Japan

• Comme des Garçons Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo / Online
  Rei Kawakubo’s republic — the Aoyama flagship behind the blue-dot glass tunnel, where clothing has argued with itself since 1969; enter curious, leave changed. store page → · open in the atlas →

• Aimoriyama Yame (Hirokawa), Fukuoka / Japan
  Aimoriyama is a Kurume Kasuri workshop in Hirokawa, Yame County, Fukuoka Prefecture, tracing its founding to Ansei 5 — 1858, in the closing years of the Edo period — and currently led by Torao Moriyama. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aizenkobo Kyoto / Japan
  Aizenkobo is a Kyoto indigo-dyeing workshop and shop set a few blocks from the Nishijin weaving district in Nakagyo Ward, near Nijo Castle. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Akafuku Okage Yokocho, Ise
  Akafuku has sold its mochi rice cake topped with sweet bean paste since 1707, its ridged white surface designed to evoke the Isuzu River flowing past Ise Grand Shrine. The main shop still stands along the Okage Yokocho approach to the shrine's inner sanctum, where it has served pilgrims for more than three centuries. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aritsugu Nishiki Market, Kyoto
  Founded in Kyoto in 1560, Aritsugu traces its roots to swordsmith Fujiwara Aritsugu and has long operated in Nishiki Market. The Kyoto shop sells handmade kitchen knives, pots and other cooking utensils to professional chefs and home cooks, and is distinct from the unrelated Tokyo Aritsugu business. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Baieido Sakai / Japan
  Baieido traces its roots to the Muromachi period, when founder Kakuuemon Yamatoya worked as a wholesaler of medicinal herbs in the port city of Sakai, just south of Osaka. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Baikundo Awaji / Japan
  Baikundo has operated on Awaji Island since Kaei 3 (1850), based in the Ei district of what is now Awaji City, on the island long responsible for most of Japan's incense output. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chin Jukan Kiln Miyama, Hioki, Kagoshima
  Chin Jukan Kiln has fired Satsuma ware in Miyama since 1598, founded by Korean potters brought under the Shimazu clan. Its 15th generation still uses a wood-fired climbing kiln, producing ivory-glazed, hand-painted nishiki-de pieces sold alongside an on-site museum and tea room. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chiso Kyoto, Japan
  Chiso has dressed Kyoto's merchant and aristocratic clients since 1555, when it began supplying garments to monks and nobility before moving into yuzen-dyed kimono. Its Kyoto flagship now pairs made-to-order kimono with a gallery of dyed textile art drawn from the house's five-century archive. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daimaru Japan
  Kansai department-store heritage since 1717 — kimono-merchant roots, modern luxury floors. 1726 Osaka store Matsuya opened on Shinsaibashisuji at the present Shinsaibashi location and began cash sales at fixed prices. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Edo Kiriko Kobayashi Tokyo / Japan
  Kobayashi Glass has cut Edo Kiriko glassware in Tokyo since founder Kikuichiro Kobayashi apprenticed under a Meiji-era craftsman in 1908, now in its fourth generation with a jewelry line called tokoba. The family workshop sells from its Koto-ward flagship store, which requires an appointment, and through a dedicated online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fukujuen Kyoto / Japan
  Fukujuen was founded in 1790 by Iyemon Fukui in Kamikoma, in what was then Yamashiro Province and is now Kizugawa City on Kyoto's southern edge — a location that sat directly on the trade routes linking Osaka and Kobe to the Yamato and Iga highways. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fukumitsuya Higashi Kanazawa
  A directly managed shop and tasting bar of a long-established Kanazawa sake brewery. Fukumitsuya’s brewing history exceeds 390 years. store page → · open in the atlas →

• AGEMATSU WOOD LIFE MAKING (A.W.L.M.) Agematsu, Kiso District, Nagano, Japan
  AGEMATSU WOOD LIFE MAKING is a woodcraft workshop run by young furniture makers trained at the Agematsu vocational school. They produce furniture and small goods from Kiso hinoki cypress using traditional joinery such as arare-gumi. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aguni no Shio (Okinawa Kaien Kenkyusho / 沖縄海塩研究所) Aguni Island, Okinawa, Japan
  Aguni no Shio is the natural sea salt hand-made on Aguni Island by the Okinawa Kaien Kenkyusho. The salt is produced by traditional bamboo-branch tower evaporation and kettle-boiling, a method that retains the island seawater's minerals. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Akanko Ainu Kotan Lake Akan Onsen, Kushiro, Hokkaido
  Akanko Ainu Kotan is Hokkaido's largest Ainu settlement, a village of craftspeople whose shops sell traditional Ainu woodcarvings, embroidery and folk crafts. The community sits alongside the Ikor theatre at Lake Akan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Amami Island Style Amami Oshima, Kagoshima
  An independent Amami Oshima store curating island-made goods. Its shelves hold authentic Oshima Tsumugi silk, kokuto brown-sugar shochu, kimono accessories and local crafts. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Arita Porcelain Lab (Yazaemon Kiln) Arita, Saga Prefecture
  Rooted in the historic Yazaemon kiln, Arita Porcelain Lab draws on more than 200 years of technique for its modern-luxury porcelain, including the Japan series. Its flagship gallery in Arita shows the range. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aso Milk Factory (Abe Bokujo) Aso, Kumamoto
