Tag: Retail

Mitsukoshi Isetan have teamed up with fashion brand minä perhonen (despite the name, not actually Finnish) to offer a new take on a classic item of modern Japanese convenience. Isetan is ...

Wearable Clothing by Urban Research is a virtual dressing room interactive digital unit was recently installed for a trial run in Ikebukuro Parco department. The fashion brand Urban Research created ...

UNIQLO's spin-off casual wear brand GU has opened a major new branch at Parco Part 3 in Shibuya. In fitting with its name GU -- pronounced "gee you", a play on the word jiyu in Japan meaning ...

When you think of summer in Japan you will usually come up with a stream of images of matsuri festivals, firework displays, flash rain storms, and sweaty Tokyo trains. What you probably won't get is ...

There are already more than enough hotels in Shibuya, you might think, including the colorful ones behind Dougenzaka for, ahem, shorter stays. So we weren't too excited to hear about this new one ...

Starbucks may well have coffee shops in around sixty countries and regions worldwide but other than North America, Japan is the first to reach 1,000 branches. Despite being seen initially as a more ...

As we’ve mentioned previously on JapanTrends, the Tokyu Toyoko line has recently merged with the underground Fukutoshin subway line at Shibuya Station. The merge has made the commute from outside ...

Shinto, the native Japanese (quasi-?)religion, has never been averse to merchantile environs. Major corporations have their own shrines (jinja) and department stores may often have one on their ...

Apple is proving that despite being a foreign brand in Japan, it takes its local customers very seriously. The manufacturer's legions of Japanese fans can get their hands on Apple Lucky Bags on ...

Lawson, Japan's second biggest convenience store, has a good knack of adapting itself to fit its surroundings, a kind of chameleon chain. We noticed one great example of this recently. Hikarie, ...