Denny Moe’s, sat on the historic thoroughfare Fredrick Douglas Boulevard, descends into a robust tradition of black-owned barbershops in America. These businesses initially served wealth white patrons, which meant black barbers and grooming technicians were among the first to achieve financial prosperity through their trade in their communities. Towards the latter half of the century, the spaces evolved into a type of public forum for local gossip or neighborhood happenings, as well as a home away from home—far away from the constraints of family, church, or work, where many black men found a sympathetic ear as they received a regular trim.

But that was pre-Internet fame. These days, it’s not his exotic fruits that rack up the visitors to his tiny Berwick Street stand. Rather, it’s his persona as an unlikely, homegrown streetwear icon, posing among tangerines and papayas in “down-to-earth and relaxed” fits, that brings a good chunk of his 54K Instagram followers to meet-and-greet IRL. Walsh says the biggest change for him since all likes started rolling in has been “being recognized by fans from all over the world; every single day people approach me.”

Roughly five years ago, Walsh dipped his toe into the hypebeast pool by copping a hat from a nearby Supreme store. Since then, he was hooked. The practicality, he claims, is unbeatable, and the clothes keeps him both warm and fitted, even when it’s pissing down, as it always tends to in London.

Regardless of his reasoning, Walsh shirks the assumption that streetwear is exclusive to youth culture. And this is precisely why Burberry, a brand that prides themselves on championing trailblazers from all walks of life, handpicked him as one of their London reps for the launch of their new Arthur sneaker.

Fashion should still remain playful and experimental at any age. Walsh wears this philosophy on his sleeve with his bold-printed magenta button-up, yellow and red faux fur coat, and pink camo t-shirt—topped off with an on-trend black bucket hat, every so slightly askew. “I’m just living my life,” he states, “I hope to send positivity through my work.”

All the running and record spinning and radio gigs may be enough to make a normal person’s head spin, but it’s just all part of the vision. And while the mention of radio might evoke thoughts of CD players, affordable colleges, or other old-timey inventions, for Tabitha, it’s a perfect outlet. “Radio is about the human touch, which is why I think that any doubts about its future as a medium are pretty misguided. I hope that people will always want to connect on a deeper level, and not just have algorithms dictating what they listen to. Radio is all about shared passion — how could that not be inspiring?”

No surprise given that, in the decades before opening Breakfast Club with her “soul brother” Kunichi Nomura, she was living an extravagant life that any modern-day “influencer” could only dream about. “I spent the entire 1980s in NYC as a downtown musician,” she explained of her life before hitting the gastronomy scene. “[I] came back to Tokyo in 1990 and worked as a creative director, hosting numerous nights at legendary night clubs, such as GOLD, MILK, X+Y, and Le Baron de Paris Tokyo.”

Of course, it isn’t all smiles and well wishes. Breakfast Club Tokyo’s sustaining legacy is built on the hard work that Mama Luli puts into the restaurant every day. And if there’s one thing to know about food service, it’s that to make it in this world, the sneakers slipped on before opening shop make all the difference. Luckily for her fans and supporters, Mama Luli knows her way around a pair of kicks, which is why she’s a perfect fit to front the Burberry Arthur campaign. Beyond her eclectic collection of designer and vintage threads, she’s also served up sneakerhead realness while waitressing.

For Mama Luli, a good pair of sneakers give her good posture and, of course, make her stand out, but don’t think of Breakfast Club Tokyo as the epicenter of fashion. As fun as it is for her to dress up and show off her kicks, the message Mama Luli’s hopes to convey is simple and, naturally, is explained best with an analogy rooted in food: ”Like the way mushroom’s underground networks work, I wish for individuals to connect, support, and inspire each other for the benefit of all beings.”

Of course, its status as a local hangout for artists and music lovers alike is no accident. Everything from the dim lighting and graffiti- and sticker-strewn walls to the carefully curated music has kept Katoman’s vibe for the bar untouched, a lifelong purveyor of all things music. Before opening the Beat Cafe’s infamously nondescript black door to Tokyo in 2006, he spent the ‘90s at radio stations, record shops, and even began his own music agency, Dotlinecircle, to do releases, live bookings, and management.

Katoman himself has achieved a fair level of fame — the experimental band Battles recorded a Japanese bonus track named after him for their debut album and he appeared on the second season of Master of None as a ramen chef. But it’s his dive bar that has become the true star; regularly packed with an achingly cool mix of locals and expats that has served up a home away from home for music lovers. “Beat Cafe is a cross point of people who like music, art, [and] skate culture,” he says with pride. “It’s awesome.” Also awesome, if not somewhat unexpected for a man who bluntly declared that he has no style, is the role he’s stepped beyond the bar for: fronting the Japanese campaign for Burberry’s luxury Arthur sneakers.

As much as he may claim that “no style is my style,” his nonchalant approach is exactly that kind of vibe that outlasts any sort of fashion trend — and has won him accolades online as the internet discovers the Beat Cafe from hundreds of thousands of miles away. “Now It’s so easy to connect with people from outside Japan. This is great for me,” he says of his new presence on social media. As humble as he may be about seemingly every aspect of life, ask anyone who walks through the door of his Beat Cafe and they’ll tell you that Kato Man and his music haven is by far the best hidden gem in Shibuya City.