Japan — Page 5

• Onitsuka Tiger Japan
  Japanese sportswear brand founded 1949 in Kobe by Kihachiro Onitsuka; its Mexico 66 sneaker, worn by the Japanese Olympic team in 1968 and later by Bruce Lee, remains its signature design. store page → · open in the atlas →

• Ogasawara Toemon Kiln Okawachiyama, Imari, Saga
  Ogasawara Toemon Kiln is run by an eighth-generation potter descended from the workshop's founder, who set up independently in Okawachiyama once the Nabeshima domain kiln system was dissolved. In 1999 it became an early adopter of lead-free glazes in Japanese ceramics, a change it still cites as central to how it makes Nabeshima ware today. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ogiso Shoten Shimoda / Japan
  Ogiso Shoten has cured dried fish (himono) in the port town of Shimoda since it was founded in 1900, with craftsmen still hand-splitting and drying mackerel, horse mackerel, and other local catch each morning. The shop ships its himono nationwide through its online store and keeps a full retail location for visitors. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ohi Chozaemon Kiln / Ohi Museum (大樋長左衛門窯) Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
  The Ohi kiln has fired Ohi-yaki tea bowls in Kanazawa since 1666 and is now led by its 11th generation. Its compound holds a Michelin-starred museum, a Kengo Kuma-designed gallery, named tea rooms, and a garden by Hiroshi Teshigawara. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sailor Pen Kure, Hiroshima / Japan
  Sailor traces its name to a chance encounter: in 1911, Kyugoro Sakata was introduced to the fountain pen by a visiting British sailor, and the pen so impressed him that he and his brother built a company around it in Hiroshima the same year. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sakenunoya Honkin Shuzo Suwa / Japan
  Sakenunoya Honkin Shuzo brews its Honkin and Taichi lines at Suwa in Nagano, now in its ninth generation. The full range, from the everyday Honkin to the Junmai Daiginjo, can be ordered by phone, fax or the form on its site. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sakurai Kanseido Obuse / Japan
  Sakurai Kanseido has made chestnut sweets in Obuse for seven generations and two hundred years, from kuri-kanoko and kuri-yokan to marron financiers and frozen Mont Blanc. Its confections are sold at the honten and several directly run shops and cafés, as well as through the company's online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sawanotsuru Nada-ku
  Sawanotsuru has brewed sake in Nada-ku since 1717, one of the older houses in the Nada-Gogo district that today supplies roughly a quarter of Japan's sake output. Its former brewhouse near Shin-Kobe Station now operates as a museum and shop selling junmai and seasonal releases straight from the kura. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Seki Kanetsugu Seki / Japan
  Seki Kanetsugu forges kitchen knives in Seki, Japan, a blade town where the company was founded in 1949 as an outgrowth of a firm making knives since 1918. Its knives carry the convex hamaguri edge derived from Japanese sword cross-sections. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibori Hisada Nagoya / Japan
  Shibori Hisada has sold Arimatsu shibori tie-dye since 1913, when it branched off an older house on the old Tokaido road; the wider Arimatsu shibori tradition dates back some 400 years. Now run by a fourth generation from two stores in Nagoya, it makes yukata, kimono, clothing and accessories in resist-dye patterns. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shitsurindo Sabae, Fukui / Japan
  Shitsurindo has made Echizen lacquerware in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture since 1793, trading under its former name Owanya Uchida before adopting its current one; the company store still operates from its long-held address at Nishibukuro-cho in Sabae. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shooken (Castella Ganso Shooken) Nagasaki / Japan
  Founded in 1681, Shooken has spent over 340 years perfecting Nagasaki castella, including the rich gosan-yaki and a chocolate-layered Chocolatte created by its eighth-generation master. Its cakes are sold across several Nagasaki and Fukuoka shops and an online store, with a cafe above the Uonomachi main store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shoyeido Karaku Incense Co., Kyoto, Japan
  Shoyeido has made incense in Kyoto since 1705, spanning twelve generations of the same family business. Its incense is still handcrafted there using traditional recipes and aged raw materials, including aged agarwood and sandalwood in the Xiang-do Master's line. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shunkōdō Nagoya / Japan
  Shunkōdō opened in 1921 (Taishō 10) in Nagoya's Osu district, when Eijiro Ogawa — who had apprenticed at a Chinese herbal medicine wholesaler — set up his own herbal medicine business there. store page → · open in the atlas →

• Oshima Tsumugi Museum (Oshima Tsumugi Mura) Amami City, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima
  A weaver and manufacturer of authentic Oshima Tsumugi silk kimono, counted among the world's three great textiles. On Amami Oshima it runs mud-dyeing (Kusaki) workshops, studio tours and a museum. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rakunoh Mother's - Aso Milk Farm Minami-Aso
  This Aso dairy bottles milk and makes yogurt, pudding and soft-serve at a creamery on the caldera slopes. Its farm shop and cafe sit among the region's dairy pastures. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Reizan (Yamamura Shuzo) Ichinomiya, Aso
  Founded in 1762 at the foot of Mount Aso, Yamamura Shuzo brews its Reizan label from local spring water and Kumamoto rice. The kura has carried its craft through more than two and a half centuries. store page → · open in the atlas →
• ROKETSU Dyeing Studio YAMAMOTO Kyoto / Online
  Run by the Yamamoto family, who have dyed kimono in Kyoto for over 50 years, this studio opened its hands-on Dyeing Studio in 1999 — reportedly the only place in Japan letting visitors complete the entire roketsu wax-resist dyeing process. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rokuzan Art Museum (碌山美術館) Hotaka, Azumino
  A historic museum dedicated to Ogiwara Morie, known as Rokuzan, a pioneer of modern Japanese sculpture, displaying his work and hosting cultural events. It stands a short walk from Hotaka Station. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sado Mumyoi-yaki (佐渡 無名異焼) Sado Island, Niigata
  This maker presents and sells Sado's Mumyoi-yaki, red-clay pottery colored by iron oxide and distinctive to the island. The traditional ware is offered directly through the brand. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shima no Hito Rebun Island, Hokkaido (original shop); operated by Rebunese Co., Ltd.
