To understand ganguro, one must understand the characteristics and, furthermore, how they pertained to Japanese preconceived notions of beauty. A girl who practices ganguro or a “ganguro girl” usually has a very dark tan that produces an orange skin tone – usually done through make-up but sometimes accomplished through heavy tanning. Other traits include fake eyelashes, hair dyed shades of bright orange and blonde and black ink tracing lines around the eyes and lips. Doesn’t sound too appealing, does it? That’s pretty much the point. Many behavioral study specialists believe that ganguro was a rebellious attack against what the Japanese people thought beauty to be – pale skin, dark hair and unremarkable makeup.

For those of you who have been to the country, you know that Japanese culture has a tendency to both reject and rebuke anything imperfect, often times isolating these imperfections. As strange and unhealthy as ganguro might have been, it at least allowed Japanese females a chance to reject unfair expectations with regards to the ideal woman of idealized beauty, and one can certainly see the beauty in that.

Japanese pop culture continues to grow and survive because it is dependent upon constant innovation in the areas of digital progression in the computer and information systems domain. It is correlated through new influences of Western culture and the adaptability within Japanese culture itself. It becomes the same only to change once again.

What has been most challenging for the nuance of the Japanese pop culture is the consideration that is runs counter to traditional Japanese thinking. This is nothing further from the truth. The furisode has become a popular article of clothing for young women again. Traditional and modernity can meet to a positive end.

The influence of Japanese Pop Culture is also evident in fashion, dance, and advent of new range of social groups. Emp, Punk, Skate, or dozens of others are the direct contact and influence of youth culture in Japan. The evidence of new fashion iconography is expressed through Japanese designers such as Issey Miyake, and others who have made a viable influence on world fashion, as well as Japanese youth street fashion which is monitored and emulated pretty much all over the world. To a degree, Japanese pop culture stands alone and influences all.

Japan has long since been an incubator of culture. In itself, it is a culture of several thousands of years. The advent of the Digital Age had thrust the country into a viable competition with goods and services of Western culture, bringing innovations of new cultural influences with them. Japan was indeed ready for the influx, with many young people who were willing to try anything new. The Digital Age brought new stylings the country was hungry for, and young people immediately embraced. The uniqueness of this is that Japanese culture brings not only stability but adaptability, and the new cultural influences of Pop Culture are now a much changed and independent force in youth culture in Japan. The best words that really typify this are. “Emo, anyone?”.