TOKYO BREATHLESS NEON LOVE is a novel set in Japan in the 2000s, during the Ura-Harajuku Movement Fashion Boom.
An epic adventure and heart-pounding journey through a hidden side of Tokyo - Where skill and knowledge were only gained through raw experience and street smarts. Set in a Holographic Neon Metropolis - Electrically-charged with Passion, Danger, Neon Nightlife and Pure-Tokyo-Love.
You might be asking...
"What is Ura-Harajuku?"
Or
"Where is Ura-Harajuku?"
Ura-Harajuku is an area within the world-famous Harajuku Fashion District, which is known for fashion creativity pushed to the extreme. It is located around Jingumae 3 chome and 4 chome in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The term refers to not just a physical place but...
A whole fashion movement.
The 1990's Japanese media labelled the back streets of Harajuku as "Ura-Harajuku" or also known as just "UraHara" for a new underground movement in Japanese Fashion. UraHara was like a Fashion Wild West in the Orient - spawning some of Tokyo's most famous designers and street fashion brands.
At the time it was kind of like Hollywood - in a similar way, it was the focus of gossip and attention across the whole of Japan.
If Street Fashion was invented in the USA - It was most certainly perfected in Ura-Harajuku.
The influence of which is still being seen today in Sneakerhead Culture, the Hip Hop World and even European Luxury Fashion.
In many ways Ura-Harajuku shaped the world of High-End Exclusive Street Fashion today.
Youth flocked from all over Japan to Ura-Harajuku...
In hopes of having their photo snapped for one of the many magazines covering the movement.
I actually used to see them lined up on the sidewalk, waiting to have their picture taken for one of the many Harajuku Photo Magazines documenting the culture, in the morning when I was heading out to work.
Many with dreams of reaching International Fashion Stardom or some sort of recognition... but...
Most were not even given a second look, let alone any sort of opportunity to enter.
More people probably made it in Hollywood - than anyone ever did into the secret, closed doors of Ura-Harajuku.
But, somehow, I was there... One of the very first and few foreigners allowed in 24/7 working at one of Japan's most exclusive fashion houses.
Behind the face of one of the world's most influential fashion movements - there was another side... A more subversive and hidden side...
And it definitely wasn't all Peaches and Cream...
A lot went on in that world has not been recorded...
There was a lot more mystery to Ura-Harajuku... than anyone knows and this book gives you an exclusive scoop into a Very Hidden World.
Now I understand you might be asking... Who am I to be telling you all of this? I totally get it. You want to know if I am for real and have the experience to back it up.
If you want to know more about who I am then follow the link here - About Sean
Anyway, as you keep reading through this site you are probably going to realise that I will be telling you things no one else will or you won't find in other places.
Drifting ahead.
The story follows Kai Donohue touching down in Tokyo right at the turn of the year 2000... Determined with raw enthusiasm to make it in the cutting edge Japanese Fashion World.
Fighting to adapt with an out of this world cultural gap and learning to survive in the streets of the world's biggest city...
He becomes addicted to the heartbeat and beauty of the nightscape...
Exploring every subculture and urban mystery.
Until his perspective of the city is turned upside down, when encountering - The Infamous Ririna Kinoshita - president of Japan's fastest rising label and reigning queen of Ura-Harajuku.
A woman feared in the Japanese Fashion World, who leaves no opponent or rival in her path.
Ririna takes Kai under her wing as protege off the street and into a hidden parallel world of Tokyo Fashion - An Invisible Realm of Fashion Celebrities, Style Pioneers... seemingly unlimited wealth and decadence.
A spiritual journey in the most material of worlds...
Gives you an exclusive, inside view of an uncovered Fashion World and Tokyo amidst one of Japan's most extreme and electric time periods.
Racing forward.
To the next major theme in the novel...
This is a book about adventure and going completely crazy in love with the urban jungle.
Ever had the urge to miss last train home in Shibuya, left to wander the back streets to see where the night takes you?
Ever wanted to find the biggest dive bar in a side alley of Roppongi, only to go on a raucous escapade of the nightlife with a random group of attractive strangers.
Ever wanted to wander through the neon of Shinjuku bumping into all the wrong people, at exactly the wrong time in the wrong building. Just to see if you will survive, testing whether the experience will make your spirit stronger?
Now I am not saying any of these hypothetical situations are real or are in the book, but what I am saying is the stories you are going to be reading about are way more intense, outrageous and completely crazy than anything described here.
There is no comparison. None of these escapades would fulfill my desire to tell you the most passionate and electrified stories about Tokyo.
You also might get the sense that I am not giving away too much about the details here. That is because this is not a book or story you can find anywhere.
TOKYO BREATHLESS NEON LOVE is ultimately a spiritual journey. A search for enlightenment in the East colliding, banging and crashing into love, desire and lust at every corner of Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ginza, Aoyama and Asakusa.
Turbo Blast Forward.
To the book itself and how it will benefit you.
I get excited thinking about it all and I am excited for you because...
So now it is time to grasp the opportunity that is here for you, because you have a...
It with...
You will see the fashion... Experience the nightlife...
Taste culinary delicacies uptown...
Hear the rumble of Shibuya Crossing... Smell the fragrance of Sakura Flowers and Ginza...
Feel the electricity in the air... Wander down back streets and...
However, you found this page, by whatever stroke of luck -- you are in store for an epic adventure like no other in Japan.
People have told me...
"You know Sean... I just wish I could go back to Tokyo at that time... to Harajuku... Just to see what it was like... Even just once!!"
Well now you can... because... this book is...
Your Opportunity to Travel to Tokyo at the Beginning of the Century!!!
Believe me this book will make you feel a range of emotions... from anguish, to suspense, to bewilderment, a sense of mystery... and...
I believe it will touch your heart and make an impact in your life.
Accelerating forward.
It is not by design, or intention... but like exclusive products and fashion items during the 90s and 2000s in Ura-Harajuku itself...
This book is not easy to find.
You are definitely not going to find it in your local bookstore. In the same spirit as the themes covered in the plot...
It is a bit of an underground book.
Right now, the books are made to order and printed in very small numbers.
When you make your order or contact me -- I will organize to have it printed and shipped direct, straight to your door. A unique piece of art and literature -- I believe will impact your world.
Look around now at some material things around you. Many are of great value, but there are no material things... of greater value than both wisdom and knowledge.
All while going on an Electrifying and Stunning Adventure in Tokyo!!
Now it is time to shift gears... into...
From where you may be right now...
To the 2000s in Tokyo... Where there is...
Feverish Passion and Adventure Awaiting You...
Time to take a chance and live like there is only today...
And...
Wishing you the best and success
Regards
Sean Kavanagh
PS. As the famous monologue by Rutger Hauer went...
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time...
Like tears in the rain..."
Bladerunner - Ridley Scott (1982)
I too have seen things and a hidden world very few ever saw.
I once felt nostalgic for all the beautiful things I felt and experienced but...
These moments are not lost in time...
They are here for you to live, love and experience in the present...
So click this link and...
PPS. Don't tell me you'll think about it and get it later.
There is not much to think about... and...
So get -- TOKYO BREATHLESS NEON LOVE -- and go on one of the most peculiar, emotion-filled and beautiful adventures in Harajuku, Shibuya and Tokyo of your life!!!!!!
PPPS. The store site currently only ships to the USA and Australia. If you are somewhere else in the world... Send me an email direct at:
seankavanagh10@protonmail.com
And I will do my best to get it to you. *Price may vary due to shipping costs.