  Shima no Hito is a Rebun Island-origin seafood retailer dealing in premium Hokkaido uni, ikura, crab, scallops and kombu kelp. Operated by Rebunese Co., Ltd., it runs its original shop on Rebun Island and sells seasonal gift sets online. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shinya Kozuka Tokyo / Online
  Tokyo menswear — dramatic oversized silhouettes and hand-painted details from Central Saint Martins graduate. store page → · open in the atlas →

• Nousaku Takaoka / Japan
  Nousaku has cast tin, bronze, and brass tableware, bells, and vases at its Takaoka foundry since 1916, work recognized by MoMA's design store and multiple Good Design Awards in Japan. The company runs factory tours and a workshop program from its Toyama headquarters alongside its retailer network. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Nozawa Onsen Distillery Nozawa Onsen / Japan / Online
  In the heart of Nozawa Onsen in Nagano, this distillery makes small-batch craft gin and whisky, including its Nozawa, Classic Dry and Shiso gins. Bottles, tasting sets and merchandise are sold through its online store, with a store locator for stockists. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Number (N)ine Tokyo, Japan
  Takahiro Miyashita’s grunge cathedral — Kurt-and-Neil romanticism that defined 2000s Tokyo fashion. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Number Sugar Daikanyama, Tokyo
  Artisan caramel candy shop with 12 numbered flavors. The perfect Tokyo souvenir — beautifully packaged and utterly delicious. store page → · open in the atlas →
• O's Farm Shodoshima / Japan
  O's Farm hand-picks roughly 400 olive trees across four traditional Shodoshima varieties plus newer cultivars like Leccino and Picual, pressing the fruit within 24 hours of harvest to protect freshness. The small-batch olive oils are sold through the farm's online shop from its Kagawa address. store page → · open in the atlas →
• O-kita Nouen (大北農園) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
  O-kita Nouen grows peaches and grapes across the Ichinomiya slopes of Fuefuki, a family orchard that ships white peaches, golden peaches and gift boxes nationwide in season. Fruit is sold direct through the farm's own online store and roadside stand. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Obayashi Toshijuen Nara / Japan / Online
  This Nara doll workshop carves traditional Nara ittobori figures, including hina and May dolls, Noh-themed pieces and zodiac animals. The hand-carved pieces are sold through the studio's online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Obusedo Obuse / Japan
  Obusedo makes chestnut confections in Obuse, the town famed for chestnuts, using house-cooked kuri-an in everything from traditional kuri-kanoko and yokan to Mont Blanc and baked sweets. Its shops and eateries cluster in a restored quarter of old warehouses, drawing crowds each autumn for the seasonal Suzaku chestnut dessert. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Odaiba Tokyo
  Odaiba focuses on Tokyo Bay’s entertainment island, Ferris-wheel retail, Gundam statue and waterfront malls. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ofuku Mochi Honke Futamiura, Ise
  Ofuku Mochi Honke has hand-pressed red bean mochi in Futamiura since the Edo period, more than 270 years ago, when the shop supplied pilgrims walking to Ise Grand Shrine near the Meoto Iwa rocks. It remains the town's original confectioner, still selling its namesake ofuku mochi alongside sesame-wrapped mokari mochi. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ogihara Yohoen (荻原養蜂園) Kyu-Karuizawa Main Street, Karuizawa
  Ogihara Yohoen keeps bees across the Shinshu region and sells its raw honey direct from a shop on Kyu-Karuizawa's main street, run by a beekeeper known locally as the 'bee-mustache uncle.' The shop lists its apiary sources and harvest details alongside the honey itself. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oh My Glasses Tokyo Ginza, Tokyo
  Curated Japanese-made eyewear with meticulous craftsmanship. Offers face-shape analysis and complimentary eye exams by professional staff. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Okayama Denim Okayama / Japan / Online
  Direct from the source — Okayama-based, exclusive collaborations, and the online shop that connects the denim mills directly to international consumers. Known for hard-to-find Japanese exclusives. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oke-Craft (オケクラフト) Oketo / Japan
  From the small Hokkaido town of Oketo, Oke-Craft gathers turned wooden tableware and cutlery made by two dozen independent workshops under a regional craft brand born in 1983. Bowls, plates, cups, and utensils are sold at the Forest Craft Center shop and through the official online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Old Joe Brand Japan
  Old Joe studies vintage garments through fabric, fading, hardware and proportion, then reworks those observations into new clothing. Seasonal collections span denim, tailoring, knitwear and accessories with detailed product notes. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Olive no Mori Shodoshima / Japan
  Olive no Mori is the retail arm of Shodoshima Healthy Land, turning the island's olive harvest into skincare, food, and body-care lines sold from its Kagawa headquarters. The brand runs a full online shop and pop-up counters in department stores nationwide, alongside phone ordering for its olive-oil cosmetics and foods. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Omotesando Hills Tokyo
  Ando Tadao’s spiral retail monument — a six-storey atrium whose slope follows Omotesando Avenue and whose low-rise form meets the zelkova-lined streetscape, with shops arranged along the ramp. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Omoya Shuzo Iki Island, Nagasaki, Japan
