The first on-campus Muji store will open on Thursday at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo, featuring a selection of the brand's regular daily merchandise, a cafe and a workshop.

Masaaki Kanai, chairman of Ryohin Keikaku Co., gives a speech at a new Muji store at the Musashino Art University's Ichigaya campus in Tokyo. | MASAMI KOIZUMI
Masaaki Kanai, chairman of Ryohin Keikaku Co., gives a speech at a new Muji store at the Musashino Art University's Ichigaya campus in Tokyo. | MASAMI KOIZUMI

The store on the university's Ichigaya campus, a few minutes' walk from Ichigaya Station, is a space "that is for the university students and local residents," Masaaki Kanai, chairman of operator Ryohin Keikaku Co., said Wednesday. The location marks Muji's first collaboration with a university.