Located in a quiet fashion area out from Kotto-dori in Aoyama Tokyo, Italian apparel brand Diesel opened their new store Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in September 2007. Previously located in Daikanyama, the store exist...

ORIGINALFAKE

2007.10.1　 Text: Naoko Kawaguchi

Produced by Medicom Toy x KAWS, OriginalFake® was born in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo in May 2006. Going down the stairs to the underground shop, you’ll be stunned by a giant object standing right at the entrance. This e...

KEYFOREST 871228

2007.8.9　 Text: Jo Phirip

I went to KEYFOREST871228 (Museum of Keith Haring) in Yamanashi, Japan during the Golden Week holidays. My main motivation was seeing the "Pin Hole Bus Camera Project". Unexpectedly, the fine arts museum was al...

UT STORE HARAJUKU

2007.6.6　 Text: Naoko Wowsug

UNIQLO has had a T-shirt campaign every year for the last 4 years. It consists of over 1,000 shirts they produced. On April 28th, UNIQLO opened a new store on Harajuku Meiji Street called "UT STORE HARAJUKU." which i...

REED SPACE TOKYO

2006.10.27　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

On the night of September 15th, there was a crowd of people around the back street of Aoyama. The DJ booth had great DJs like Shuya Okino and DJ Muro, and the wayside was full with people from dyed-in-the-wool street ...

NTT ICC OPEN SPACE

2006.7.28　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

First time after its temporary closing last year, Inter Comunication Center (ICC) has reopened a part of its exhibition space and admission-free community space, such as the library and mini-theater, to the public. ...

BOOK246

2004.9.3　 Text: Yuki Ishida

Recently, two shops dealing with books have opened in the Aoyama area of Tokyo. One is a book shop and the other is a select shop with has a book floor. What they have in common is that their emphasis lies in book sel...

COLETTE MEETS COMME DES GARCONS

2004.9.3　 Text: Yuki Ishida

Paris based select store "colette" has appeared in Aoyama. This is the first attempt for Colette to launch a shop outside Paris. Having partnered with Comme des Garcons, this shop "Colette meets Comme des Garcons...

ANO

2003.12.2　 Text: Yuki Ishida

Do you know the mole Krtek? Krtek was born in 1957 in Czechoslovakia, a country with a long history in the animation world. Recently the DVD Box was released which has been received so well that it has already sold ou...

EARTH MUSIC

2003.5.31　 Text: Satoshi Ota

"Earth Music" is a new clothing store that opened in May last year in Harajuku, Tokyo. "Earth Music & Ecology" is a popular street ladies' brand and "Earth Music" is the mens' version of it. The brand presen...

THE PEOPLES BUREAU

2002.11.25　 Text: Sachiko Kurashina

"The Peoples Bureau For Consumer Information Tokyo (alias The Peoples Bureau Tokyo)" has just opened in Harajuku, Tokyo. This is the first real shop of the on-line shop "The Peoples Bureau For Consumer Information" r...

DIESEL DENIM GALLERY

2002.10.29　 Text: Vivian Rosenthal

When architect Rem Koolhaas has a book out titled "The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping" you know that shopping is not what it used to be. And by extension, neither is the retail store. There is no better examp...