  Run by Abe Bokujo, this dairy makes milk, cheese, gelato and baked sweets from its own grass-fed Aso herd. The on-site shop and cafe are known above all for the milk soft-serve. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Atami Purin Near Atami Station, Atami, Shizuoka
  Atami's first shop devoted to custard pudding trades on retro milk-truck branding near the station. Its flavours are made for Atami alone. store page → · open in the atlas →
• BEPPU BREWERY (別府ブルワリー) Beppu Onsen district, Beppu
  Beppu Brewery is the hot-spring town's first craft-beer brewery, opened in 2022 with an on-site brewhouse and restaurant built for the after-bath drink. The taproom pours beers brewed on the premises alongside local food in the heart of the Beppu onsen quarter. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chihiro Art Museum Azumino Matsukawa, Azumino (Shinshu)
  A museum devoted to children's-book illustrator Iwasaki Chihiro and picture-book artists from around the world, set in a large park with Northern Alps views. It is run by the Iwasaki Chihiro Memorial Foundation, which also keeps a Tokyo location. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Children of the Discordance Tokyo / Online
  Children of the Discordance was founded in Tokyo in 2011 by Hideaki Shikama after his tenure designing for SHIPS, reflecting a deliberate decision to work independently and on his own terms rather than accommodate seasonal commercial cycles. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daio Wasabi Farm (大王わさび農場) Hotaka, Azumino
  One of Japan's largest wasabi farms, fed by spring water from the Japanese Alps at Hotaka in Azumino. Farm tours, clear-water boat rides, restaurants and cafes surround a gift shop and online store of fresh wasabi and wasabi products. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ekimae Aoki Himono (Atami Ekimae Aoki) Atami Station front, Atami, Shizuoka
  Standing at the Atami station front, this dried-fish specialist offers gift-boxed and mail-order himono. It is a familiar stop for visitors carrying home seafood souvenirs. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fujii Jozo (Taimei) Chitose, Bungo-ono
  A small distillery in Chitose making the Taimei barley shochu in limited batches. Visitors can taste and buy the range at its adjoining Ida Manrikiya sales space. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fukagawa Seiji Arita, Saga Prefecture
  Founded in 1894, Fukagawa Seiji served as a purveyor to the Japanese Imperial Household. The Arita brand is known for refined blue-and-white and richly decorated tableware. store page → · open in the atlas →

• AUTORE Pearl Farm & Showroom Teluk Nara, North Lombok
  The AUTORE Group operates a working South Sea pearl farm and boutique showroom at Teluk Nara on Lombok's northwest coast, where visitors can follow oyster seeding, nacre growth and harvesting before browsing the finished jewelry collection. Founded by Rosario Autore in 1991, the vertically integrated family business farms in waters facing the Gili Islands and the Rinjani range. store page → · open in the atlas →

• 1LDK Apartments Nakameguro, Tokyo
  Minimalist Japanese lifestyle and fashion concept store. A calm, airy space with great brands like Auralee, Arpenteur, Comoli, and Kaptain Sunshine. store page → · open in the atlas →
• 2nd Tokyo / Multiple / Online
  Japanese vintage culture magazine — denim, leather, boots, Americana, and the publication that documents Japanese heritage fashion culture monthly. store page → · open in the atlas →
• 2nd Street Japan / Online
  全国900店以上の店舗とオンラインストア(宅配買取)で、洋服(古着)、バッグを中心に、ラグジュアリーブランド品から家具・家電まで幅広く中古品の買取と販売をしている総合リユースショップです。. store page → · open in the atlas →
• A Bathing Ape (BAPE) Tokyo, Japan
  Harajuku streetwear legend since 1993 — camo sharks and Japanese hype culture exported worldwide. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Abab Ueno Ueno, Tokyo
  Youth fashion department store with affordable Japanese brands targeting teens and young adults. The 'Gal Fit' section is . Constantly rotating pop-up shops and trend events. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Abe Kamaboko-ten Sendai / Japan
  Abe Kamaboko-ten has made kamaboko fish cakes in Sendai since 1935, including its signature sasa-kamaboko, and the company's products have repeatedly won the Ministry of Agriculture's award for quality, including in 1954 according to its company history. Its products are sold through an online shop and at a network of physical stores that customers can locate on the company's site. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store Osaka / Japan
  Housed inside the Abeno Harukas skyscraper in Osaka, this Kintetsu department store spans multiple floors of fashion, food, and lifestyle brands alongside rotating exhibitions and pop-up events. Shoppers can browse in person or order through the affiliated Kintetsu online store, with dedicated counters ranging from a Rolex boutique to seasonal food fairs. store page → · open in the atlas →
• AEON Japan
  AEON is Japan’s retail leviathan — malls, supermarkets and the suburban weekend ritual across Asia. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aesop Nakameguro Nakameguro, Tokyo
  The Australian skincare brand's Tokyo outpost on the Meguro River. A beautifully designed space with botanical formulations. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Agave Spirits Gallery (SAKESHO KIN'EMON) Nagoya / Japan
