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VIDEO: Tokyo Gives Harlem Shake a Whirl

Categories: East Asia, Latin America, Japan, Citizen Media, Humor, Music
Harlem Shake in Shibuya crossing [1]

Harlem Shake in Shibuya crossing

Popular Internet video meme the Harlem Shake [2] [en] has hit Tokyo. A verison organized by a Latino under the pseudonym Saw was filmed on March 17, 2013 in Shibuya, the heart of Japan's youth culture, and the video was uploaded [1] on YouTube a few days later. Portal Mie [3] [pt], an online portal that serves Portuguese-speaking foreigners in Japan, has more details [4] [pt] .