Amekaji shops in Tokyo — map

BerBerJin

High-end & archive · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 7 min from the station

The Ura-Hara landmark known worldwide for vintage denim. You come for the decade-by-decade denim archive — first priority if denim is the point.

Santa Monica Harajuku

VintageAmekajiIvy & trad

Mid-range · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 5 min from the station

A veteran of the Tokyo vintage scene, covering American casual and trad broadly. A safe first stop for Harajuku vintage.

Kofukuya JAM Harajuku

Chain secondhandAmekaji

Budget & flat-rate · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 8 min from the station

A large chain competing on volume. Wide floors of vintage tees and sweats make it good low-budget digging, and a fine warm-up stop.

Flamingo Shimokitazawa

VintageAmekaji

Mid-range · Shimokitazawa · 4 min from the station

The leading chain for American vintage. Regular stock turns fast, which makes it a useful baseline for a Shimokita route.

Safari Koenji

VintageAmekajiWorkwear

Mid-range · Koenji · 3 min from the station

A vintage store with several branches across Koenji. Each has its own register, so working through them is a mini route in itself.

Sokkyou

VintageAmekajiWorkwearDenim

High-end & archive · Koenji · 5 min from the station

A Koenji shop with a reputation among serious collectors for its curation. For people who look hard at workwear and denim of a certain era.

Small Change Koenji

VintageAmekaji

Mid-range · Koenji · 4 min from the station

One of the defining Koenji shops for American vintage across the board, with a dense run of everyday tees and sweats.

BEAMS JAPAN

Select shopAmekajiStreet

Mid-range · Shinjuku · 3 min from the station

The Beams flagship themed on Japanese brands and craft. A baseline for new-goods shopping, and gift shopping in the same visit.

WHISTLER

VintageAmekajiMilitaryIvy & trad

Mid-range · Koenji · 2 min from the station

A men's vintage institution since 2001. Leather shoes and boots stacked floor to ceiling, plus US and European classics.

BIG TIME Koenji

VintageAmekajiStreet

Mid-range · Koenji · 3 min from the station

The Koenji branch of a national vintage chain. Men's on the ground floor, women's above, spanning cheap to high-end — good for a first visit.

GRAPEFRUIT MOON Koenji

VintageMilitaryWorkwearOutdoor

Mid-range · Koenji · 4 min from the station

Military, workwear and outdoor bought directly from the US and Europe. Very satisfying if you want rugged vintage you will actually wear.

Slat

VintageAmekajiDenimOutdoor

Budget & flat-rate · Koenji · 5 min from the station

Good American casual at fair prices, in a treasure-hunt format. Worth pairing with the second branch.

Albatross

VintageStreetRock & punkAmekaji

Budget & flat-rate · Koenji · 3 min from the station

90s pop culture, rock tees and sportswear at easy prices on the PAL arcade. The fun is in buying without thinking too hard.

BAZZSTORE Koenji PAL

Chain secondhandAmekajiStreet

Budget & flat-rate · Koenji · 2 min from the station

The Koenji branch of a Tokyo local chain. Good for scanning brand secondhand and regular vintage cheaply and in bulk.

BIG TIME Shimokitazawa

VintageAmekajiWorkwearDenim

Mid-range · Shimokitazawa · 3 min from the station

Two floors packed with 50s–90s vintage bought first-hand in the US and Europe. A solid opening stop in Shimokita.

STICK OUT

VintageAmekaji

Budget & flat-rate · Shimokitazawa · 3 min from the station

Famous for flat 700-yen pricing across the store. Essential if you want to dig by the armful without watching the budget.

CHICAGO Shimokitazawa

VintageAmekaji

Budget & flat-rate · Shimokitazawa · 5 min from the station

The Shimokita branch of the storied Harajuku vintage chain. US and European secondhand through to kimono, all on volume.

DESERT SNOW Shimokitazawa

VintageAmekajiDenimWorkwear

Budget & flat-rate · Shimokitazawa · 3 min from the station

A budget amekaji chain with several branches in Shimokita alone. Levi's, Champion and Carhartt staples, by volume.