  Omoya Shuzo has distilled on Iki since 1924, running two separate sites on the island: a main shochu brewery and a second facility at Yokoyama dedicated to sake made with local rice and spring water. Its black-koji barley shochu, sold as Chingu and Natsujojo, favors the founder's founding instinct to work against passing trends rather than chase them. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Omura-zushi Gion Omura / Japan
  For nearly half a century Gion has made and sold Omura's traditional pressed sushi on Route 34, keeping to the recipe of its founding. Buy the freshly made Omura-zushi to take away from the shop counter, or eat in at the adjoining restaurant. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Onao Ichikawa Daimon, Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi, Japan
  Onao has worked washi in Yamanashi's thousand-year-old Ichikawa Daimon papermaking district since around 1960, incorporating in 1974. Beyond shoji paper, its 2008 SIWA line with designer Naoto Fukasawa turns tear-resistant Naoron paper into bags and everyday objects. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oni Japan
  The secret denim demon — reclusive weaver of "secret denim," the most irregular, natural-looking cloth in Japan — no site of its own; sold via specialist stockists such as Denimio. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Onibus Coffee Nakameguro Nakameguro, Tokyo
  Onibus roasts single-origin lots from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Colombia, and Kenya out of its Nakameguro shops, steps from the station. The company became a B Corp after a stated four-year certification process. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Onihagi Hagi
  Onihagi sells Hagi-yaki tea bowls and tea ceremony utensils, made from a blend of Daido, Mitake and Mishima clays under a feldspar-and-ash glaze that the site says changes color with use, a trait known as Hagi no Nanabake. The shop is based in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where local kilns have produced Hagi ware since 1604. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oose Shoten Kagoshima City
  Oose Shoten has sold Oshima tsumugi, the mud-dyed silk woven on Amami Oshima for about 1,300 years, from its Kagoshima City shop since 1930. Beyond kimono bolts that can take months to weave, the shop sells everyday items made from the same handwoven, naturally dyed silk and runs factory tours and weaving demonstrations for visitors. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ooyagama Hagi, Yamaguchi
  Founded in 1969 at the foot of Mount Nichirin in southern Hagi, Ooyagama works in pottery, porcelain, and even ceramic jewelry. The kiln keeps its own gallery and shop for visitors browsing its Hagi ware. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Orgueil Japan
  Japanese denim label launched in 2012 as an offshoot of Osaka Five member Studio D'Artisan, blending early-20th-century European tailoring with American workwear; garments made in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Orient Tokyo, Japan
  Orient is Japan’s mechanical value king — the Bambino’s domed elegance and in-house movements under Epson. Production is associated with Japan, while the range centers on bambino, Ray, Mako. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oriental Bazaar Omotesando, Tokyo
  Landmark souvenir shop on Omotesando selling traditional Japanese crafts since 1951. Kimono, ceramics, lacquerware, folding fans, and woodblock prints. store page → · open in the atlas →
• OrSlow Kojima, Japan
  Ichiro Nakatsu’s slow standard — 105 jeans and fatigue pants cut from vintage-loom fabric in Hyōgo. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Orslow 107 Ivy Kobe / Japan / Online
  The slim tapered — 1960s Ivy League inspiration, one-wash, comfortable from day one, and the Orslow model that is the easiest entry into Japanese denim. No break-in, no sizing drama. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Osaka Japan Folk Crafts Museum Shop Osaka / Japan
  At 10-5 Senri Expo Park in Suita, the museum shop curates mingei folk crafts such as Tamba and Onta pottery, hand-loomed Tamba cloth, Inshu washi paper, and household goods designed by Sori Yanagi. It also stocks the museum's own publications and catalogs, including works tied to founder Muneyoshi Yanagi's writings. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oshino Hakkai Ikemoto Oshino / Japan
  Oshino Hakkai Ikemoto sits by the spring-fed ponds of Oshino Hakkai, making its kusa-mochi on the spot from domestic mochi rice, mugwort and Fuji spring water. Its shelves also hold Fuji-water tofu, soft-serve, fried kamaboko skewers, house sake and pickles for visitors to take home. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oshu Gama Okawachiyama, Imari, Saga
  Oshu Gama fires natural celadon stone quarried around Okawachiyama into a signature glaze it calls Oshu Blue, a technique rooted in the valley's Nabeshima-clan ceramic history. The workshop makes both everyday tableware and standalone art pieces from the same local clay and mineral sources. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oumamiya Honmachi, Gujo Hachiman
  Confectioner founded in 1887 whose signature nikki-dama are hard cinnamon candies boiled and shaped by hand in small batches. The Honmachi shop also sells black-cinnamon sweets under the Gujo brand label. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Oven Universe Sapporo
  Sapporo shop opened March 2021 in Chuo Ward selling imported vinyl, cassettes, risograph and silkscreen art books, zines, incense and small goods. store page → · open in the atlas →
• ozie Tokyo / Online
  Tokyo shirting specialist with an entire Italian-collar department — one-piece collar dress shirts in Japanese cotton under its Windsor Knot house label, made in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pablo Cheesetart Various locations, Osaka
