Heisei Vectors: A History of Advanced Cique
The futuristic Tokyo multi-brand boutique that energized Aoyama's retail legacy
Entrance to Advanced Cique, c. 1997Echoes of the Daimyo
Aoyama is a neighborhood home to ample lore. The neighborhood originally earned its name from Aoyama Tadanari, a samurai general of the Tokugawa Shogunate residing there in the 1600s. Later in the Edo period, the neighborhood housed the estates of various Daimyo, the feudal barons of Japan, birthing…
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