When you walk into Harajuku, a new Japanese eatery at Bandra's Chapel Road, it feels like you've entered Barbie's condo, except there's more to it than just candy coloured decor. The walls are dotted with frames of Japan's fashion forward youth, dressed in flamboyant outfits and caked in dramatic makeup.

The Tokyo neighbourhood the joint is named after, has inspired scores of creative minds including photographer Shoichi Aoki, who launched a fashion magazine called FRUITS focused on individual styles found in Harajuku. Sadly, Aoki announced in February last year that the magazine would cease publication — effective immediately — because "there are no more cool kids to photograph."