ABOUT THE SITE

Basically this is my second site, my main one being Blumchen~ BUT... I wanted to have a more experimental and old-web styled page so here is HANANBA... A love letter to Manba, my favourite japanese subculture!

What does the site name mean... Well it's a mixture of Hana - meaning flower, and manba.
In Japanese, manba マンバ is a type of gyaru ギャル with a makeup that stands out, characterized by artificial dark skin color, called ganguro ガングロ, white lip gloss, white mascara, highlighter (on nose), drawn downturned eyes, stickers above the cheek, and colored hair.