  Japan's 'half-baked' cheese tart — crispy pastry with a molten cheesecake centre that oozes when you bite. The Dotonbori flagship always has a queue. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Papier Labo. Nakameguro, Tokyo
  Boutique paper and printing studio making original notebooks, cards, and letterpress items. Custom printing services for events and businesses. The tactile quality of their paper goods is exceptional. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Parco Tokyo
  Tokyo's youth-culture department store founded 1973 in Shibuya, blending fashion, art, music, and subcultures; rebuilt and reopened 2019 with 600,000 monthly overseas visitors. store page → · open in the atlas →
• PASS THE BATON Tokyo / Omotesando / Online
  Masamichi Katayama's (Wonderwall) concept shop — curated vintage, artisan goods, and the Omotesando destination where heritage items find new owners with stories attached. The Omotesando PASS THE BATON destination described here has permanently closed. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pelican Bakery (パンのペリカン) Asakusa, Tokyo / Japan
  Pelican Bakery has operated from the same corner of Tokyo's Asakusa district since 1942, when founder Takeo Watanabe opened what began as a general bread shop, Watanabe Bakery, in the Tawaramachi neighborhood. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Phenix Japan / Europe
  Japanese ski-apparel brand founded in 1952 by Kazuo Tajima, an early adopter of nylon skiwear in 1955; now the official technical-apparel supplier to Norway's Alpine ski team, with a Swedish Alpine team partnership beginning the 2024/25 season. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pherrow's Tokyo, Japan
  Founded in 1991 by Masahiro Shimura, who had helped set up The Real McCoy's before striking out on his own with the L-2B flight jacket repro and the Stormy Blue denim line. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pianola Records Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
  One of Shimokitazawa's many excellent vinyl stores. Specializing in jazz, soul, and rare grooves in a cozy, knowledgeable setting. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pilgrim Surf+Supply Cat Street, Tokyo
  Brooklyn's design-forward surf shop, now with a Shibuya flagship opened through a partnership with Beams. Surfboards, apparel, and coffee under one roof. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Porter Yoshida Tokyo / Japan / Online
  Japanese bag manufacturer since 1935 — the Tanker series, nylon messenger bags, and impeccable Japanese bag craft. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Post Overalls Japan
  Takeshi Ohfuchi’s NY-Japan engineer poetry — the Post pants and cruiser jackets since 1993. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Postalco Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
  Postalco began in 2000 in Brooklyn and is now based in Tokyo. Its single Postalco Shop in Kyobashi carries the brand’s bags, wallets, key holders, stationery and clothing. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Prada Aoyama Aoyama, Tokyo
  Herzog & de Meuron's crystalline diamond-patterned building is one of Tokyo's most striking pieces of architecture. The interior matches the exterior's drama with innovative display concepts. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Pure Blue Japan Tokyo, Japan
  Slub-textured denim in deep indigo, woven and sewn in Japan. The irregular yarn is the point, not a flaw. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rainbow House Naha
  A five-story fabric and craft-supply store in Naha's Shurisueyoshicho district, Okinawa, stocking fabric, yarn, beads, ribbon and sewing notions across multiple floors; a fixture for local quilters, sewers and knitters. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Record Jungle Kanazawa
  An independent used and imported record store with LPs, singles, CDs and DVDs. Founded in 1983 and described as carrying about 100,000 titles. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Reijin Sake Brewery Suwa / Japan
  Reijin Sake Brewery, based at 2-9-21 Kita-Suwa in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, sells its sake and shochu — including limited-edition and cask-aged bottlings — directly through its own online shop. The brewery also offers gift sets and seasonal releases timed to Japan's Obon and New Year holidays. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Remi Relief Japan
  Japanese vintage-wash label founded around 2007-2008 by designer Yutaka Goto, whose name blends 'remix' and 'relief.' Known for 'SP processing,' a technique replicating 1930s-60s sulfur-dye fading, applied to sweats, fleece and denim to mimic decades-old wear. store page → · open in the atlas →
• RENEMIA Makishi
  RENEMIA is an independent gallery-shop curating Okinawan design, textiles, books and household objects. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Resolute Japan
  One man, four fits — Yoshiyuki Hayashi’s 710, the perfected 1960s jean, nothing else needed. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Resolute 710 Tokyo / Japan / Online
  Hayashi's slim straight — 1960s Levi's inspiration, one-wash, and the Resolute model that captures the post-war American denim moment with Hayashi's lifetime of vintage knowledge. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Riku Matsuzaki (Kyoai) Oharano, Kyoto / Japan
  Riku Matsuzaki (Kyoai) is a Home-grown, wood-ash-fermented indigo dyeing workshops from a small Oharano, Kyoto studio. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ring Jacket 2-7-3 Kita-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo
  This Japanese tailoring house is known for soft-constructed suits and carefully made shirts. At Tokyo, the range centers on Neapolitan school meets Japanese precision — the Balloon button-down with a roll. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Roppongi Tsutaya Books Roppongi, Tokyo
