Category: Stores

  • Bape in NY

    Marxy points us to a NEW YORK TIMES article on the opening of the new A Bathing Ape shop in New York, and then goes on to explain why Bape is dead (or at least isn’t the Bape of old anymore).

  • Game Shopping

    Wanna see what a Japanese game shop looks like?

  • Setagaya Boro Ichi

    This week sees the flea market to end all flea markets in Tokyo: the Setagaya Boro Ichi. It’s December, time again for the huge fleamarket that’s being held every winter on two days each in December and January. A total of about 700 stalls will be selling antiques, 2nd hand clothes, used books and a…

  • Tokyo Skywalk + NCM

    Jesper has just put up a page for their Tokyo Skywalk + Next Century Modern collaboration store. I love the slogan: “Idea Importers from the Future!”

  • Tokyo Skywalk-boutique

    Congratulations to Jesper and the NCM crew for the opening of their shop in Gothenburg, the Tokyo Skywalk-boutique! This TSiG post features pics from their opening party. And speaking of Next Century Modern, Jesper’s design outfit, I will be acting as a sort of agent for them here in Tokyo, so please get in touch…

  • iTunes Music Store Canada

    Apple has just launched its Canadian iTunes Music Store, and this means that I can now buy music from them — I have a Canadian credit card, which lets me create an account there. Even better is the fact that it seems like us Canadians are getting the best deal out there! Even though Canadian…

  • New at Muji

    This afternoon I was at Muji Yurakucho, and saw that they’ve finally setup their Muji+Infill house display (pictured above left). From what I can tell, it’s actually for sale, and I so want one. How sweet it would be to have a bit of land on the outskirts of the city (somewhere like Kamakura or…

  • Felicity Tees

    The Felicity label is selling a a pack of 6 Trattoria t-shirts for 6800 yen. Link via Patrick.