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Tokyo, Japan: A walk and Shopping in Harajuku

TOKYO CITY GUIDE : DISTRICT / HARAJUKU

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Takeshi-Dori,

the pedestrianized famous street of Harajuku, I‘m not a big fan for shopping. Cheap bazaar for teenagers and teens alduts. Each tribe has its own shop.

There are also H&M and cie… near the super famous La Forêt building: metro station, Meiji-Jingumae or Harajuku. Let’s go “crazy” and jump in this streets maze, to discover some interesting shops.  

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I liked Jack‘s Vintage Clothing

for some 50-60’s Rock‘n Roll vintage outfits, accessories and shoes for women and men. Really cool owner , also the leader of a Punk Rock band.

Have you ever tried a Japanese Punk Rock Karaoke? I DID! Kind of a blaze for my ears! But it was really fun too, Lol! For the complete adress of the shop: [email protected]

Stop at the next door in the very inspiring Nihon Manga Fetichist Shop: so what do you do after school or job? (pictures below).

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Myself and I become a Manga babe.

A trashy suga babe inspired by Japanse cartoons, with fluorescent pink and green lens. It started here in Tokyo years ago, as a Pokemon acid princess. “Oups!” : metallic eyelash fluttering, I stood on my 50 cm lemon platform shoes.

When I got in the shop, they  were shooting a flyer. Domo arigato gosaimasu to Aya, Coco and all the team. And if you are really sweet, maybe I will post a picture of me dressed up like a Manga doll, surrounded by all my supa supa cool Pokemon friends : )

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Then let’s cross Meji Street

to reach the underground fashion designers side and head at my Beams favourite concept store (which is more a gallery and bookshop): TOKYO CULTuART by BEAMS

Thank you Katsuhiro for the Beams shops guided tour! The toys for willing grown-up are extremely tempting!

I’m still a huge fan of the Transformer “Cyubu 01″ of Moderhythm (picture below) and colourful plastic mini bike monsters (pictures above), so great!

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Photos : Mademoiselle Le K – copyright 2014, tous droits réservés.

Informations

This post is not a shopping list, it is more to give you the different vibes of Harajuku. Metro sations: Meiji-Jingumae or Harajuku. 

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Photos : Mademoiselle Le K – copyright 2013, tous droits réservés. 

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It was quite late when I arrived at the Unlimited PR cocktail for VIPs and journalists in their Antwerp showroom. I crossed the city to and fro throughout the day and my feet are on fire in my boots with stiletto heels … No, not those amazing Manolo (Blahnik) – unfortunately not! (photo above). After a tour of the two floors showroom, I met the head of Smets, THE Luxembourg upscale multibrand that recently opened in Brussels (not been yet!). From what I saw here, the selection is worthy of the best international luxury multibrands, with designs of the talented French designer Pierre Hardy (photo below), Carven etc … I continue my investigations in the press office (which looks like a large store) where I discovered resin jewelry with Swarovski stones of… (hummm I can’t remember the name of the designer!), sold at Colette someone told me. OK, but I liked it anyway! No, I’m not finished, I still have to visit the showroom of a young designer graduated from La Cambre and now based in Antwerp: sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

Photos : Mademoiselle Le K – copyright 2012, tous droits réservés.

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