  Premium bookstore with an extensive art, design, and photography selection. Comfortable reading spaces and a Starbucks. Regular book signings and talks with authors and creatives. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rosa Tateshina Tateshina / Japan / Online
  Rosa Tateshina turns rose petals grown on its own farm in Nagano's Tateshina highlands into a full line of licensed cosmetics, from rose lotion to essence, sold entirely through its online shop. The business holds Japan's official manufacturing and sales license for cosmetics (No. 40-15-02) and ships nationwide. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Rurian Glass Studios Nagasaki / Japan
  Near Glover Garden, Rurian keeps Nagasaki's 400-year vidro glassblowing tradition alive, mixing its own raw materials and shaping each piece by hand. Visitors can buy finished work through the shop and online store or book blowing, stained-glass and kaleidoscope workshops at the Matsugae-machi studio. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ryukyu Craft Gallery Keystone – Makishi Store Makishi
  Traditional-crafts gallery-shop in the Makishi district of Naha, Okinawa, selling Ryukyu glass, Tsuboya-yaki pottery, Bingata stencil-dyed textiles and other Okinawan artisan goods, alongside original tote bags and merchandise. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ryukyu Glass Village Itoman, Okinawa
  Ryukyu Glass Village offers Ryukyu glassmaking experiences, workshop tours and glass and glass-bead souvenirs, and describes itself as Japan's largest Ryukyu glass workshop. It is located in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture, and its craftsmen include four holders of the Contemporary Master Craftsman certification. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ryukyu Pearl Kabira, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa
  Founded in 1951 by Susumu Tokashiki at Kabira Bay, this pearl farm was the first in the world to successfully mass-produce black pearls, cultured from black-lipped oysters in the northernmost waters where the species grows. Its Kabira, Ishigaki and airport stores sell the black and South Sea pearls the company still farms and grafts by hand. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ryukyu Piras Ukishima-dori Store Ukishima-dori, Naha
  A local clothing and goods shop selling T-shirts and accessories created with Okinawan illustrators, dyers, potters, metalworkers, and other artists. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ryuzu Silver Accessories Chiba
  Handmakes silver jewelry, including rings, bangles, pendant tops, earrings, bracelets and chains, in 925 silver with K18 and K24 gold-plated details, sold as original made-in-Japan pieces with custom-order options. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sacai Tokyo / Online
  Chitose Abe's hybrid label — deconstructed tailoring, layered fabrics, and Nike collaborations that sell out instantly. The most wearable avant-garde in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sacai Aoyama Tokyo
  Chitose Abe's boundary-pushing label known for deconstructed, hybrid garments. She fuses disparate pieces — a blazer with a MA-1, a dress with a shirt — creating entirely new forms. Now internationally acclaimed after collaborations with Nike. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Saiki Enka Honten Ichikawa Daimon, Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi, Japan
  Saiki Enka Honten has hand-built fireworks shells in Ichikawa Daimon for roughly 120 years and is credited locally as the originator of the elaborate Koshu-style fireworks displayed each August at the town's Shinmei Fireworks Festival. The company still designs, manufactures, and launches its own pyrotechnic programs from its workshop in a town ranked among Edo-era Japan's three great fireworks centers. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sakai Denshokan Takumi Shop Sakai / Japan
  The Takumi shop at Sakai Denshokan sells kitchen knives that satisfy households and professional cooks alike. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide 2-20-8 Ochara, Sakai Ward, Sakai City, Osaka
  Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide sells more than 2,000 kinds of kitchen knives from its shop on Doguyasuji in Osaka's Namba district. Hisaka Tanaka opened there in 1953, drawing on the Sakai blade tradition. Single-bevel deba and yanagiba, with usuba for vegetables, lead the Japanese range. Gyuto and petty knives serve Western cooks. Name engraving and sharpening are handled in store, along with handle replacement, and customers bring in inherited knives for a fresh edge. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sakai Kikumori Sakai / Japan
  Sakai Kikumori is the brand of Kawamura Hamono Co., Ltd., founded in February 1926 as a wholesaler of Sakai knives and based at 3-1-7 Zaimoku-cho Higashi in Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka — the same forging district as Aritsugu and Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide, but an independently run house. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sakai Takayuki Sakai / Japan
  Sakai Takayuki is the trading name of Aoki Hamono Seisakusho Co., Ltd., a blade manufacturer at 1-2-28 Zaimokucho-nishi in Sakai's historic cutlery district, the port city that has forged Japan's professional kitchen knives since the 16th century. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sake no Marukame Maruyama Main Store Maruyama, Sapporo
  A salmon specialist making and selling cured, dried, sashimi-style, and other processed products from wild Hokkaido salmon. The business was established in Sapporo’s Maruyama district in 1935. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sake Ya 3-4-8 Awaji, Yodogawa Ward, Osaka
