4Art by the Meter
Sierra Sroka - May 14 2010: We are all used to buying cloth and even space by the meter. But art by the meter? Tokyo based art gallery ART-Meter is making it a success.
8Cameras for Dreaming
Kjeld Duits - Feb 14 2010: Japan is famous for its camera makers, but there is no other camera maker like Tokyo based PowerShovel.
9Hundred Year Old Cool
Nao Okamura - Dec 25 2009: Antique kimono have become popular and it is now difficult to find nice ones at a good price. At Osaka’s Mei you’ll always find an excellent selection.
2Bags with Character
Nao Okamura - Dec 18 2009: “We only use leather with character for our bags,” says bag creator Mitsuko Fujiwara.
3Japanese Make Over of Italian Oldie
Nao Okamura - Dec 11 2009: Japanese head-wear designer Jin Nakamura has taken the Coppola, the traditional flat cap worn in Sicily, and given it Japanese playfulness and panache.
4Buddhist Street Flair
Kjeld Duits - Aug 12 2009: For years, you were limited to scouring temple markets and used clothing shops for clothes with traditional Japanese design. Now, more and more companies offer an amazing array of items inspired by the past. Sometimes, the shop surprises!
3Tokyo's Hidden Secrets 2
Deanne Tonking - Jul 15 2009: TokyoMade dig up more treasures this week. Discover funky galleries and event spaces showcasing up-and-coming Japanese creators.
2Tokyo's Hidden Secrets 1
Deanne Tonking - Jul 08 2009: Hidden in the back streets of Tokyo lie secret treasures that even Tokyoites themselves barely know. Funky galleries, shops and event spaces showcasing up-and-coming Japanese creators and their works. This week, TokyoMade, enthusiastic supporters of independent Japan-based design and creation, take you on a tour to discover them.
5Pink and Pretty
Kjeld Duits - Jun 07 2009: In the basement of Laforet Harajuku, the famous fashion building in Tokyo, a young woman is cheerfully trying on a soft pink coat. As she raises the hood over her head, two big rabbit ears pop up. She looks in the mirror and a shy but happy smile appears on her face.
3Tokyo 135˚
Kjeld Duits - Dec 02 2008: The Tokyo 135˚ shop is hidden away on the second floor in a small building on a back street of Harajuku. If you don’t know it is there, you’ll most probably never find it. You’d miss out on Harajuku’s best modern kimono shop.
1Wagado
Kjeld Duits - Sep 18 2008: Walking into the tiny Wagado shop in Osaka’s Amerika Mura is like entering a cave made out of clothes. It is dark and there are clothes all over. On the walls, hanging from racks, and even hanging from the ceiling.
9The coolest store no one knows of
Misha Janette - Jul 20 2008: Ever heard of Bedrock? No? Well, its only one of the coolest stores in Tokyo. There’s a rumor that it lies down a spiral staircase that can only be accessed through the back of a café at the lower end of Omotesando Hills…
2Soe in Nakameguro
Misha Janette - Apr 14 2008: Soe (so-ee) can be spelt with the characters for “create” and “inclination”. So then it goes without saying that this menswear brand is a favorite among fashionably apt men around the cool area of Nakameguro and beyond
2Barbie Gone Harajuku
Misha Janette - Apr 12 2008: Barbie. Now, before your eyes roll back in your head, see what fuss the plastic prodigy is kicking up in the back streets of Harajuku with her new best friend, the queen of quirk, Patricia Field
6Great Tokyo shops for used clothing
Kjeld Duits - Aug 30 2005: A list of great shops for used clothing in Tokyo.
