It took a while, but this weekend the first H&M store opened its doors in Japan in the Ginza district. The grand opening of the store began with a ribbon cut by CEO Rolf Eriksen and Christine Edman, H&M’s country manager in Japan, which led the 5000 people who queued (crazy) to flow into the sparkling new store. 

H&M GINZA have approximately 1000m2 of sales area over four floors, from basement to 3rd floor, exhibiting Womens, Mens, and Accessories concepts.

The arrival of H&M in Japan will be properly celebrated with the Comme Des GarconsFor H&M collection , next month.

Have a look at the new store and the opening, after the jump.

Silas got together with Dazed & Confused Japan to work on a pair of glasses. The outcome is a rather simple pair of black glasses, that are now available at Dedue.

After the jump you can have a more detailed look.

Bounty Hunter, one of the pioneers in the vinyl toy market, known for their slogan "All Other Toys Suck", are at it again. Their newest toy, Kumaru Kun, will be released in Japan on September 6th. Similar in style to previous releases, this is once again a collectors must-have item.
More images of the Bounty Hunter Kumaru Kun follow after the jump.

After giving you a first look this morning at the Atmos x Penfield collaboration, here comes yet another get together by a Japanese brand Penfield. XLarge Japan got together with them to collaborate on the Outback down vest and the Summit winter parka. Both come in a variety of colorways, feature the Penfield logo tag on the chest and tonal XLarge embroidery further down.
Have a more detailed look at both XLarge x Penfield pieces after the jump.

We give you a first look at the Swagger Fall/Winter 2008 collection, entitled "The Protagonist". The collection consists of several themes, as usual offering a variety of crazy all-over prints and patterns. 
Swagger offers a full cut & sew collection, as well as a pretty complete range of accessories in the new collection, including jewelry, hats, caps, bags, belts and more.
Get a first taste of the new Swagger Fall/Winter 2008 collection after the jump.

Japanese brand Resistance got together with Springcourt to collaborate on their classic mid top sneaker. Springcourt has made a big entrance into the US market in the past months and convinced with their simple, yet quality sneakers.
The Japanese brand produced a military green/black and black/red colorway of their sneaker, adding an all-over cross/skull print onto the sneakers and a collaborative embroidery on the tongue.
Have a look at some more detailed images after the jump.

Most of you should know by now that the Beautiful Losers exhibition has stopped in Tokyo, Japan, this week. Many of our favorite artists are part of the exhibition. The movie also just started in NYC, check for the schedule here.
This weeks highlight was a screen printing lesson given by Tetsu Nishiyama of WTAPS. The designer showed step by step on how to create a t-shirt with a screen printed graphic. Pics via The Lucky Lefty.
Many more images to follow after the jump.

Japanese brand Mule got together with artist Stefan Marx to work on a series of t-shirts. The artist created a strong set of designs, both playing with photos, his artwork and strong slogans.
The t-shirts will be releasing at Dedue on the 18th of August.
All in all a very round series. Check out the other t-shirts in the series after the jump.

Japan’s Loopwheeler is hard to beat when it comes to quality fleece products. Their vintage machines can only produce 8 sweaters per day and that is also reflected in their quality. The recent project with Nike Sportswear got the name of the brand out there, as it was very much underground up until then.
Here we give you a look at their Fall/Winter 2008 collection. The brand presents some very interesting hoodies with pocketing on the back, stadium jackets as well as zip jackets with patching. Via Slamxhype/Loopwheeler.
A detailed look at the line-up after the jump.

XLarge Japan got together with Disney to collaborate on some t-shirts. The t-shirts feature Mickey Mouse and come in black and white. Expect more to come in this series.
Check out the other colorway after the jump.