  Agave Spirits Gallery, operated by SAKESHO KIN'EMON, describes itself on its own site as "the first and only gallery in Japan that specializes in introducing agave spirits made from agave, a Mexican spirit," located at 3-42-14 Osu, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, a two-minute walk from Kamimaetsu Station. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Agetateya (Tatsueishi Foods) Kagoshima
  Agetateya is the satsuma-age brand of Tatsueishi Foods, a Kagoshima maker producing phosphate-free, lightly salted fish cakes from local surimi. The company sells its fried and cheese-filled varieties, along with shochu pairing sets, through its own shops and online store in Kagoshima. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aizengama Hasami, Nagasaki, Japan
  Aizengama is a Hasami kiln working in warm, understated tableware, with series such as Bronze, UTAGE and its signature Indigo Blue covering plates, bowls, mugs and chopstick rests. It sells the full range through its own online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Akafuji Wine Cellar Fujikawaguchiko (Funatsu), Yamanashi
  A Funatsu wine specialist stocking around 130 bottles from Yamanashi's growers alongside grape juice, dried raisins and its own-label pours offered for tasting. Staff will engrave a wine glass on the spot, making it a practical last stop for gifts before leaving the lake. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Akihabara Tokyo
  Akihabara is Tokyo’s electric town — anime, arcades, components and otaku culture in neon-stacked multistories. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Albion Tokyo / Online
  Ginza-born luxury skincare house since 1956 — the milk-first philosophy and hand-delivered counter service that made it a quiet giant of Japanese beauty. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Allpress Espresso Tokyo Roastery Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Tokyo
  New Zealand-born coffee roaster in a converted timber warehouse. Excellent flat whites and single-origin pour-vers in a spacious, industrial-chic setting. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Amagiya (甘木屋) Dazaifu Tenmangu approach (sando)
  A confectioner working from a three-storey wooden Meiji-era building at the front torii of Dazaifu Tenmangu, grilling umegae-mochi one at a time in an open workshop. The listed heritage building also roasts chestnuts and runs a café, with nationwide frozen shipping. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Amami Shurui Tokunoshima / Japan
  Amami Shurui blends the black-sugar shochu tradition of four founding distilleries on Tokunoshima into its signature Amami brand, a spirit legally restricted to production within the Amami Islands. The company ships its lineup, from standard-proof bottles to aged expressions, directly from its Tokunoshima headquarters via its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ame no Tawaraya Kobashi
  A historic Kanazawa confectioner specializing in jiro-ame malt syrup. Founded in 1830; its traditional syrup is a Kanazawa specialty. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ameyoko Tokyo
  Ameyoko is a market street beneath and around the railway tracks near Ueno, not a single shop. Its dense mix includes food stalls, cosmetics, shoes, clothing and discount traders. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Anatomica Tokyo, Japan
  Pierre Fournier’s Tokyo-Paris ideal — the 618 chino and garments perfected through archival anatomy. store page → · open in the atlas →
• and Wander Tokyo, Japan
  And Wander’s backpacks use water-resistant X-Pac, reflective details and convertible pockets intended for trail access as well as commuting. Sizes run from daypacks to larger models with adjustable carrying systems for overnight loads. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Antov Yamanakako / Japan
  Antov is a reservation-only craft workshop near Lake Yamanaka where visitors can try glassmaking, pottery and silver accessory making, with an on-site ANTOV Shop selling finished pieces. The studio, close to Mount Fuji, welcomes everyone from young children to seniors and accommodates group bookings. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aoki Tobo Okawachiyama, Imari, Saga
  Aoki Tobo works out of a roughly 70-year-old house in Okawachiyama once inhabited by the founder's ceramicist grandparents, in the valley historically kept as the Nabeshima domain's exclusive kiln district. The studio fires celadon glazes and keeps a small showroom open daily except Mondays, one of about thirty potteries still working the same rock-walled hollow. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aoyagi Souhonke Nagoya / Japan
  Founded in 1879, Aoyagi Souhonke is the Nagoya maker behind the city's famous Aoyagi uiro rice cakes and the frog-shaped Kaeru Manju. Its sweets are sold at the Osu flagship and other Nagoya shops as well as an online store, with cafe treats at the KITTE Nagoya branch. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aoyama Flower Market Tea House Aoyama, Tokyo
  Flower shop and tea house surrounded by living plants and fresh blooms. Light meals and tea served in a greenhouse atmosphere. The floral arrangements are as beautiful as the food. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Arimuraya Kagoshima
  Arimuraya has made satsuma-age, Kagoshima's fried fish cake, since it was founded in 1912, with its current artisan bringing more than fifty years of experience to the recipe. The shop sells its fish cakes through Kagoshima outlets and an online store, and travels to department store food fairs such as Takashimaya and Daimaru around Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Art Island Center Naoshima / Japan
