Denim shops in Tokyo

[john11f]

^ and hinoya is also right down the street from there.

thanks for posting!

(takes me back. i miss tokyo.)

Gosh, I miss Tokyo too. When I was there, I only bough stuff from 45rpm. When I went to Hinoya, they don't have my size on the Oni Blues but I wished now that I had bought all of the jeans I've learned here at superfuture abck when I was there 3 years ago.

Hopefully, I can make it to the Inazuma Festival. Chicken, that is still on right?

[Chicken]

nice purchase jsel -- the coveted raw 811s too!

john, i think we're still waiting to hear from kiya or someone about when and where the actual event is going to be. but i'm going to try to make it and hope few others will too.

[chantheman]

nice pics. im sure it will help someone in the future. so many sidestreets and alleys and 2nd story shops. head has to be on a swivel at all times. wish i had a chance to go to ueno when i was there last year.

[fre-co]

Nice little guide there.

+1 for missing Japan, it's been almost a year since I last ate good ramen and browsed raw selvedge denimz.......

[b3ans]

If you got to the Evisu store in Daikanyama, remember to go upstairs of the same building. Im pretty sure you have to take the elevator, but thats where they do all the painting, have some older styles, and sell other stuff apart from jeans.

Also in the same area in Daikanyama, check out the European Evisu store. A much larger store with about 4 different 'Rooms'. Layed out really nice, have other kinds of jeans and clothing, kids line, more painting, etc.

[bonjin]

Great list, really brings me back. I went to most of these stores but regret missing out on Bears, especially since I lived in walking distance from shimokitazawa and went there to drink regularly.

[jselvedge]

thanks everyone! I hope to be able to go to OT & Emotional next trip. Will post pics and directions if/when I do.

fes$co

two words. tonkotsu ramen.

[Chicken]

kyushu and hokkaido are famous for tonkotsu ramen, if you want the real thing. tokyo is originally mainly shoyu. of course, you can get anything in tokyo, but.

btw.

[jselvedge]

thanks Chicken! i'll remember that for the next time. i swear we ate ramen at least once a day.

[Denim Phenom]

I might be riding over to Japan on ship this summer so this list will come in handy if I go.

[sqdaus]

thx goodness there is this list.. im going over to japan in a couple of mths time.. glad that this list is here.. gonna get my jeans!

[tweeds]

bump. just walked out of hinoya a few hours ago with a pair of Burgus Plus 770-1201 [new skinny straights to replace the skull 5010XX]

incredible selection in ueno. i'm going to go back and nerd it out again while i'm here...

[edmond]

hi tip maybe you could help me get my way thru japan im going there in a couple of months.. thanks! want to go to hinoya too and the rest

[kiya]

hi tip maybe you could help me get my way thru japan im going there in a couple of months.. thanks! want to go to hinoya too and the rest

Just got to Ueno.. it's denim store after denim store under the subway tracks.

[edmond]

hey thanks sir! ill kepp that in mind!

[conqueror]

i'm there in a week, hopefully will be able to find half of these joints. maybe i'm wrong but i thought i read americaya has weird opening hours?

[tweeds]

americaya was open as a normal store might be at lunchtime.

[kiya]

americaya was open as a normal store might be at lunchtime.

There's the denim store two doors east of Americaya that is open 24 hours a day just in case you show up at some ungodly hour.

[tweeds]

awesome...drunken denim sprees in the middle of the night?

now to find me some good food.

[BBC]

+1 for Ueno, denimz is everywhere!

To add to the list, Warehouses shop is in Omotesando on Cat Street. If you coming from Omotesando Street where Chanel is, it's not too far down on the right side.

I also found a shop that stock a lot of Stormy Blue and a few other less hyped brands just up the street. If you come back up Omotesando Street and go down a small, pathed street that has a shoe shop on one side, and a Kangol hat shop on the other. It's on the left. Opposite is an awesome bar, that serves beers for 390 yen and some awesome bar food. I'm always sessioning this bar!

If you travel a little further down the street, you will come across the Studio D'Artisan shop on your right. It's on level B1, but you should see a huge pair of jeans on the railing.

This street eventually connects to Cat Street. When it does, there is a fruit shop on one corner.

[edmond]

ok guys im fixing my japan itinerary so should i stay longer in tokyo? or what city should i go to? tokyo? or osaka?( where sda, evisu etc is) so anyone? or ill just book my whole trip to tokyo im basically gonna go denim hunting ill be alone so i dont need no sight seeing.. gonna do some whoring though.. hmmm

[choice_genes]

how long are you in japan for?

my advice is spend at least a week in tokyo, if not more. you cannot get bored in this place. too much to see.

but at the same time, there is a lot more to see in japan as well. if you have the time, get a JR 7-day pass (around $300USD I think. ..). allows unlimited travel on any JR line, even shinkansen. go down to kyoto for a few days, make a day-trip (or two days) to osaka, if you're really into the denim thing, go down to kojima (about 2 hours on trains from osaka or kyoto). i made a thread on the town somewhere here.

[lenn]

+1 for the rail pass, its awesome. the shinkansen is a great way to travel... visit kyoto, it has some nice spots and there are some great denimstores too

[Chicken]

sorry for late post, but glad to know you made it safely to ueno, tip.

(there are some quality leather stores around there too, at least one place with red moons, so watch out.)

[buttonman]

anyone know where the pbj store is in harajuku? i know i would be able to find it on their site but not being able to read japanese kinda sucks.

i know it's quite a question to ask, i'm just hoping someone with fantastic memory can help with maybe a couple of landmarks that i can look for within harajuku to find the store or limit my search to a section of harajuku so i can find the fatty sign that says pbj

[Tapeman]

anyone know where the pbj store is in harajuku? i know i would be able to find it on their site but not being able to read japanese kinda sucks.

i know it's quite a question to ask, i'm just hoping someone with fantastic memory can help with maybe a couple of landmarks that i can look for within harajuku to find the store or limit my search to a section of harajuku so i can find the fatty sign that says pbj

Try this link:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105967931293452893179.00000111c4a02d931f779

I made this map of denim shops in Shibuya and Harajuku a while ago and it should be pretty accurate. I don't remember the exact landmarks around the PBJ store but the shop is on the second floor with an entrance on the side, so you need to look for the stairs leading up to the shop.

[frideswide]

I made this one for some shops in the Daikanyama/Ebisu area, showing the location of Kapital Legs, Kapital Blue Hands, Warehouse, Dry Bones, and Denime. Should keep you amused for an afternoon

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=112357160766595403672.00044c3eb6fe49aa1ef0e&ll=35.647707,139.714036&spn=0.016042,0.043516&z=15

[BBC]

I found Skull today in Harajuku (really hard to explain!).

And visited APC for the first time today, that shop is a trip!!!!

[proteus]

The Skull, that's the one on the second floor right? And the APC is the one opposite Head Porter? Yeah stepping in there had me disoriented for a bit.

[poly800rock]

sorry for late post, but glad to know you made it safely to ueno, tip.

(there are some quality leather stores around there too, at least one place with red moons, so watch out.)

the red moon fan shop is on the main drag in Ueno