Brands: Shibuya 109-2

It's the start of a new year. This means many things to many people, but to those of us in Tokyo it means one thing above all else - Fukubukuro! In the Japanese Fukubukuro (literally "lucky bag") tradition, the first

Fukubukuro sales in Japan kick off on New Year's Day. We've already published a massive report on the 2012 Lucky Bag shopping fun in Harajuku. Now it's time to turn our sights toward Shibuya. Whereas LaForet Harajuku opens on the

It's time to experience the craziest shopping day of the year in Shibuya - and the grand finale of our 2011 Tokyo Fukubukuro and New Year's Sales coverage. Just after midnight in the early morning of January 2nd, people start

Happy Holidays everyone! It's time for another Tokyo Christmas 2010 photo walk. This time, we're going to walk all over Shibuya. There is no other place in Tokyo (or in Japan, or on the planet) like Shibuya. I've been all

We've already shown you Shibuya 109's Christmas 2010 holiday collaboration with the South Korean band Girls' Generation (SNSD). Though KPop is huge in Japan right now, 109 couldn't leave JPop out in the cold - so they've collaborated with the

This cute Japanese couple - she's 17 and he's 19 - were photographed on the street in Harajuku. The guy in glasses has a gyaru-o hairstyle and he told us that Shibuya 109-2 was his favorite place to shop. He's

The days following New Year's Day are huge shopping days in Japan. One of the biggest reasons for the shopping frenzy are the fukubukuro (Happy Bag, Lucky Bag, Mystery Bag, etc.) that many stores offer to kick off the New