HAVING JUST OPENED ITS DOORS IN SHIBUYA, ITAZURA HAS ALREADY MARKED ITSELF OUT AS THE ONE TO WATCH IN JAPANESE VINTAGE FASHION CIRCLES WITH ITS UNIQUE MIX OF RETRO JAPANESE IMAGERY AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC OTAKU ROOM SETTING.

TAKE A LOOK INSIDE LA FORET HARAJUKU’S ONE AND ONLY SCRAMBLE MARKET.  THE BEST PLACE TO FIND INDEPENDENT JAPANESE FASHION BRANDS SUCH AS ETW. VONNEGUET, F.E.A.R, IN-PROCESS BY HALL OHARA, CHRISTIAN DADA, REMAIN SILENT AND MORE…

JOIN US IN A TRIP DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE FOR AN ALICE IN WONDERLAND THEMED VINTAGE BOUTIQUE IN THE HEART OF KOENJI.  EXPECT MASONIC REGALIA, VICTORIAN DRESSES, RELIGIOUS JEWELRY AND ENOUGH TEACUPS TO SATISFY ANY MORI / DOLLY AFICIONADO.

ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE NEW WAVE OF AKIHABARA FASHION IS 5OKAI, THE AKIHABARA BASED BOUTIQUE BUILT IN THE IMAGE OF AN OTAKU ROOM AND FEATURING DESIGNERS SUCH AS BALMUNG, RUNURUNU, BODYSONG, VEVEROPPARUUU, JENNY FAX, MIKIO SAKABE AND MORE.

FROM THE MIND OF THE ARTIST KANO TAKERO COMES IONIO AND ETNA, A KOENJI BOUTIQUE FULL OF RE-WORKED VINTAGE OBJECTS, ACCESSORIES MADE FROM RECLAIMED MATERIALS, HANDMADE AND TREATED BAGS, AND MUCH MORE…

ONE OF KOENJI’S BEST KEPT SECRETS, THE SURPRISINGLY SPACIOUS GREEN DOT IS SURE TO TICKLE THE FANCY OF ANYONE WISHING TO DIP THEIR TOE INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF JAPANESE VINTAGE STYLE, GREEN DOT IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO TOKYO’S VINTAGE BOUTIQUES.