  Based in Miyanoura on the art island of Naoshima, Art Island Center is a gallery, bookshop and art center that helps visitors explore the Setouchi islands. Its online store sells guidebooks and art, and the center also arranges locally guided island tours. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Asahi Boseki Japan
  The fibre innovators — Bemberg cupro lining, synthetic innovation, and the Japanese textile giant that also produces denim components and blends. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Asics Japan
  ASICS now publishes life-cycle carbon figures for selected shoes, breaking emissions into materials, manufacturing, transport and use. Its Runkeeper app adds guided workouts and adaptable training plans beyond the physical footwear purchase. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Aspen Karuizawa (western antiques) Karuizawa
  Aspen Karuizawa sources and repairs Western antique furniture from a shop in town dedicated to imported pieces rather than reproductions. The business posts its own company profile and shop details directly on its site rather than through a listings platform. store page → · open in the atlas →
• At Last & Co Japan
  Butcher Products’ universe — Tokyo Americana of leather, denim and lamp-lit workshop romance. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Atelier de Fromage Karuizawa
  Atelier de Fromage makes natural cheese in Nagano and runs a dedicated shop in Karuizawa, producing Camembert-style and other soft cheeses from regional milk. The company sells directly through its own online store as well as its physical branches. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Atelier.AKIKO Sendai
  Atelier.AKIKO is a Sendai atelier where designer Akiko Takeda has custom-tailored women's wear and wedding dresses for over 40 years, alongside running an in-house dressmaking school at the same address. Clients can browse past commissions in the atelier's project galleries before booking a made-to-order piece. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Auralee Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo-based minimalist label built around refined fabrics and understated silhouettes. The emphasis is on textile development, precise cut and restraint rather than conspicuous branding. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Auralee Aoyama Tokyo
  Ryota Iwai's quietly luxurious brand known for tactile fabrics and tasteful colors — pistachio poplin, cornflower cashmere. Simplicity and sophistication. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Awa Yuzen Kojo Tokushima / Japan
  Awa Yuzen Kojo has dyed textiles in Tokushima's traditional indigo since 1907, developing its own aizome techniques alongside its founding yuzen dyeing craft. The workshop's onsite Aizome Kogeikan shop sells finished indigo goods daily and runs reservation-only dyeing workshops for visitors. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ayukawa Kujira Honpo Oshika / Japan
  Direct-sale shop of Ayukawa Whaling Co. (founded 2008), selling whale — mainly minke, plus Bryde's — caught by its own boats out of Ishinomaki's Ayukawa port as frozen cuts, bacon, unesu and canned goods. The parent company filed for bankruptcy on 26 June 2026 citing falling catches and losses, so current trading status is uncertain. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bakery & Restaurant Sawamura Kyu-Karuizawa, Karuizawa
  Bakery & Restaurant Sawamura opened in Karuizawa in 2009, baking with four house-cultured yeasts and an 18-hour slow fermentation. Its in-house SAWAMURA ROASTERY and SAWAMURA FRUTERY extend the operation into coffee and jam production. store page → · open in the atlas →
• BEAMS Harajuku Harajuku, Tokyo
  The Harajuku flagship of a Japanese multi-brand chain, showing Japanese and international contemporary fashion. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Beams Plus Tokyo, Japan
  The Ivy League-obsessed sub-line of Beams — Japanese reinterpretation of mid-century American casual wear. Patchwork madras, chambray, and needlepoint belts. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bear Pond Espresso Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
  Katsuyuki Tanaka's Shimokitazawa espresso bar, open since 2009. His 'Angel Stain' shot is capped at ten cups a day, gone by 1pm. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Beauty & Youth Tokyo, Japan
  Beauty & Youth focuses on United Arrows’ contemporary line, the polished Tokyo casual wardrobe, impeccably merchandised. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bed J.W. Ford Tokyo, Japan
  Bed JW Ford is a Japanese menswear brand combining workwear and military influences with refined construction. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bekkou-ya Tagawa Nagasaki / Japan
  Founded in 1944, this third-generation Nagasaki workshop hand-carves bekko (tortoiseshell) into necklaces, brooches, kanzashi pins and eyeglass frames. Pieces are sold at the Imahakata-machi shop and through the studio's online store, where the artisans also take in older tortoiseshell for repair and polishing. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Belly Beads Winery Shiojiri / Japan
  Belly Beads Winery makes Shiojiri wines and ciders on a hillside vineyard 780 meters up, part of the Otaki restaurant group's move into winemaking. The winery sells its bottles through an official online shop and a direct-sales outlet a few minutes' walk from Shiojiri Station. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Berberjin Tokyo / Harajuku / Online
