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Fashion and Design Hangouts

Anniversaire Café
1
MAP S5 • 3-5-30 Kita-Aoyama,
Minato-ku • 5411-5988
A terrace seat here doesn’t come
cheap, but this chic café is the place
to see and be seen.
A Bathing Ape
2
MAP S5 • 5-5-8 Minami-
Aoyama, Minato-ku • 3407-2145
One of Tokyo’s most original fashion
stores. The distinctive jeans and
hoodies attract a very cool,
discerning crowd.
Laforet Harajuku
3 Prada Aoyama’s amazing storefront
MAP R4 • 1-11-6 Jingumae,
Prada Aoyama
Shibuya-ku • 3475-0411 6
The oddball styles offered by MAP S5 • 5-2-6 Minami-
hundreds of clothes and acces sory Aoyama, Minato-ku • 6418-0400
stores here attract teens. It’s also Prada’s quality, chic offerings are
a wonderful place to observe Tokyo almost overshadowed by the
youth and fashion fads. brilliance of this crystal-like building.
Comme des Garçons
Issey Miyake
4 7
MAP S5 • 3-18-11 Minami-
MAP S5 • 5-2-1 Minami-
Aoyama, Minato-ku • 3406-3951 Aoyama, Minato-ku • 3423-1407
Curving glass windows and tilted Original designs, including Miyake’s
walls hint at the creative approach signature single gar ment pieces, are
to fashion here at Rei Kawakubo’s beautifully displayed here.
main fashion store.
Omotesando Hills
8
MAP R4 • 4- 12-10 Jingumae,
Shibuya-ku • 3497-0310
Boutiques, such as Jimmy Choo, and
specialist stores, inclu ding e.m.
jew elry, vie with other brands here.
Cat Street
9
MAP B5 • Omotesando,
Minato-ku
This fashion road is home to designers
such as DKNY, Armani Casa, and
Anna Sui. There’s also a good mix
Showroom, Comme des Garçons of cafés and art spaces.
Undercover
Shibuya 109 Building
5 0
MAP B6 • 2-29-1 Dogenzaka,
MAP S5 • Bleu Cinq Point Bldg,
5-3-22 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku Shibuya-ku • 3477-5111
• 3407-1232 With a clientele rarely over 20, the
The brainchild of former punk cutting-edge clothes sold inside this
musician Jun Takahashi, this cylindrical-shaped building are a
store sells youth streetwear. measure of tomorrow’s fashion trends.

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