FLORIDA Shimokitazawa

Resale & archiveAmekajiEuropean

Budget & flat-rate · Shimokitazawa · 2 min from the station

A buy-and-sell shop in the Flamingo group. The basement floor carries plenty of on-trend secondhand, with half-price events on the last weekend of the month.

Furugiya JAM Shimokitazawa

VintageAmekajiDenimWorkwear

Mid-range · Shimokitazawa · 1 min from the station

JAM's Shimokita store, opened in 2023. Bright, orderly and merchandised by category, which makes choosing easy for newcomers.

NOTIME Shimokitazawa

Resale & archiveAmekajiDenim

Budget & flat-rate · Shimokitazawa · 3 min from the station

Staffed by day, unstaffed by night — a 24-hour hybrid. Band tees and graphic tees can be dug well after dark.

CHICAGO Harajuku

VintageAmekajiDenim

Budget & flat-rate · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 5 min from the station

The home store of a large chain, warehouse-style and stacked with amekaji, denim and kimono. Essential for hunting on sheer quantity.

Flamingo Harajuku

VintageAmekaji

Mid-range · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 5 min from the station

The Harajuku branch of the chain known for sharply curated retro American amekaji.

2nd STREET Shibuya Jinnan

Chain secondhandStreetAmekaji

Budget & flat-rate · Shibuya · 7 min from the station

The Shibuya base of a national resale chain, spanning high brands to casual.

Nakata Shoten

VintageMilitaryAmekaji

Budget & flat-rate · Ueno & Ameyoko · 2 min from the station

A legendary Ameyoko military surplus dealer running since the 1950s. Genuine issue from many armies plus leather jackets, sensibly priced.

HINOYA

Select shopAmekajiDenimWorkwear

Mid-range · Ueno & Ameyoko · 2 min from the station

Founded 1949 and often called the origin point of Japanese amekaji. The place to see repro brands like Sugar Cane, Buzz Rickson's and Warehouse properly.

dracaena Kichijoji

VintageAmekajiEuropeanDenim

Mid-range · Kichijoji · 5 min from the station

Kichijoji's signature vintage shop, on the way to Inokashira Park. Broad range from classic through the 90s.

CaNARi Nakameguro

VintageAmekajiStreet

Mid-range · Nakameguro · 4 min from the station

A shop proposing a Tokyo-style vintage mix along the Meguro river walk. Pairs naturally with a riverside café route.

JELADO Flagship Store

Brand storeAmekajiWorkwear

High-end & archive · Ebisu & Daikanyama · 5 min from the station

Jelado's only directly run flagship, reinterpreting 1920s–50s American vintage wholesale. The full seasonal story collection can be seen in person.

WAREHOUSE & CO. Tokyo

Brand storeDenimAmekajiWorkwear

High-end & archive · Ebisu & Daikanyama · 5 min from the station

The east Japan base for Warehouse — the textbook of reproduction — carrying the full denim line plus Tokyo-only arrivals.

TOYS McCOY STORE

Brand storeMilitaryAmekaji

High-end & archive · Ebisu & Daikanyama · 5 min from the station

The sole directly run store for Toys McCoy, known for its Steve McQueen and Snoopy licences and military reproductions.

KAPITAL Tokyo Naked Store

Brand storeDenimAmekajiWorkwear

High-end & archive · Ebisu & Daikanyama · 8 min from the station

The flagship distilling Kapital's boro and sashiko world. The standard move is to work all three stores on the lane with Legs and Duffle.

The Real McCoy's Tokyo

Brand storeMilitaryAmekaji

High-end & archive · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 6 min from the station

The summit of US military flight jacket reproduction — A-2, N-1 and the rest. Japan's principal store for trying leather on and getting the size right.

FULLCOUNT Tokyo

Brand storeDenimAmekaji

High-end & archive · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 7 min from the station

The originator of Zimbabwe cotton denim, and the only Tokyo store for one of Osaka's five great repro brands. Every model can be tried on.

Momotaro Jeans Aoyama

Brand storeDenimAmekaji

Mid-range · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 2 min from the station

The Tokyo base of a leading Kojima denim label. The whole lineup in one place, with free hemming.