  Rice wine specialist — rare seasonal sake from small breweries, served in beautiful ceramic vessels. Pair with seasonal small plates. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sample Kobo Hashimoto-cho, Gujo Hachiman
  Housed in a converted machiya in Gujo Hachiman's old town, this studio makes wax and vinyl food replicas and runs walk-in workshops where visitors mould their own tempura and lettuce. A retro gallery displays vintage samples alongside magnets, key straps and other finished pieces sold at the counter. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sample Village Iwasaki Gujo Hachiman
  Operated by Iwasaki Mokei Seizo, a Gujo food-sample manufacturer descended from the craft's local pioneers, this facility produces restaurant display replicas and hosts hands-on sessions making lifelike tempura and parfaits. The attached shop sells sample-based souvenirs ranging from sushi magnets to dessert accessories. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Samurai Osaka, Japan
  Samurai makes denim clothing in Osaka, with an emphasis on heavyweight fabrics that change through wear. Its main store is in Nakatsu, where customers can explore the label's jeans and other clothing in person. Different weights and cuts are part of the choice, so consider the fabric as carefully as the silhouette when comparing pairs. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sano Fru (さのフル) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
  Sano Fru is a grower in Fuefuki's Ichinomiya district selling its own peaches and grapes by direct order and nationwide shipping. The farm packs sun-ripened fruit to order across the summer and autumn harvests. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sansuido Yukinoshita, near Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, Kamakura
  Sansuido has hand-carved and lacquered Kamakura-bori tableware since 1980, near Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine. Its trays, bowls and tea implements in katsura and magnolia wood continue a technique tracing to 12th-century temple carvers. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Santastic! Tokyo Harajuku, Tokyo
  Tokyo streetwear brand blending Japanese aesthetics with hip-hop and skate culture. Bold graphics and premium construction at accessible prices. A favorite among Tokyo's young creative crowd. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sanui Orimono Nishi Ward, Fukuoka
  Sanui Orimono weaves Hakata-ori silk at its workshop in Fukuoka's Nishi ward, turning the warp-faced cloth into obi, neckties, wallets and furoshiki. The company runs a gallery and airport shop alongside made-to-order commissions. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sapporo Coffee Kan Sapporo
  Sapporo Coffee Kan opened in 1982 as a coffee wholesaler, added charcoal roasting in 1984, and became a specialty retailer in 1989. Beans are sourced from farms including Brazil's Fazenda San Conrado; its signature product is a charcoal-roasted coffee yokan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sapporo Niikuraya Main Store Tanukikoji, Sapporo
  A Japanese confectionery shop making and selling dango, mochi sweets, and wagashi using Hokkaido-grown beans and wheat. The Sapporo business was established in 1960 as an offshoot of Otaru Niikuraya. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sassafras Japan
  Japanese gardener-workwear poetry — botanical utility clothing of Tokyo cult status — famously no site of its own; via stockists like Blue in Green. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sato Suisan Headquarters Store Sapporo Station area, Sapporo
  A seafood processor’s retail headquarters specializing in traditionally cured and fermented products made from Hokkaido autumn salmon. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sawaya (沢屋) Kyu-Karuizawa, Karuizawa
  Sawaya has made preserve-style jam in Karuizawa since 1932, cooking each batch with whole seasonal fruit so pieces of strawberry or blueberry stay intact in the jar rather than breaking down. The company sells its full range from its Kyu-Karuizawa storefront and a newer shop at Karuizawa Station. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Scye Japan
  Scye is a Tokyo label from Masterpiece and Co. whose main line, started in 2000, rebuilds British classic clothing from a contemporary viewpoint, with a Scye Basics line for considered everyday pieces. Its first and only shop, Scye Mercantile, opened at 3-54-13 Sendagaya in August 2017, with designer Hideaki Miyahara's offices on the floors above so that he can meet customers himself. store page → · open in the atlas →
• SDA (Studio D'Artisan) Osaka / Japan / Online
  The pig and the archive — D1805 'Mount Fuji', the natural indigo programme, G3 denim (Guatemala × Memphis hybrid), the 40th anniversary collection, and the founding brand that keeps innovating five decades later. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Seesaw Books Kita-ku
  Seesaw Books is a new-release bookstore in Sapporo's Kita ward, a minute's walk from Kita-18-jo Station behind UNTAPPED HOSTEL. It stocks a wide selection of independently published zines from across Japan. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sehei Gama (Imariyaki Sehei Kiln) Okawachiyama, Imari, Saga
  Sehei Gama produces Nabeshima and Imari ware from Okawachiyama and runs its own gallery and shop rather than selling solely through the village cooperative's outlet. Its site sets out company history, brand lineup and store locations directly rather than through a tourism intermediary. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Seibu Tokyo
  Seibu's Ikebukuro flagship traces to a 1940 relaunch by Yasujiro Tsutsumi; the 14-story store is among the world's largest department stores, with a food hall drawing about 70 million visitors a year. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Seiko Tokyo, Japan
