denim shopping in tokyo

[synchronize01]

hi there, i am new to this board and am heading to tokyo in a couple of days.

been reading up on samurai jeans and am planning to purchase the S0500.

where abouts in tokyo can i find a retailer? also, any other cool places to purchase quality japanese denim like 45 rpm?

thank you in advance =)

[naturaljax]

Man I wish I was going to Tokyo D:

[herpsky]

you should move this thread to superdenim.

i think there's a stickie that lists retailers that carry repro denim.

45rpm = found at 45rpm stores

forty five･R IKEBUKURO TOBU

forty five･R GINZA

forty five･R SHINJUKU ISETAN

R by 45rpm SHINJUKU TAKASHIMAYA

forty five･R NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI

45rpm& MINAMIAOYAMA

Badou-R

BADOU･R Ai

45' AI INDIGO

forty five･R SAGAMIHARA ISETAN

forty five･R FUTAKOTAMAGAWA

R by 45rpm TAMAGAWA TAKASHIMAYA

forty five･R TAMAPLAZA

forty five･R TACHIKAWA

forty five･R YOKOHAMA

forty five･R KASHIWA STATION MALL

[ardeetee]

Ueno

10char

[synchronize01]

so i did the search function and nothing came up on tokyo retailers of samurai...can somebody please point me in the right direction?

[PG2G]

so i did the search function and nothing came up on tokyo retailers of samurai...can somebody please point me in the right direction?

http://www.indigofan.com/indigofan/denimmaps.html

[Chicken]

if you do a search using keyword "tokyo" with "search titles only" you'll find tons of threads about denim shopping in tokyo.

here's one:

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=19389&highlight=tokyo

if you go to ueno, americaya should have the samurai you're looking for. but you might want to call in ahead of time to check if they have your size.

[PG2G]

If anyone could detail the PBJ location, that'd be nice. Or maybe some of the Evisu locations.

[Chicken]

〒150-0001

東京都渋谷区神宮前3-31-20-102

3-31-20-102 Shibuya-ku, Jingumae, Tokyo 150-0001

tel•fax 03-3408-6644

coldrice once explained to me it's right between bapecuts and soph, and it was bang on.

(guess someone had to do it.)

[PG2G]

Thanks, don't know why I mentioned Evisu. That info is obviously already out there.

[poly800rock]

hi there, i am new to this board and am heading to tokyo in a couple of days.

been reading up on samurai jeans and am planning to purchase the S0500.

where abouts in tokyo can i find a retailer? also, any other cool places to purchase quality japanese denim like 45 rpm?

thank you in advance =)

samurai's in tokyo at either americaya in shibuya or many stores in Ueno.

PBJ is up the stairs too, if you miss the sign, you won't find the store..

[Chicken]

this reminds me, swych and i were discussing how sf tokyo maps need to be updated, especially for the denimheads. when i was there just few weeks ago, by randomly walking around harajuku area i walked into full count, omnigod, dubble works and red moon stores. don't think any of these are listed on the current map, and there's got to be much more.

[Bijan]

Jesus, I think if I went to Japan to go denim shopping I'd need some kind of anti- erectile pills.

[Ahlvahroe]

even if you are not planning on evisu check out the store in daikanyama, just for the centerpiece/display alone. the only thing that i found a bit weird was when it was trying on the pants the salesguy walked in to make sure if it was all ok, but maybe that is just salesguy etiquette over there?

[Swych]

Chicken maybe you should just issue your own supermap, with more X marks the spot style directions. awesome.

to be honest, i didnt find Ueno all that helpful. It has all the shit for a Lighting magazine fan. I was never told this, but Ueno you can find

Studio Artisan

Warehouse

Sugarcane

Oni

Samurai

Evisu

Lee

Levis

Eternal

among some others... but there wasn't 45rpm nor Pure Blue, which was more the stuff I was after. 45rpm is on their website, Pureblue is in that awesome map of Chickens (walk past Bapecuts then past Ed Hardy).

threadjack- who makes supermaps nowadays?

[n0torious]

Jeez...and I thought I was overwhelmed in Vancouver!

[Chicken]

swych, yeah, i think your assessment is true. you can even get bootlegger's in ueno. some hardcore lightning mag kind of shit.

if i knew you were looking mainly for pure blues and 45rpms, i should've sent you straight to harajuku/shibuya area. you might have enjoyed american rag cie and beams stores too, if you didn't go to those places. the redmoon store between shibuya and harajuku was more comprehensive than the one in ueno, too.

[Swych]

Haha thx, but Ueno was definitely an experience. Had to go there just to see another side to the flashy Shibuya style shopping. Also the octopus balls were awesome there.

Probably shoulda sent me to shibuya/ harajuku for that stuff, but due to its overwhelming barrage of shops and spectacles, in the end, what we need is a new supermap.

[poly800rock]

rice should do osaka too.