Me and my wife got married on December last year, and spent our honeymoon in Japan. One of our destination was to a town of Karuizawa. One of my mentors at Footurama told me that Karuizawa is one of the must-visit destinations when you're in Japan, so Me and my wife put the town on the list. It was a cold winter in December~January, so we know it would be beautiful for its snow, but we didn't expect how the view is even better than what we've expected. That feeling when you stepped out from the station was amazing. You can see the ski resort, the shopping plaza, and the town itself on the other exit of the station.
The main stop was Prince Shopping Plaza. It houses almost all the brands you want to see, all in their Outlet shops. I'm talking :
A Bathing Ape Pirate Store,
Margaret Howell A.G.O.,
and the other outlets of :
United Arrows Outlet
(Including Beauty & Youth, Green Label Relaxing line
and their collaboration with Jalan Sriwijaya & such)
BARNEYS New York
BEAMS
Ships
Cole Haan
Nike Factory Store
Adidas Outlet
Ralph Lauren
(including Double RL / RRL line)
Salvatore Ferragamo Company Store
L.L. Bean
Tomorrowland
Belle (Balmain, Kenzo, Carven, etc.)
Me Le Ze (Loewe, Celine, Givenchy, Valentino, etc.)
Eddie Bauer Outlet
Cath Kidston
Harrods
Furla
G-Shock
Kate Spade
Laura Ashley
Jun Men
Anya Hindmarch
Stussy
GAP Outlet
Burberry
Journal Standard & Edifice
and So Much More.
Other than the shoppes, the food section they are offering are also a real mouth-watering threat & treat (treat for you belly, threat for your wallet). From Japanese traditional ramen & curry house, to Godiva Belgium Chocolate shops (that got THE HOT CHOCOLATE), to the food trucks offering many kinds of fusion burgers, waffles & pancakes, to Japanese street style skewers, Yakitori.
Karuizawa is situated not that far away from Tokyo by Shinkansen, so I really do recommend Karuizawa to be on your list when you got a chance to visit Tokyo.
I'm gonna share more recommended stops including its photos from my trip from Japan. So make sure you check back to this blog often.
See you again soon
-R-
Went to the opening of Whiteboard Journal's W_Space at the Goods Dept last night, and its so great. Beautiful vintage shop ambient inside the W_Space, and the stuff selection is amazing. You can get a military stuffs like outer jacket, basic t-shirt, marine corps and airborne caps. Lots of Shirt including beautiful patchwork shirt, denim shirts and also vintage shirts with unique patterns such as paisley, floral, stripes, Hawaiian, etc. Not to mention that these stuffs came from brands like RRL, Polo by Ralph Lauren, Sugarcane, Beams, and many more. You can even get the Duck Canvas Chore Jacket from Carhartt.
This debut of W_Space which got the vintage theme are also have wide selections of bags. Whiteboard Journal's bags, vintage backpacks, L.L. Bean Totes, etc. The other highlight is Inventory Magazine. Yep, no need to go to Singapore to get this one cause thank you to Whiteboard Journal, Inventory Magazines are now available in Jakarta!