  Harajuku vintage-denim specialist with a deep selection of pre-1970s Levi’s and other American workwear, known for authenticated pieces that have influenced Japanese reproduction brands. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Betty Smith Kojima, Okayama / Japan / Online
  Japan's oldest jeans maker — 1962, the original Okayama denim brand, custom jeans workshops, and the Kojima institution that predates the Osaka 5 by decades. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Betty Smith Jeans & Museum Kojima, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
  Betty Smith runs what it calls Japan's oldest jeans factory in Kojima, the neighborhood where domestic denim production began, and still fits customers for bespoke jeans on-site. The factory grounds hold two museums, a hands-on jeans-making workshop, and a retail shop selling the house line and offcut goods from the Eco Betty project. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Big John Okayama, Japan
  Okayama-prefecture denim pioneer, founded in 1940 by Kotaro Ozaki in Kojima as workwear maker Maruo Hifuku; produced Japan's first domestically sewn jeans in 1965 and the country's first Japanese-woven denim fabric in 1972, seeding the Kojima denim industry. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Blackmeans Tokyo / Online
  Tokyo leather artisans — punk-inspired hand-treated leather jackets with Japanese precision. Each piece is a wearable sculpture of rebellion and craft. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Blue Blue Japan Tokyo, Japan
  Blue Blue Japan is the indigo-focused label of Seilin & Co., founded in 1996 alongside its Daikanyama flagship store Okura, which opened three years earlier. Garments are hand-dyed with fermented sukumo indigo and finished with sashiko stitching and boro patchwork, made entirely in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Tokyo
  California's third-wave coffee pioneer in a minimalist Tokyo roastery. Precisely brewed pour-overs and excellent espresso drinks. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Boulangerie Asanoya Kyu-Karuizawa, Karuizawa
  Boulangerie Asanoya has baked bread in Karuizawa since 1933, a history the company documents on its own site alongside its current stone-oven methods. The bakery sells through its Kyu-Karuizawa storefront and an online shop that ships bread and pastries nationwide. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Boulangerie035 Omura / Japan
  Opened in Omura's Furumachi district in January 2017, this small bakery hand-bakes more than thirty kinds of bread daily, from seasonal focaccia to its prized domestic-wheat pain de mie. The owner bakes everything personally, selling until the loaves run out most days. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bounty Hunter Harajuku, Tokyo
  Cult streetwear boutique known for graphic tees, accessories, and punk-influenced designs. A staple of Harajuku's street fashion scene since the late 1990s. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba Osaka / Japan
  This Namba location is one of several Osaka and Tokyo cafes run by Brooklyn Roasting Company Japan, roasting and serving specialty coffee inside the Namba EKIKAN complex. Beans and branded goods can also be ordered through the company's dedicated online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Bryceland's Tokyo / London / Online
  Japanese-British hybrid — workwear and tailoring fusion. Offers one-piece collar shirts through its made-to-measure program. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Busho Kiriko Kagoshima
  Busho is a Kagoshima glass studio cutting Satsuma kiriko crystal, a craft dating to 1846 under the Shimazu clan's glassmaking program. The studio's artist has shown work via Japanese embassies in France and Mauritius, and runs summer cutting workshops for visitors. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Buzz Rickson's Japan
  Toyo’s military-repro flagship — the MA-1 of William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition, stitch-count exactness. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Café de l'Ambre Tokyo / Japan
  On a Ginza backstreet, Café de l'Ambre has served coffee and nothing else since 1948, when Ichiro Sekiguchi opened its doors in the lean years after the war. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Camoshita Japan / Italy
  Camoshita blends soft Italian tailoring with Japanese proportion and colour under the United Arrows umbrella. Jackets, knitwear and trousers create an elegant but relaxed wardrobe suited to layered dressing. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Casio Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo’s electronic everything — the immortal F-91W, scientific calculators and democratized precision. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Casio G-Shock Tokyo, Japan
  The unbreakable watch — Kikuo Ibe’s 1983 shock-resistant revolution, from DW-5600 to MR-G titanium. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chanoko Nishi-Kamakura (West Kamakura)
  Chanoko is a Nishi-Kamakura wagashi shop that has passed recipes from father to daughter for over a century, making small-batch sweets from rice and beans with minimal preservatives. Its lineup runs from monthly seasonal confections to standing items like manju and sekihan mochi, sold both from the shop and by mail order. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Charmant Wine Hakushu, Hokuto City
