Shopping at Maruione was a lot of fun yesterday…strange that I didn’t take any pictures of the shop. Well, Marui (aka 0101) is a department store in Shinjuku. There are others around but I like the ones in Shinjuku the best because that’s where the rest of the Gothic Lolita shops are. Shinjuku has 3 Marui stores each is separated by only a few blocks…and Japan blocks are a lot shorter than NYC blocks! There’s Marui Young, Marui Men, and Marui City. I was able to find more great Vivienne Westwood goods at Marui City in the accessories section that I couldn’t find at the flagship store in Shibuya.

Not too far from Marui Young you can find a Hello Kitty Gift Gate. Outside the door is a big, HK statue and it’s right next to a Baskin Robbins.
In my opinion this Gift Gate wasn’t as nice as the one in Ginza. It was all pretty much the same stuff but I think because the shop at Ginza Nisha has 2 floors (w/ the Questina shop) it just makes i much more worth while to go there.