Ethan In Japan 2026

Here it is at last, coverage of my recent trip to Japan. I was initially going to split this post up, but ultimately decided to keep it as one master post. After all, there is no difference between visiting menswear stores and a vacation spent hanging out and eating with friends. The two are intertwined wherever I go! Life is a part of menswear, and menswear is a part of life. Stories of menswear abroad don’t just need to be dispassionate shop recommendations (though I do use them lol) or be predicated on the industry. No, I want to show people that it’s perfectly possible to be fitted up for fun on a trip and make time to see some stores, all while enjoying the sights, sounds, and libations with your beloved travel companions. And so here we are, a monograph (monolith?) of everything I did on this amazing trip. As some of you may know (do I even have new readers anymore?), I’ve been to Japan before, way back in 2019. It was the best trip I had ever taken because it embodied…