  Charmant Wine has grown European grape varieties at 600 meters in the Southern Alps foothills of Hakushu since 1964, handling everything from cultivation through barrel aging on site. The estate runs a weekend tasting room and direct-sales shop alongside weekday cellar tours for visitors touring the Hokuto wine district. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chateau Katsunuma Katsunuma, Koshu, Yamanashi
  Chateau Katsunuma sells its Koshu-led range of white, red, rosé and sparkling wines from a direct-sales shop and cellar tours within walking distance of Katsunumabudokyo Station, plus an on-site restaurant, Toriivilla, built around locally sourced ingredients. The winery also bottles additive-free and non-alcoholic wine options alongside its standard lineup. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chidoriya Sohonten (千鳥饅頭総本舗) 9-157 Kami-Kawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0026, Japan / Fukuoka / Japan
  Official history dates the Harada confectionery line to Kan'ei 7 / 1630; Crossroad Fukuoka lists the current Kami-Kawabata honten at 9-157. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chidoriya Souke Fukuoka
  Chidoriya Souke traces its confectionery back more than three centuries, built around the bean-paste Hon-Chidori Manju. The Fukuoka house also makes castella and sable sold through its shops and online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chikaramochiya Near Hase-dera, Hase, Kamakura
  Chikaramochiya has made Gongoro chikaramochi, a soft rice-cake wrapped in sweet bean paste, for over 300 years and nine generations from the same shop near Hase-dera. The confections are still produced without additives, using the mochi-pounding method the family has kept since the Edo period. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chikuhodo Kumano, Hiroshima
  Chikuhodo hand-assembles cosmetic, medical and painting brushes in Kumano, working with fibers such as Kazan squirrel, silver fox and Japanese mink. Alongside its own retail series the company runs an OEM operation, and each brush is finished by hand in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chinen Bingata Laboratory Uebaru, Naha
  An appointment-based bingata atelier producing hand-dyed kimono, obi, and commissioned textiles entirely within its Naha studio. The laboratory accepts reserved workshop visits and consultations, subject to its production schedule. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Chojuan Kumamoto City
  Chojuan specializes in ikinari dango, the Kumamoto sweet of sliced sweet potato and sweet bean paste wrapped in a plain steamed dough, sold here in white, black, purple and baked versions. The shop ships nationwide and sponsors the local Roasso Kumamoto football club, a sign of how embedded it is in the city's everyday food culture. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Cibone Aoyama, Tokyo
  Immaculately curated design store showcasing Japanese and international contemporary design. Furniture, lighting, ceramics, and accessories in a gallery-like setting. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Citizen Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo watchmaker known for Eco-Drive light-powered movements and Promaster tool watches, with collections spanning everyday, sport and professional-use timepieces. store page → · open in the atlas →
• CLUTCH Magazine Tokyo / Japan / Online
  The luxury heritage quarterly — higher-end than Lightning, craftsmanship focus, factory visits, artisan profiles, and the Japanese magazine that treats denim as haute couture. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Clé de Peau Tokyo
  Shiseido’s pinnacle line — The Serum, radiant foundations and key-of-skin luxury science. Stocked at Galeries Lafayette in Paris. store page → · open in the atlas →
• CMF Outdoor Garments Tokyo / Online
  Tokyo-based technical outdoor-fashion label revived in 2009 by Harajuku vintage retailer Lost Hills from a 1915 Seattle bedding/down-quilt maker's name, blending vintage American mountaineering references with modern fabrics like eVent and Dyneema under designer Makoto Okuya. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Coherence Japan
  Coherence studies coats worn by artists and writers, then rebuilds their proportions in Japanese fabrics. The result is a focused outerwear collection where pattern, cloth and historical reference matter more than seasonal trend. store page → · open in the atlas →
• COMME des GARÇONS PLAY Tokyo, Japan
  Comme des Garçons PLAY applies Filip Pagowski’s heart motif to T-shirts, polos, knitwear and Converse collaborations. It is an accessible diffusion line, with sizing and seasonal colour varying across retailers. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Comoli Tokyo / Online
  Tokyo-based label focused on understated elegance and premium fabrics. Minimal branding, maximum material quality — the quiet end of Japanese luxury. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Cow Books Nakameguro, Tokyo
  Cult independent bookstore specializing in out-of-print books on photography, design, and counterculture. Founded by creative director Naoto Fukasawa. A quiet sanctuary for book lovers. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Crafthouse Miyasaka Tateshina / Japan
  Marked by a big sign along Route 299 in the Tateshina highlands, this log-cabin workshop has designed and sold custom leather goods, including keychains and bags printed with customers' own pet photos, since at least 2009. The shop at 5522 Kitayama, Chino City keeps regular 9:00–19:00 hours and also carries a line of nature-healing CDs composed with musician Junichi Kamiyama. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Cushman Japan
