Save Saved Koenji, the hippest town on the Chuo Line, is filled with young people and artists sporting not the most recent trends but the fashions of yesteryear.
Thrift shops and consignment stores are commonplace all over Tokyo but Koenji gives them an original twist. These second hand stores look more like boutiques rather than recycle stores and the clothes are handpicked made both domestically and abroad.
Blending the line between performance art and fashion, Hayatochiri sells experimental clothing that would not look out of place in a in the streets of Koenji. The store has been around for ten years and is still run by the same owner, Goto san. Goto san, a creative himself, has decorated the shop with pages of his favorite manga. He changes the theme of the shop every season and brings in a new line of clothes that will always shock. Now open for twelve years, SLUT has a loyal following and four other locations all within walking distance.
The staff handpicks all the vintage clothing from second hand stores in America and these frequent trips call for a wide variety of eccentric styles. Expect to find lots of dad style plaid button downs, army green jackets and American university t-shirts.
The shop revitalizes the Americana aesthetic for the hip teenagers in Koenji.
