Influenses Japanese fashion and culture gives to Taiwanese youth fashion 〜Research Report by the field research and interview in Taipei and Taichung Kumiko Takano "ACROSS", PARCO Co.,Ltd. Lecturer at Bunka Gakuen Graduate University PHDStudent of Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance Abstract This research presentation is based on the field research on fashion and culture of young people in Taiwan's urban areas where cultural exchanges with Japan have been active in recent years in the academic field of Fashion Sociology. Regarding the methodology, against the background that "clothing is an expression of society" or "La Ciudad es la gente en la calle" (a city is a person living there) ", Based on the "photo ethnography" which reconstructs still image data taken from experiences in field work, observation of events in the field and theoretical consideration while considering, and furthermore, also I did some personal interviews to complement as a framework for this analysis. For analysis, from "TEITEN KANSOKU: fixed point observation" observing young people and fashion and culture on the streets of Tokyo, Shibuya, Harajuku, Shinjuku, which are conducted once a month from 1980 for 38 years I referred to the findings. Specifically, it is as follows. For urban areas of Taipei and Taichung, Ţ pre-survey and mapping: plotted public places and shops from magazines, guidebooks, web media, reviews, etc. on a Google map. ţ Research on photo and ethnography was actually carried out on site. Ť Based on the photographic data obtained in ձ and ղ, we examined "social space" in the city and its differences. ť In order to supplement the consideration obtained in Ť, buyers of shops that deal mainly with Japanese brands, staff of C to C EC media with branch offices in Japan, founder of web media introducing Japanese and Taiwanese culture We interviewed individually. The following findings were brought by this research. In Taichung, which is developing large-scale urban development including opening of MRT, the movement and reorganization of the "urban community" has progressed, and several new "social spaces" were born. In Taipei, which is already a major city, the movement to positively incorporate apparel specialty shops and brands in Japan and the