Mr. & Mrs. Shigeta of our big sponsor “HANDY”!—-I first met the Shigeta Family in LA …around 2000, yes, it’s 25 years ago! They were living in Torrance CA at those time, and his business was and is to import and sell the “American motorcycle parts” for long years. So I often asked him about […]
Takeishi-san (of T’s Rock Tees)—I know him for many years, because he has also been working for Japanese fashion magazines since the 1990s. He is also a very famous “Grateful Dead T-Shirts collector” (=one of BEST in the world) and his collections are actually amazing great! You will see his amazing rare collections again on […]
KBS Vintage from Yokkaichi, Mie—I have been to Yokkaichi few times in the past…. Mie (near Nagoya) is beautiful area where you can eat delicious foods… I wish to go there again… I sometime meet Kimoto-san (owner) at vintage events in CA. He is also a young vintage dealer and connects with very young vintage […]
“SPiKe” from very busy young town: Shimokitazawa, Tokyo! When I was at my collage times, I often drank too much with my music & movie friends in Shimokitazawa after my purchase many records…. Hahahaha. Nowadays many young vintage dealers opens very nice shops. After 11/1-2, I recommend you to stop by Shimokitazawa. You will feel […]
Haruko Funatani-san (right) and her American (?) friend (left)…. I first met her in 2009. At those times, She was working for ROOTOTE, a very famous totebag company in Japan and kindly prepared FREE samples bag for my first show, Inspiration LA 2010. Thanks to her and so many friends, Inspiration Show has been still […]
Brian Cohen ……I have known Brian for long years since…around 1998?! He is one of my BEST and WORST vintage friends ever! Hahahaha. In last 30 years, He, from NYC, have been one BEST vintage clothing dealer from Hollywood, as you know well. Last Nov, He appeared our show as a customer and will have […]
Due to the Fire Department Rules, I was able to sell only 1200 tickets last Nov. but fortunately I am allowed to “1800 tickets ok”” on 11/1-2. Sounds great! You can buy the event tickets at https://inspirationla.com/product-category/tickets 3 months are still left by 11/1-2, but I am 90% ready now! Very looking forward to seeing […]
Jack’s will have a NEW-booth at Inspiration Tokyo 2025 show on 11/1-2! I first met Elovis-san (he is a very “Harajuku LEGEND” in last 40 years?!) around 2010 when I was editing “My Freedamn! 9-10”. He gave me amazing chances to take photos about his great collections for my books and I had studied a […]
This June, I had an opportunity to stop by his shop at “TONCHAN Dori” of Harajuku finally! I met him…13 or 14 years ago in 2011 or 2012…at Queen Mary… Since then, every year, he has been BIG-ENJOYing my shows to sharing GOOD VIBES with American audience. And then, after Inspiration LA show, he always […]
