below.

UPDATE: In Fashion.3Yen.com Chidade posted this related report from the same weekend in Harajuku: Saturdays in Harajuku