  Cushman focuses on vintage athletic Americana, loopwheel sweats and work chinos of period-correct Japanese make. The range centers on military reproduction, with production associated with Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• D&DEPARTMENT HOKKAIDO by 3KG Odori West, Sapporo
  A design-led shop selecting durable furniture, household goods, tableware, and craft products from Hokkaido and elsewhere in Japan. The Hokkaido store is operated by Sapporo design company 3KG. Established 2007. store page → · open in the atlas →
• D.L.P. Toyooka / Japan
  D.L.P. is a small bag workshop in Toyooka, Japan's historic bag-making town, where craftsmen work leather and canvas into original totes, wallets, and hand-dyed patine pieces. The workshop also runs an online shop and a new Tajima Cowhide line made in partnership with local tanners. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daikanyama Tokyo
  Daikanyama is Tokyo’s low-rise boutique quarter — T-Site bookstore, hidden ateliers, Sunday-stroll fashion. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daimaru Fujii Central Odori, Sapporo
  A multilevel stationery and art-supply specialist carrying writing instruments, paper, Japanese art materials, leather goods, and original products. The business began when Senzo Fujii started selling paper in Sapporo in 1893. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daimaru Shinsaibashi 1-7-1 Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo Ward, Osaka
  Historic department store dating to 1726 — luxury brands, cosmetics, and one of Osaka's best depachika food halls. The tax-free counter is efficient. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daiso Shinsaibashi 2-1-22 Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo Ward, Osaka
  Japan's largest 100-yen shop — 70,000 products at 100 yen each (tax excluded). Kitchenware, cosmetics, snacks, and souvenirs. You could spend hours here. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Daiwa Pier39 Tokyo / Online
  Fishing-inspired technical wear meets Tokyo street style. Functional pockets, technical fabrics, and a utilitarian aesthetic that works on the street and the pier. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Denime Osaka / Japan
  Founded in 1988, DENIME is built around a 'real basic' approach to everyday denim. Its current Warehouse-made programme revisits the brand's earliest jeans, including denim recipes originally developed with Kurabo. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Denimio Yokohama / Japan / Online
  The online gateway — ships worldwide, carries dozens of Japanese brands, English-speaking staff, and the Yokohama-based retailer that introduced many Westerners to Japanese denim. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Descente Osaka, Japan
  Mizusawa Down jackets use thermal bonding and taped seams to limit water entering the down chambers. Pattern cutting, down filling and finishing are completed through an integrated factory process, with key finishing work done by hand. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Deshimaru Satsuma Kiriko Kirishima, Kagoshima
  Deshimaru is a Kirishima-based cut glass studio founded by artisan Tsutomu Deshimaru to continue Satsuma kiriko, the layered cut-glass technique that traces to the Shimazu-era workshops of the 1850s and was revived in 1985. The studio trains apprentices in the gradation cutting that gives each piece its signature sparkle and sells finished glassware directly from its own site. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Devoa Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo menswear label DEVOA, founded in 2006 by designer and former athlete Daisuke Nishida, builds three-dimensional 'anatomical' patterns modeled on muscle, skin and vein movement; garments are made in Japan in limited runs. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Disk Union Shinjuku Shinjuku, Tokyo
  Massive used record store with multiple specialized floors — jazz, rock, classical, and world music. A crate-digger's paradise with incredibly deep inventory. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Don Quijote Tokyo
  Japanese discount retailer for food, cosmetics, electronics, household goods, souvenirs and everyday necessities, with dense multi-floor stores and late-night shopping at many locations. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Dover Street Market Ginza Ginza, Tokyo
  Rei Kawakubo's multi-level fashion-art installation. The most avant-garde retail experience on Earth, with rotating art and limited pieces. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Dynamic Audio 5555 Tokyo (Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku) / Japan
  Dynamic Audio has traded in Akihabara since March 1965, when Tokyo's first postwar audio boom was still building, and the flagship store known as 5555 sits a few minutes' walk from the Electric Town exit at 3-1-18 Sotokanda. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Edwin PRINTEMPS
  Tokyo denim since 1947 — rainbow selvedge and the jeans that pioneered Japanese washing artistry. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Eishodo Minobu / Japan
  Eishodo bakes Minobu manju, the steamed local specialty of Minobu, Yamanashi, prized for gifts, temple offerings and everyday tea, shipping it fresh nationwide via Yamato delivery within its four-day shelf life, with no dispatch on Wednesdays and tiered packaging up to 48 pieces. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Endo Mochi-ten Sendai / Japan
