Every Amekaji shop in Tokyo, gathered regardless of neighbourhood. Each listing shows which neighbourhood it is in.
Harajuku & Ura-Hara
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.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
A veteran of the Tokyo vintage scene, covering American casual and trad broadly. A safe first stop for Harajuku vintage.
Amekaji · Ivy & trad
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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.
Amekaji · Band & vintage tees
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
The leading chain for American vintage. Regular stock turns fast, which makes it a useful baseline for a Shimokita route.
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Map & hoursKoenji
A vintage store with several branches across Koenji. Each has its own register, so working through them is a mini route in itself.
Amekaji · Workwear
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Map & hoursKoenji
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.
Amekaji · Workwear
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One of the defining Koenji shops for American vintage across the board, with a dense run of everyday tees and sweats.
Amekaji · Band & vintage tees
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Map & hoursShinjuku
The Beams flagship themed on Japanese brands and craft. A baseline for new-goods shopping, and gift shopping in the same visit.
Amekaji · Street
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Map & hoursKoenji
A men's vintage institution since 2001. Leather shoes and boots stacked floor to ceiling, plus US and European classics.
Amekaji · Military
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Map & hoursKoenji
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.
Amekaji · Street
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Map & hoursKoenji
Military, workwear and outdoor bought directly from the US and Europe. Very satisfying if you want rugged vintage you will actually wear.
Military · Workwear
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Map & hoursKoenji
Good American casual at fair prices, in a treasure-hunt format. Worth pairing with the second branch.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursKoenji
90s pop culture, rock tees and sportswear at easy prices on the PAL arcade. The fun is in buying without thinking too hard.
Band & vintage tees · Street
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The Koenji branch of a Tokyo local chain. Good for scanning brand secondhand and regular vintage cheaply and in bulk.
Amekaji · Street
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
Two floors packed with 50s–90s vintage bought first-hand in the US and Europe. A solid opening stop in Shimokita.
Amekaji · Workwear
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
Famous for flat 700-yen pricing across the store. Essential if you want to dig by the armful without watching the budget.
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
The Shimokita branch of the storied Harajuku vintage chain. US and European secondhand through to kimono, all on volume.
Amekaji · Watches & accessories
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
A budget amekaji chain with several branches in Shimokita alone. Levi's, Champion and Carhartt staples, by volume.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
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.
Amekaji · European
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
JAM's Shimokita store, opened in 2023. Bright, orderly and merchandised by category, which makes choosing easy for newcomers.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursShimokitazawa
Staffed by day, unstaffed by night — a 24-hour hybrid. Band tees and graphic tees can be dug well after dark.
Amekaji · Band & vintage tees
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
The home store of a large chain, warehouse-style and stacked with amekaji, denim and kimono. Essential for hunting on sheer quantity.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
The Harajuku branch of the chain known for sharply curated retro American amekaji.
Amekaji · Watches & accessories
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Map & hoursShibuya
The Shibuya base of a national resale chain, spanning high brands to casual.
Street · Amekaji
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Map & hoursUeno & Ameyoko
A legendary Ameyoko military surplus dealer running since the 1950s. Genuine issue from many armies plus leather jackets, sensibly priced.
Military · Military surplus
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Map & hoursUeno & Ameyoko
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.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursKichijoji
Kichijoji's signature vintage shop, on the way to Inokashira Park. Broad range from classic through the 90s.
Amekaji · European
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Map & hoursNakameguro
A shop proposing a Tokyo-style vintage mix along the Meguro river walk. Pairs naturally with a riverside café route.
Amekaji · Street
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Map & hoursEbisu & Daikanyama
Jelado's only directly run flagship, reinterpreting 1920s–50s American vintage wholesale. The full seasonal story collection can be seen in person.
Amekaji · Workwear
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Map & hoursEbisu & Daikanyama
The east Japan base for Warehouse — the textbook of reproduction — carrying the full denim line plus Tokyo-only arrivals.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursEbisu & Daikanyama
The sole directly run store for Toys McCoy, known for its Steve McQueen and Snoopy licences and military reproductions.
Military · Leather & jackets
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Map & hoursEbisu & Daikanyama
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.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
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.
Military · Leather & jackets
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
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.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
The Tokyo base of a leading Kojima denim label. The whole lineup in one place, with free hemming.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
The Beams Plus home store, translating 1940s–60s American casual and ivy into modern sizing. The ideal curated entry into amekaji.
Ivy & trad · Amekaji
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Map & hoursEbisu & Daikanyama
The Ebisu Kapital store specialising in goods and duffle bags. Works as a lane circuit with the Naked Store.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursEbisu & Daikanyama
The Ebisu Kapital store centred on craft and footwear. For anyone serious about boots and leather.
Amekaji · Boots & shoes
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Map & hoursKoenji
The Koenji denim store for the Kojima label. A good way to fold brand denim into a Koenji vintage circuit.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursHarajuku & Ura-Hara
A revival of the legendary 1970s shop that prompted the founding of Studio D'Artisan. The Kanto headquarters, and the ORGUEIL flagship.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursMarunouchi & Ginza
The second Tokyo flagship for Beams Plus, themed on US East Coast ivy, on Marunouchi Naka-dori.
Ivy & trad · Amekaji
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Map & hoursMarunouchi & Ginza
The denim-focused Ginza store. For seeing Kapital denim without leaving the centre.
Denim · Amekaji
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Map & hoursMarunouchi & Ginza
The Kapital store on the Hillside at Roppongi Hills, easy to fold into a Hills shopping route.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursNakano
A one-person selection on the third floor in Shin-Nakano, picking narrowly and deeply around amekaji and military.
Amekaji · Military
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Map & hoursJiyugaoka
Secondhand in Jiyugaoka 2-chome, with solid denim and amekaji fundamentals.
Amekaji · Denim
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Map & hoursSangenjaya
Ground floor in Taishido 4-chome, built on amekaji and military pieces with age.
Amekaji · Military
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Map & hoursSangenjaya
Ground floor in Sangenjaya 1-chome. Denim through boots — a full amekaji outfit in one stop.
Amekaji · Denim
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