{"id":1878,"date":"2025-08-26T07:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:34:16","slug":"nike-harajuku-to-reopen-this-september-at-harajuku-quest-a-fresh-start-for-tokyos-beloved-flagship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/nike-harajuku-to-reopen-this-september-at-harajuku-quest-a-fresh-start-for-tokyos-beloved-flagship\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Harajuku to Reopen This September at \u201cHarajuku Quest\u201d \u2014 A Fresh Start for Tokyo\u2019s Beloved Flagship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Storied Beginning: From the Original Flagship to Today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nike first launched its Tokyo flagship in Harajuku in 2009, known as the “NIKE Flagship Store Harajuku.” Interior design by renowned Wonderwall, led by Masamichi Katayama, made it iconic, featuring eye-catching installations like a chandelier made from marathon bibs and a \u201cFOOTWEAR WALL\u201d featuring 1,600 shoe soles. In 2019, the store evolved into an app-integrated space\u2014one of just three globally\u2014to blend digital experiences with in-store shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Closing the Chapter \u2014 But Not for Long<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On August 4, 2025, Nike Harajuku announced its closing, ending its 16-year run as a cultural hotspot for sneakerheads and Tokyo visitors. At that time, Nike hadn\u2019t announced plans for relocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in a surprise twist, FashionSnap revealed that the store will reopen on September 11, 2025, inside the newly redone Harajuku Quest building. Located at 1-13-14 Jingumae, the new Nike Harajuku will operate from 10:00 to 21:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Storied Beginning: From the Original Flagship to Today Nike first launched its Tokyo flagship in Harajuku in 2009, known as the “NIKE Flagship Store Harajuku.” Interior design by renowned Wonderwall, led by Masamichi Katayama, made it iconic, featuring eye-catching installations like a chandelier made from marathon bibs and a \u201cFOOTWEAR WALL\u201d featuring 1,600 shoe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139,162],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion","tag-139","tag-nike"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanbrochure.com\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}