  Japan’s watchmaking empire — the 1969 Quartz Astron that changed everything, Prospex divers, Presage craft. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sekaido Art Supplies Shinjuku, Tokyo
  Sekaido has sold art materials in Shinjuku since 1940. The main store at 3-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, fills five selling floors above the street. Stationery and paper give way to paints and modelling supplies, and the upper two floors are given over to frames. Twelve Sekaido shops trade in all, most of them in Tokyo. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Semba Motors Takaida-nishi 5-4-35, Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  Semba Motors is a long-running Higashi-Osaka specialist in vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles, restoration, imported parts and related motorcycle sales. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Senba Toraya Osaka / Japan
  Senba Toraya is a wagashi maker of more than 90 years in Osaka's Bakuromachi, crafting and selling traditional and seasonal Japanese sweets from carefully chosen adzuki beans and rice, and counting Namba Shrine among its patrons. There is no dine-in space, though it added a summer-only shaved-ice offering enjoyed on the bench out front. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sendai Tansu Monmaya Sendai / Japan
  Monmaya has built Sendai tansu chests at its original workshop site for 140 years, and its showroom occupies a registered cultural property building over a century old. The by-appointment showroom sells and restores Sendai tansu furniture, alongside a companion Garage Store selling one-off slab and solid-wood furniture. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sennichimae Mamemasa 11-20 Namba Sennichimae, Chuo Ward, Osaka
  Traditional bean shop since 1861 — roasted soybeans, flavoured peas, and seasonal 'o-mame' gift sets. The sesame-mochi coated beans are addictive. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Senshu-an Main Store Tanukikoji, Sapporo
  A Sapporo confectionery shop selling Japanese and Western-style sweets from its city-center main store. Senshu-an was established in 1921. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Seven Cedars Winery (7c) Fujikawaguchiko (Kawaguchi), Yamanashi
  A Kawaguchi winery that vinifies fruit from named local contract growers, printing each farmer and varietal on the label so a bottle traces back to a specific plot. Built to spotlight Yamanashi's small vineyards, it doubles as a villa-and-tasting destination beneath Mount Fuji. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibata Tamaki (Hakata Magemono) Shime Town, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka
  Shibata Tamaki is the 18th-generation maker of Hakata magemono in Shime Town near Fukuoka Airport, bending cedar and cypress and binding it with cherry bark, no metal. The craft became a Fukuoka Intangible Cultural Property in March 2025, with her named its holder. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibata Toku Shoten Maidashi, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka
  Shibata Toku Shoten has shaped Hakata magemono for close to 300 years in Maide near Hakozaki Shrine, sealing scored cedar and cypress with cherry bark. Founder Shibata Tokugoroji was designated a Fukuoka City Intangible Cultural Property holder for the technique. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibuya 109 Tokyo
  Shibuya109 brings individual fashion shops together in a multi-floor shopping building in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Its store directory covers clothing and cosmetics. Accessories and places to eat are also listed. Temporary shops and brand events change through the year, so the floor map and current announcements help visitors plan which floors to explore. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibuya Hikarie Shibuya, Tokyo
  Sophisticated retail and cultural complex directly connected to Shibuya Station. ShinQs department store targets working women with refined taste. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibuya Scramble Square Shibuya, Tokyo
  The tallest building in Shibuya with 213 shops across multiple floors. Home to the Shibuya Sky observation deck with 360-degree views. Features a mix of fashion, lifestyle, dining, and the inno. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shibuya Stream Shibuya, Tokyo
  Modern riverside development with carefully curated restaurants, cafés, and lifestyle shops. The outdoor terrace along the Shibuya River offers a rare moment of calm. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shijimaya Honpo Main Store Kanazawa
  A Kanazawa specialist in fermented and pickled foods. The main store presents regional fermentation traditions and gift products. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shimadzu Satsuma Kiriko Kagoshima City
  Shimadzu Satsuma Kiriko revives the faceted, color-graded cut glass first developed for the Shimazu clan in the 1850s, a technique that had lain dormant for roughly a century before the company restored it. Operated under Shimadzu Kogyo, its artisans hand-cut each sake cup, tumbler, and vase in the gradient style unique to Satsuma kiriko. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shimizu Mokuzai Nagiso (Minami-Kiso), Nagano, Japan
  Shimizu Mokuzai has processed local timber into hinoki bathtubs, sawara sushi tubs, and ohitsu rice containers in Nagiso since 1944, running production from raw log through finished piece in its own workshop. The company also cuts honoki and hinoki cutting boards and still repairs pieces it made and sold decades earlier. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shimokitazawa Tokyo
  Tokyo's Shimokitazawa district mixes vinyl shops, curry counters, small theaters and concentrated secondhand shopping. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shimokitazawa Tollywood Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
