Despite pandemic, Uniqlo to open new store in Tokyo's Harajuku
The opening of the shop follows a 56.5 percent plunge in Fast Retailing's domestic same-store sales in April, its worst year-on-year decline.
East Japan Railway Co. opened a new platform for its Saikyo Line for use Monday at Shibuya Station in Tokyo. The railway operator moved the Saikyo Line platform north by about 350 meters so that the new platform and the Yamanote Line platforms are positioned ...
A cut above: Tokyo barber launches 'telecut' service as COVID-19 hits business
Mr. Brothers Cut Club of Harajuku has launched what could be the industry's first online haircut service.
Woman arrested for trespassing at Abe's private residence in Tokyo
A 26-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly trespassing on the grounds of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's private residence. An officer from the Metropolitan Police Department found Eri Shimada standing on the Abe premises in Shibuya Ward's Tomigaya district at around 11 a.m. and ...
Harajuku Station replaced by gleaming glass box for Tokyo Games
The new version of Harajuku Station opened on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line Saturday as visitors in masks gathered to gawk despite the coronavirus pandemic. The new building, situated just south of the original wooden one, is a two-story structure straddling the tracks with exits ...
Shibuya's Hachiko Square train car moving to Akita ahead of renovation
An old train car that has been used as a tourist information center outside Tokyo's busy Shibuya Station is being moved to the northeastern birthplace of Hachiko, the famously loyal dog immortalized by a nearby statue. The Tokyu Railways carriage, which was in service from ...
New Harajuku Station building unveiled ahead of March opening
The new Harajuku Station building in Tokyo's pop-culture hub, which is set to open on March 21 in time for the Tokyo Olympic Games, was unveiled to the media Wednesday by East Japan Railway Co. The new station facility, which is on the capital's busy ...
A cut above the rest: A new generation of barbers is trying to overcome an image problem
A group of men sporting tattoos and smoking cigarettes chats casually on benches outside Mr. Brothers Cut Club in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku neighborhood. Were it not for a couple of red, white and blue barber's poles hanging near the entranceway, a passerby might think they've ...
Reborn Shibuya Parco hopes to regain iconic status amid tough times for brick-and-mortar stores
After a three-year renewal project, Shibuya Parco, an iconic shopping complex in the bustling central Tokyo district, is back in the game. Having been at the vanguard of fashion and youth culture, especially in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the facility, which reopened Friday, largely ...
Halloween's rise in the 2010s provided Shibuya crossing with plenty of tricks and treats
While Halloween has been around in Japan for a few decades it wasn't until recently that it became a true phenomenon, especially at Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing.
Tokyo's cops choreograph a Halloween 'spooktacular'
A writer spends her first Halloween at Shibuya crossing at a street party directed by the Tokyo police.
Tokyo's Shibuya abuzz with costumed pre-Halloween merrymakers on weekend amid heavy police presence
Shibuya was brimming with superheroes, otherworldly creatures and scores of police Saturday night as costumed revelers congregated in one of Tokyo's major entertainment districts on the weekend before Halloween. While the area around Shibuya's iconic scramble crossing filled with many Halloween revelers as the night ...
