Japanese Shopping in SOHO

So my lady and I traveled South of Houston this past weekend to rock some Japanese shopping in NYC! I walked away only with items purchased at a couple Japanese powerhouses that have migrated to the US. What better place to start than the hip shopping mecca...

UNI
QLO
http://www.uniqlo.com/us/
I got socks, a pink t-shirt, and...drum roll...a black velvet blazer for under $80. Poppin'!

MUJI
http://www.muji.com/
The new kid on the block. This store just opened in mid-November and is the first in the US. We waited in line to go in - ridiculous. I got some odds and ends (Christmas gifts, stationary, and a calender with Japanese holidays on it for Crew) - and would have been more impressed if there weren't WAY too many people in the store.

...if only I could have afforded...

Yohji Yamamoto
http://www.yohjiyamamoto.co.jp/english.html
Amazing (mostly black) clothes. Wicked pricey, wicked cool. The guy behind the Adidas commissioned line Y-3. He had some skeleton gloves last year I'd love to find...