Musubi

Harajuku & Aoyama


Furoshiki are squares of cloth that can be folded and knotted to form shopping bags and wrap gifts – anything really. This shop sells pretty ones in both traditional and contemporary patterns, and sometimes in collaboration with fashion brands. There is usually an English-speaking clerk who can show you some different ways to tie them.


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