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The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
Let’s begin with all cards on the table. For me, when it comes to cheapo fashion and bargain hunting, vintage shops and …
Japanese cosmetics are reputed to be of good quality, such that tourists love to take them home from their shopping …
Some travel guidebooks used to advise tourists to skip Ikebukuro, because what you can see there, you can also find …
Tokyo may seem shiny-shiny and new – and parts of it are. It can feel like everyone has new stuff all the time …
“Cinderella” resonates with almost everyone because almost everyone, at some point in their lives, becomes a cheapo. …
As one of the world’s fashion capitals, Tokyo can make a cheapo feel under-dressed. Fear not – we’ll …
On the surface, New York JOE Exchange seems like just another resale shop. However, when you dig a bit deeper, you will …
Tokyo is characteristically small. Apartments are not known for being spacious with ample storage space, to say the …
The cheapest clothes in Tokyo tend to come from second-hand shops, but used clothing isn’t for everyone. I’ve met …
Uniqlo is my go-to store for affordable, chic clothes, mostly because it’s one of the only clothing stores in …
One of the first things you’ll notice living in Tokyo is the fact that most Japanese women are impeccably dressed, from …
More than a few hours in Tokyo’s fashion central (Harajuku) or hipper locales (Koenji and Shimokitazawa) will give you …
Finding a job in Tokyo was rough being fresh off the boat and not knowing a lot of Japanese. I was that foreigner at …
As a member of the male sex, I have no idea what constitutes as fashionable. If someone tells me I have to dress nice, …
I wish someone much cooler than myself had told me about Shimokitazawa when I first moved to Japan, because the novelty …
Let it be said that this post is motivated ninety-three percent by personal interest–because at Mirror Fashion I …
To each season its traditional stockpiling. Around New Years’, you get the grab bags filled with assorted items and …
Buried on the basement floor beneath three stories of used books, DVDs, CDs, and video games, this outgrowth of the …
The last time I had short hair it was 1996 and the cut was what’s called “the mushroom”, which is somewhere south of …
After playing changing room parkour and handing over upwards of fifty dollars for a cardigan or somesuch, I am often so …
Harajuku is famous for its street fashion. Pop stars Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani and Kimbra all state the influence of …