• Gwen Stefani stated, “I’m Japanese.” In response to accusations.
• She said her father frequently travelled to the nation for work with Yamaha.
• She later travelled to Harajuku as an adult.

When questioned about the criticism of her infamous “Harajuku Girls” period, the 53-year-old singer, Gwen Stefani said her father frequently travelled to the nation for work with Yamaha and the tales he told affected and captivated her.

She told Allure magazine: “That was my Japanese influence and that was a culture that was so rich with tradition, yet so futuristic [with] so much attention to art and detail and discipline and it was fascinating to me.”

She later travelled to Harajuku as an adult, experiencing the culture for herself.

She added: “I said, ‘My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it.’ I am, you know.”

She insisted there is an “innocence” to her love for Japanese culture, describing herself as a “super fan”.

She explained: “If [people are] going to criticize me for being a fan of something beautiful and sharing that, then I just think that doesn’t feel right.

“I think it was a beautiful time of creativity… a time of the ping-pong match between Harajuku culture and American culture.

“[It] should be okay to be inspired by other cultures because if we’re not allowed then that’s dividing people, right?”

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