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AKB48 CAFE & SHOP AKIHABARA open,and the second “out of Japan” sister group of AKB48, “TPE48″ is launching

A new and the second “AKB48 CAFE & SHOP” opened just in front of  Akihabara station Tokyo on Sep. 29th. http://akb48cafeshops.com/wp/akihabara/

At the cafe consists of four sections, namely “Theater”,”Cafe”,”Private room”,and “Shop”.  At “Theater”, you can enjoy buffet style meals with movies of AKB’s concerts on a large screen. At “Cafe”, you can enjoy special dishes created by AKB’s members ,which are to change from month to month. And “Private Room” whose capacity is 16 people is equipped with DVDs of AKB.  In addition, at “Shop” you can buy original items related to AKB.

Sometimes AKB’ members make “surprise” visits to the Cafe& Shop, which  makes customers amazingly happy.

And here is another new information concerning AKB48 project. On this Oct. 1st,  AKB’s management announced it is going to launch a project of a new sister group of AKB48. The new group is “TPE48″,  which is to be based in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.  Further details of the project will be noticed to public at the end of this year, and the new group is expected to start theatrical performances around the summer in 2012.

TPE48 is to be the second sister group of AKB48 out of Japan, following JKT48 which I wrote about here before.http://www.tenkai-japan.com/2011/09/12/jkt48-project-launched/

Shibuya109′s Lucky Bags

As part of their 2011 New Year opening sales, several Tokyo department stores sold unique deluxe lucky bags. About 1000 girls lined up early morning outside Shibuya 109 to buy populer brand’s lucky bags of CECIL McBEE, SLY, moussy,W♡C and EMODA etc…

Parco Fukuoka

Parco is a department store chain that is located through out Japan from Sapporo to Kumamoto. It caters for the mass fashion market ranging from local brands to international brands. On March 19, 2010, Parco opens a new department store in Japan’s southern city of Fukuoka. Parco Fukuoka offers 155 stores.
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BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT★SHINJUKU MARUI ONE

The shop BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT is one on the sixth floor of SHINJUKU MARUI ONE and is a hallmark of Lolita fashion. Read the rest of this entry »

Newly opened ACDC ★SHINJUKU MARUI ONE

Very popular ACDC in Harajuku is opened on the second floor of SHINJUKU MARUI ONE, where you can enjoy various things of Rock, Punk and Lolita styles in reasonable prices. Read the rest of this entry »

“Lemoned Shop Shinjuku” in memory of late “hide” of X-JAPAN ★SHINJUKU MARUI ONE

This year, 2010 marks the special Buddhist memorial service year of the legendary guitarist “hide” of  X-JAPAN who passed away in 1998, and in this very year “Pinky Promise”, the official book of “hide”, are going to be published (at the price of 8,000 yen with tax included)
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24. You can ride the world’s shortest escalator 8,000 times a day – kawasaki　more’s

Kawasaki is not officially ‘Tokyo,’ but we’d like to claim the world’s shortest escalator — in Kawasaki More — as part of our urban experience.
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3. Depachika

You could spend hours drooling over the elaborate pastries and picture-perfect sushi rolls at Istean’s recently refurbished, super-stylish depachika (デパ地下).
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Chocolate for Sweet St. Valentine’s Day at PRINTTEMPS GINZA 2

As I mentioned in the last story, I’ll show you some of the popular chocolate shops in PRINTTEMPS GINZA. This year’s 3 fascinating elements of chocolate are delight, sweetness, and surprise!

1^st floor’s concept : “Chocolat Marche”— chocolate arousing our curiosity

There are limited and original shops to PRINTEMPS GINZA. For example, they offer rose or fruit flavored chocolate and a bar of chocolate decorated with colorful flowers.
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Chocolate for Sweet St.Valentin’s Day at PRINTEMPS GINZA

We love sweets!  We enjoy this sweet chocolate season! In Japan, males get chocolate from females on St. Valentine’s Day, Feb.14^th.

PRINTEMPS GINZA holds special Valentine’s fair from Jan 19^th to Feb 14^th. The largest number of chocolate shops ever, 68 shops, set up 5 special sites and each site has its own concept.

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LaForet Grand Bazar in Harajuku

LaForet Harajuku is a trend setting shopping complex, consisting of seven floors of fashion shops, mainly geared towards a young girl, and is known for its big bargain sale “The LaForet Grand Bazar”. Read the rest of this entry »

H&M Shinsaibashi Store in Osaka

H&M’s First Osaka store open in Shinsaibashi on March 6, 2010.

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Space Battleship Yamato X Aeon Lake Town

The Aeon Lake Town shopping center is displaying a five-meter-long scale model of the title spaceship from the Space Battleship Yamato space opera anime.

The model promotes the sale of 34 limited-edition Yamato items of clothing, including underpants, jackets, caps, shirts, and socks. Read the rest of this entry »

Marui Shinjuku

Marui Shinjuku
新宿マルイ本館

3-30-13, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0022
Store Hour : 11:00-21:00, Sunday and public holiday 11:00-20:30

03(3354) 0101

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Marunouchi Brick Square

Marunouchi Brick Square
丸の内ブリックスクエア

Mitsubishi Estate (三菱地所)opened the Marunouchi Brick Square　(丸の内ブリックスクエア), Tokyo’s newest commercial shopping zone located on the first basement floor through the fourth floor of the Marunouchi Park Building　(丸の内パークビルディング). Read the rest of this entry »