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In photos: The wonderful rock and roll dancers in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan

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In photos: The wonderful rock and roll dancers in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan

In photos: The wonderful rock and roll dancers in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan

Every Sunday afternoon, various rockabilly dance crews in matching outfits gather by the Harajuku entrance of Yoyogi Park to enthusiastically dance to 1950s rock‘n’roll music.

Their energy, passion and dedication to the music and the fashion is a joy to behold. Here’s some scenes from last weekend:

Known as the Rollers, they’ve been dancing in Harajuku for over 25 years, as this article explains.

Read more: The Tokyo Subculture of 1950s Rockabilly Gangs

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