Denim 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.

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.

KINDAL Shibuya

Resale & archiveStreetDenim

Mid-range · Shibuya · 5 min from the station

The Shibuya branch of a broad brand-secondhand resale chain. Well placed as the closing stop on a Harajuku and Cat Street route.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WAREHOUSE Hankyu Mens Tokyo

Brand storeDenimWorkwear

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

Warehouse's in-store shop inside Hankyu Men's Tokyo — the central Yurakucho location.

SMASH

VintageAmekajiDenim

Mid-range · Jiyugaoka

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

GASLAMP SQUARE

VintageAmekajiDenim

Mid-range · Sangenjaya

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

Denim shops in Tokyo 23 shops

BerBerJin

Sokkyou

KINDAL Shibuya

Slat

BIG TIME Shimokitazawa

DESERT SNOW Shimokitazawa

Furugiya JAM Shimokitazawa

NOTIME Shimokitazawa

CHICAGO Harajuku

HINOYA

dracaena Kichijoji

WAREHOUSE & CO. Tokyo

KAPITAL Tokyo Naked Store

FULLCOUNT Tokyo

Momotaro Jeans Aoyama

KAPITAL Duffle with KAPITAL

Momotaro Jeans Koenji

M'ARIJUAN Omotesando

KAPITAL Century Denim Ginza

KAPITAL Roppongi Hills

WAREHOUSE Hankyu Mens Tokyo

SMASH

GASLAMP SQUARE