Tag: japanese

With all of the new shop openings around Harajuku in the last couple of weeks, we've got a little bit of a backlog on other updates for you. For example, on the same day as we reported on the new

Tonight was the preview party for the soon-to-be-open Forever 21 Harajuku store. Tomorrow, April 29, 2009, is the official opening of the first every Forever 21 store in Japan - just in time for Golden Week. But, tonight invited guests,

Just a quick update with some new pictures of the progress of the Forever 21 Harajuku shop that is opening next week. We posted an item about this first ever Forever 21 Japan store back in February. Since then, they've

There is a new Japanese fashion accessories shop coming to Cat Street in Ura Harajuku - it's called Dicokick. The new shop opens on April 24, 2009, the same date as the new Lowry's Farm Harajuku building. Dicokick produces high

For any Nirvana fans out there, the Japanese fashion brand and select shop chain Freak's Store is currently celebrating the legend of Kurt Cobain with some collaboration t-shirts. The Cobain t-shirts are on display at their Harajuku shop and they

Last month, when Uniqlo's cheaper sister brand G.U. announced that they would begin selling jeans for 990 yen (about US$10) a pair, it got a lot of people's attention in Japan. After all, the economy in Japan is facing many

This update is just to post a couple of pictures of Japanese street fashion taken recently in Harajuku. These friendly Japanese kids were posing near Harajuku Station. If you look at their style, it actually looks more Shibuya Style than

The popular Japanese young woman's clothing brand As Know As has launched a collection of clothing in collaboration with Popeye's favorite girl - Olive Oyl. The collaboration is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of As Know As and the

On April 26, 2009, Edwin Jeans Japan will open their new Edwin Denim Galaxy shop, art, and event space in Harajuku. The location of the new shop is on Meiji Dori almost directly across the street from their existing store

When I picked up a new pair of Onitsuka Tiger sneakers in Shibuya recently, I was happily surprised to find out that I got a free pair of wooden Onitsuka Tiger chopsticks with the purchase. The shop that I found