  Endo Mochi-ten is a mochi shop in Sendai's Miyamachi district known for its zunda-mochi made from Miyagi-grown edamame, along with kurumi-mochi, anko-mochi and celebratory issho-mochi for a child's first birthday. Its rice cakes and bean pastes are made fresh from Miyagi's prized Miyakogane glutinous rice, and orders can be placed online or picked up at the storefront. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Estnation Roppongi Roppongi Hills, Tokyo
  ESTNATION Roppongi Hills is the retailer’s current Roppongi store, occupying the first two floors of the Hillside Keyakizaka Complex. store page → · open in the atlas →
• ETHOSENS Tokyo / Online
  Hiromi Nakauchi's poetic minimalism — architectural silhouettes, monochromatic palettes, and the Japanese womenswear brand that treats clothing as sculpture. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Eurobox Tokyo (Ginza) / Japan
  Eurobox is an independent multi-brand fountain-pen specialist on the fourth floor of Ginza’s Okuno Building, carrying Japanese and European pens, including vintage and collectible pieces. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Evisen Skateboards Tokyo / Online
  Tokyo skate brand — Japanese craftsmanship meets skate culture. Premium decks, apparel, and accessories with a distinctly Tokyo aesthetic. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Evisu Osaka, Japan
  The painted seagull of Osaka — Hidehiko Yamane hand-painting arcuates that ignited global Japanese-denim worship. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Evisu No. 1 Special Osaka / Japan
  The grail — No. 1 Special is Evisu's highest grade, hand-painted gull, premium fabric, limited to a few pairs per day, and the Evisu model that collectors chase. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Evisu No. 2 Osaka / Japan
  The middle tier — printed gull (not hand-painted), still premium fabric, more accessible than No. 1, and the Evisu model that most enthusiasts own. store page → · open in the atlas →
• F/CE. Tokyo / Online
  F/CE focuses on Tokyo functional wear, country-themed seasonal research turned into waterproof city gear. The range centers on technical daypacks and shells, with production associated with Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• FDMTL Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo denim label FDMTL, founded in 2005 by designer Gaku Tsuyoshi, applies traditional boro patchwork and sashiko stitching to jeans and outerwear made start-to-finish in Japan; its Meguro flagship opened in 2009. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Flower Mountain Veneto–Tokyo / Online
  Sneaker brand founded in 2015 by Tokyo-born Keisuke Ota and Beijing-born Yang Chao, who met at Japan's Fuji Rock Festival; blends Japanese trekking-boot design with manufacturing by Italian shoemaker Falc S.p.A. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Foot the Coacher Japan
  Naosuke Takei’s Japanese footwear label combines British-informed lasts, artisan shoemaking and Tokyo design, with specialist stockists including NUBIAN Tokyo. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Freewheelers Japan
  Japanese workwear brand — vintage-inspired clothing rebuilt from historical patterns with period-authentic materials and construction. store page → · open in the atlas →
• FTC Tokyo Cat Street, Tokyo
  Forte Tokyo Company's flagship skate shop on Cat Street. Premium skateboard decks, streetwear, and accessories with a distinctly Japanese aesthetic. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fuefuki Wine (笛吹ワイン) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
  Fuefuki Wine has pressed Yamanashi grapes for more than two decades from its cellar in the Misaka district, bottling Muscat Bailey A and other local varieties. The winery pours free tastings and sells its bottles direct on site and through its own online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fujiiya Miyajima, Hiroshima
  Fujiiya has made momiji manju since 1925, and its smooth strained red-bean version is registered as one of Hiroshima City's brand products. The maker sells through directly run shops in Miyajima and Hiroshima and offers a sweets-making experience on the island. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fujisaki Bingata Studio Motobu, Okinawa / Japan
  Fujisaki Bingata Studio is a bingata dyeing workshop in Motobu, in Okinawa's northern Yanbaru region, run by Makoto Fujisaki. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fujizakura Heights Beer Mt Fuji northern foothills / Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
  A craft brewery working at 1,000 metres in Mount Fuji's forested northern foothills, brewing Pils, Weizen, Rauch and Schwarz Weizen to German technique with the mountain's soft spring water. The beers are poured and sold at its Sylvans bar-restaurant down in Fujikawaguchiko and through an online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fujizakura Kobo (Yamazaki Orimono) Nishikatsura (Fuji Five Lakes), Yamanashi
  The Fujizakura studio of silk weaver Yamazaki Orimono, carrying on the fine Gunnai textile tradition of Mount Fuji's foothills at Nishikatsura. It weaves neckties and stoles that set historical Japanese patterns into contemporary Western dress. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Fukurasha Sakurazaka
  Inside Naha's Sakura-zaka Theater complex, Fukurasha opened as PANA in 2005 and relaunched under its current name in August 2010, selling Okinawan crafts such as Tsuboya pottery and recycled glass art alongside used books, split across two floors. store page → · open in the atlas →

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