Japan | TYLER | Tokyo | food court | Takashimaya

Jammin’ With Steven Tyler And Joe Perry

by Mark Seal

TYLER: Full Count is a boutique where they make handmade pants and shirts. They made me a pair of coveralls that I can feed the chickens in, plus they're stylish. In Tokyo, my wife and daughters shop at LaForet, a mall that's really popular among young girls. My wife and daughters just about lost it there. It's just a hip, trendy place. Our favorite store in all of Japan, though, is Hysteric Glamour. Hysteric Glamour wanted to do some stuff with the old Aerosmith logos, so we joined forces with them and now they sell T-shirts, underwear, and other Aerosmith items in the stores. It's really good stuff.

PERRY: Japanese department stores are one of the coolest places you can go. Just imagine Bloomingdale's, only with a full-blown food court in the basement, and then on the top floor you have an array of, say, 10 restaurants, where you can get anything from fancy dining to funky noodle houses. That's true of most department stores in Japan. Our favorite one is Takashimaya. They usually have the more traditional Japanese kimonos and all that kind of stuff. There are a lot of things the designers will make just for the Japanese market. I have a wallet I love that I got there probably 8 years ago. It was, I think, a Cartier. I asked a friend of mine here in the States who owns a boutique if he could order me another one and he said, "No, they only make those and sell them in Japan." So you'll find a lot of styles, a lot of things, especially if you're into fashion at all, that are unique to Japan.

Joe, you mentioned you always take the kids along with you. Where do they like to go?


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