DaikanyamaNotes

A high-sensitivity select shop handling avant-garde designers from Japan and abroad, including Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens, and Carol Christian Poell. Of course, the quality of the selections is outstanding, but the attention to detail in the interiors is also remarkable—the spaces, segmented by theme, speak for the overall world of the brand.

There is also a gallery space where you can view photographs and objects—please stop by and take a look.

A Dior concept store that opened in February 2026. This is a reimagined architectural facade of the Paris flagship “30 Montaigne,” interpreted with bamboo dyed in a golden hue. There is a garden by Kiyozumi Nishibata, greenery in the boutique designed by Makoto Azuma, and a tea room by Kōdai Iwamoto. More than 1,800 square meters of the entire site has been transformed into a single work of art.

We recommend the free guided tour. Staff will guide you in Japanese through art pieces that combine the concepts of each room with craftsmanship from Japan and France. The visit takes about 15 minutes, and if it is not busy, you may even be able to ask on the spot on the same day. Rather than shopping, it feels like you are leaving after experiencing an exhibition.

A street-level shop in Tokyo—an entire detached house renovated for the first time—for ARTS&SCIENCE, created by Sonia Park. The concept is “Home & Basic,” with timeless staples regardless of season or gender, as well as tools and everyday items that enrich your time at home, quietly arranged in a pared-back space. It’s a little walk from the station, but it’s a store worth visiting.

Opened in 1803, Buly is Paris’s comprehensive beauty specialty store—and this is Japan’s first location (2017). The long, narrow interior is composed of entirely different atmospheres on the right and left. The right side features a classic interior recreating an early-19th-century apothecary, while the left side is a contemporary space with plants embedded in small windows in the wall. The two spaces are connected like kintsugi. The fixtures are said to have been made by craftsmen from France.

When we visited, the service was excellent as well—they recommended each item carefully while asking about the condition of your skin. There is also another location in Sarugakuchō on the opposite side of the station (Daikanyama Sarugakuchō Store), but we recommend this one. It’s about a 2-minute walk from ZAspace at the venue.

In 2007, Daikanyama was the first place Le Labo opened a store outside the United States. In the summer of 2025, it was renewed with designs by architect Tsune Nagasaka. A quiet space with the warmth of cedar layered over a concrete structure.

Personalization is available only at the Daikanyama store and the Kyoto Machiya store—where you can add your name to the bottle label in Japanese (hiragana, katakana, and kanji). ZAspace at the venue is on the same street, about a 1-minute walk away.

A record store located in Daikanyama since 1996. In addition to records and CDs, it also curates “good things” without regard to genre or nationality—fashion and art book selections, ZINEs, and original items created in collaboration with artists and brands. Even if you don’t have a specific goal, the store is fun just to visit.

It’s a place everyone knows, but it’s still one you cannot miss. In front of the shelves lined with books that spark your senses, time seems to melt away.

What the staff love is the night. A little quieter than during the day, with beautiful scenery among the trees and understated lighting. Since the bookstore is open until 22:00, after you leave the venue, come by to cap off your day.

A gallery specializing in mingei folk art and tableware by artisans. The long-beloved shop from Nakameguro has moved into a unit at the vintage apartment building “Kōungaku” in spring 2026. Since exhibitions of ceramic and glass works rotate almost every month, you will encounter many one-time-only pieces. ZAspace, the venue, is right around the corner.

A Conran Shop “store with a focus on Asia,” opened in 2023 as a street-level shop in the Hillside Terrace F Building. The staff has purchased furniture and tableware directly from makers around Asia. Downstairs is a gallery, and at the back there is also a tea bar, “Chōkeikyo,” centered on Japanese tea.

A shop in the Hillside Terrace C Building featuring Scandinavian vintage furniture and original solid-wood furniture. You can also find FDB Møbler, String, and 101 COPENHAGEN. Since one-of-a-kind vintage furniture is displayed as a permanent exhibition, if you were drawn to the Danish chair you sat on at LURF GALLERY, be sure to come here.

A place slightly away from the bustle, where you can take a breather. The former residence is a two-story wooden house built in 1919 (Taishō 8) and is an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Nearly all rooms have tatami flooring. Watching the stroll-style garden shaped by the cliff-line terrain from the engawa, the lively atmosphere you were just in feels like a lie—quiet, and enveloped in the calm of Japanese architecture.

It is right near HILLSIDE TERRACE and T-SITE, so you can drop by while walking along the old Yamatē-dōri.