  Independent cinema showing Japanese and international art house films. The tiny, 50-seat theater creates an intimate viewing experience. A cornerstone of Shimokitazawa's creative community since 1999. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shinshu Matsusaki Washi Omachi / Japan
  In Omachi, Shinshu Matsusaki Washi carries on a papermaking tradition dating to the eleventh century, working strong kozo fiber and pressed leaves into handmade washi. The workshop makes and sells washi homeware and interior goods and offers paper-making experiences. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shinya Mills Japan
  Shinya Mills has worked in textiles since 1951 and still weaves denim on the shuttle looms that American manufacturers replaced after the Second World War. In the early 1980s an American brand came to the factory to revive its original selvedge jeans. From the 1990s the mill has worked closely with young Japanese brands reproducing vintage denim. Its stated aim is denim that goes beyond the original. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shironameshi (Shin-Toshi Tannery) Himeji, Hyogo
  Shironameshi is Himeji's white-tanned leather, cured with only salt and rapeseed oil in a method more than a thousand years old and nearly lost until tanner Matomo Nitta revived it at his Shin-Toshi tannery from 2000. The site presents the pale, chemical-free hides and the shoes, bags and garments that designers now build from them. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shizukusa Gama Shimoda / Japan
  Shizukusa Gama is a small pottery studio and gallery in Shimoda, open most days from 10am to 4pm, where potters sell finished ceramics alongside hands-on pottery classes for visitors. The workshop's storefront doubles as its gallery, with wares displayed for browsing and purchase on site. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shodoshima Miki Seimen Shodoshima / Japan
  Shodoshima Miki Seimen hand-stretches somen noodles using the island's traditional techniques, selling them online and at pop-up stalls across Shikoku as well as through island retailers. The maker also stocks udon and fu-men alongside its signature somen. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shodoshima Olive Company Shodoshima / Japan
  Shodoshima Olive Company has grown and pressed olives on its own two-hectare Shodoshima orchard since 1950, turning the harvest into award-winning oils and skincare. The company runs two directly-operated retail shops in Kagawa plus a full online store shipping its olive products nationwide. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shohogama Higashisonogi / Hasami area, Nagasaki, Japan
  Shohogama produces Hasami-style porcelain tableware organized into pattern series such as ombre de fleur, blue series and marigold, spanning plates, bowls, mugs and cutlery. The kiln, based in Higashisonogi next to Hasami, sells directly through its official online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shokouzan Eiko Oi, Hagi
  Set beside the Sea of Japan in Hagi's Oi district, Shokouzan makes Hagi ware for the table and for flowers, balancing tradition with a contemporary hand. The kiln opens year-round from ten to five and ships mail orders through its own online store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shoutaro Shiojiri / Japan
  Shoutaro Co., Ltd. makes Kiso lacquerware, commercial furniture, and wooden bathtubs from Kiso-Hirasawa, and in June 2022 launched an original lacquer-painted glassware line called Noree M's. The company also supplies fixtures such as droplet-prevention screens and takes part in the annual Kiso Lacquerware Festival. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Showaen Minami Alps / Japan
  Showaen is a fruit grower in Minami-Alps run by craftsman Kobayashi, specializing in Yamanashi peaches, grapes like Shine Muscat and Kyoho, and prized Kiyo plums. The farm sells its seasonal harvest direct by mail order, opening reservations each June, and also welcomes visitors for fruit picking. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shuri Ryusen Shuri, Naha
  A dyeing studio and shop selling bingata and coral-dyed accessories and kimono, with artisans working on site. Its coral-dyeing process is the studio's own technique, and the first-floor shop sells items made with bingata and coral-dyed designs. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shussai Kiln Shimane / Japan
  Shussai Kiln is the century-old pottery at the heart of Shussai Kurashi no Village, a small cluster of shops in Izumo that also includes a bakery cafe and a Kobe-born lifestyle store. The kiln's own direct-sale shop is open daily except Tuesdays, 9:30am to 6pm, selling its hand-thrown mingei tableware. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Shuttle Loom Weaving Okayama / Japan
  The pre-1960s technology — the shuttle carries the weft yarn across the warp, creates the self-edge (selvedge), and produces denim with character that projectile looms cannot replicate. Most Japanese. store page → · open in the atlas →
• SIDE BY SIDE Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
  Vintage clothing and records shop hidden underneath stairs. Deep love for vintage design with really unique basics and Americana. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Sidewalk Stand Nakameguro, Tokyo
  A canal-side coffee stand in Nakameguro, open since March 2015, pulling shots on a two-group La Marzocco. Bitter orange syrup, steeped in-house, is the signature. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Siesta Labo. Chuo-ku, Sapporo
  A soap workshop and shop selling handmade soaps, bath salts, and home fragrances made with natural ingredients, including materials sourced in Hokkaido. store page → · open in the atlas →

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