BEAMS PLUS Harajuku

Brand storeIvy & tradAmekajiMilitary

Mid-range · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 5 min from the station

The Beams Plus home store, translating 1940s–60s American casual and ivy into modern sizing. The ideal curated entry into amekaji.

KAPITAL Duffle with KAPITAL

Brand storeAmekajiDenim

High-end & archive · Ebisu & Daikanyama · 8 min from the station

The Ebisu Kapital store specialising in goods and duffle bags. Works as a lane circuit with the Naked Store.

KAPITAL Legs Craftsman Store

Brand storeAmekaji

High-end & archive · Ebisu & Daikanyama · 8 min from the station

The Ebisu Kapital store centred on craft and footwear. For anyone serious about boots and leather.

Momotaro Jeans Koenji

Brand storeDenimAmekaji

High-end & archive · Koenji · 5 min from the station

The Koenji denim store for the Kojima label. A good way to fold brand denim into a Koenji vintage circuit.

M'ARIJUAN Omotesando

Brand storeAmekajiDenimWorkwear

High-end & archive · Harajuku & Ura-Hara · 6 min from the station

A revival of the legendary 1970s shop that prompted the founding of Studio D'Artisan. The Kanto headquarters, and the ORGUEIL flagship.

BEAMS PLUS Marunouchi

Brand storeIvy & tradAmekajiWorkwear

High-end & archive · Marunouchi & Ginza · 5 min from the station

The second Tokyo flagship for Beams Plus, themed on US East Coast ivy, on Marunouchi Naka-dori.

KAPITAL Century Denim Ginza

Brand storeDenimAmekaji

High-end & archive · Marunouchi & Ginza · 4 min from the station

The denim-focused Ginza store. For seeing Kapital denim without leaving the centre.

KAPITAL Roppongi Hills

Brand storeAmekajiDenim

High-end & archive · Marunouchi & Ginza · 3 min from the station

The Kapital store on the Hillside at Roppongi Hills, easy to fold into a Hills shopping route.

SCReeN vintage

VintageAmekajiMilitary

Mid-range · Nakano

A one-person selection on the third floor in Shin-Nakano, picking narrowly and deeply around amekaji and military.

SMASH

VintageAmekajiDenim

Mid-range · Jiyugaoka

Secondhand in Jiyugaoka 2-chome, with solid denim and amekaji fundamentals.

ROOT vintage

VintageAmekajiMilitary

Mid-range · Sangenjaya

Ground floor in Taishido 4-chome, built on amekaji and military pieces with age.

GASLAMP SQUARE

VintageAmekajiDenim

Mid-range · Sangenjaya

Ground floor in Sangenjaya 1-chome. Denim through boots — a full amekaji outfit in one stop.

Amekaji shops in Tokyo 47 shops

BerBerJin

Santa Monica Harajuku

Kofukuya JAM Harajuku

Flamingo Shimokitazawa

Safari Koenji

Sokkyou

Small Change Koenji

BEAMS JAPAN

WHISTLER

BIG TIME Koenji

GRAPEFRUIT MOON Koenji

Slat

Albatross

BAZZSTORE Koenji PAL

BIG TIME Shimokitazawa

STICK OUT

CHICAGO Shimokitazawa

DESERT SNOW Shimokitazawa

FLORIDA Shimokitazawa

Furugiya JAM Shimokitazawa

NOTIME Shimokitazawa

CHICAGO Harajuku

Flamingo Harajuku

2nd STREET Shibuya Jinnan

Nakata Shoten

HINOYA

dracaena Kichijoji

CaNARi Nakameguro

JELADO Flagship Store

WAREHOUSE & CO. Tokyo

TOYS McCOY STORE

KAPITAL Tokyo Naked Store

The Real McCoy's Tokyo

FULLCOUNT Tokyo

Momotaro Jeans Aoyama

BEAMS PLUS Harajuku

KAPITAL Duffle with KAPITAL

KAPITAL Legs Craftsman Store

Momotaro Jeans Koenji

M'ARIJUAN Omotesando

BEAMS PLUS Marunouchi

KAPITAL Century Denim Ginza

KAPITAL Roppongi Hills

SCReeN vintage

SMASH

ROOT vintage

GASLAMP SQUARE