Store Scouting: Osaka’s Fashion Fun Ride
Elulu by JAM sits underneath the Tokaido Main railway in Nakazakicho.
Elulu by JAM sits underneath the Tokaido Main railway in Nakazakicho.
The modernist back room of the Aura boutique in Nakazakicho.
Daisy, a frilly boutique in Nakazakicho.
Daisy, a frilly boutique in Nakazakicho.
Lila, an antique and vintage fashion store in Nakazakicho that is also the flagship Osaka retailer for Tokyo-based kawaii brand, Katie.
A hidden, nameless menswear shop located behind a sliding door, atop a cafe.
Anz vintage shop inside the Sakura building in Nakazakicho.
The entryway to the bite-size store Key, inside Nakazakicho’s Sakura building.
The facade of new-and-vintage boutique Yamastore.
Inside Yamastore, where vintage freezers and tree branches are used to merchandise product.
Inside Yamastore, where vintage freezers and tree branches are used to merchandise product.
The ceiling of the Kakavaka boutique, located on the third floor of a repurposed Shinsaibashi building.
Inside Yamastore, where vintage freezers and tree branches are used to merchandise product.
Inside the vintage and new boutique Anfan Teriburu in Shinsaibashi.
The entryway to Jūyon in Shinsaibashi.
The entryway to Psychic Shop in Shinsaibashi.
Vintage telephones are used as merchandising props at Psychic Shop.
The ceiling of Psychic Shop in Shinsaibashi.
The bathroom at Psychic Shop.
The stairwell at Psychic Shop, leading to the boutique’s second floor.
Psychic Shop’s second floor — swathed in pink satin.
A detail at Psychic Shop.
Aida under the railway in Nakazakicho.
A row of boutiques north of the railway in Nakazakicho – with a sliding door that leads to the menswear shop, Fethers Goffa.
The interior of HNW boutique in Nakazakicho.