For the spring issue of GQ Style we traveled to Tokyo to learn more about the shopping paradise that is United Arrows and to see what makes the Japanese capital the best place on the planet to buy clothes (and sneakers, and toys, and gadgets, and just about anything else you could fathom). We brought along photographer Adam Birkan, who hit the streets in his downtime to see what the shoppers, store clerks, designers and regular guys were wearing in the city’s thriving retail districts of Harajuku, Roppongi, Shibuya and Aoyama. These guys run the gamut, from traditional tailoring done with an idiosyncratic twist, to keen but subtle takes on casual street style. Here, a look at what Birkan’s lens found.

Fumihiro Murase (L) and Hiroyuki Murase (R). Brothers with their own brand "suzusan" which is stocked by United Arrows. Roppongi, Tokyo.

Harajuku Roppongi

Roppongi Shibuya

Mr. Sano, of Thom Browne Tokyo, Minamiaoyama

Mr. Takahashi of Ring Jacket, Minamiaoyama Keiju Tsuda of Ring Jacket, Minamiaoyama.

Harajuku