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Apple Store, Omotesando, Tokyo
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Omotesando's main street is lined with trees. Apple used leafy iconography in its boardings that covered the new store while it was under construction.
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Across the street is this new Hugo Boss store, which opened earlier in the year. It has an unusual, twisting design reminiscent of a concrete hourglass.
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The store opened on a strange day of weather in Tokyo, bouncing between scorching sun and torrential downpours. Pedestrians were split between carrying transparent umbrellas to stay dry or parasols to avoid a suntan.
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Keeping the three glass walls spotless is no mean task.
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The new store has an airy, spacious design, and was surprisingly uncrowded on its first day.
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The store's centerpiece is this large Apple logo suspended from the ceiling.
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The spiral staircase is directly below the Apple logo.
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The translucent spiral staircase made its first appearance in another Japanese Apple Store; the Shinsaibashi, Osaka location opened just under ten years ago.
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The basement level features the familiar array of tables. It's devoted to third-party accessories rather than Apple's own flagship products, and was already busy.
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A member of store staff assists customers while others film the session.
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Store visitors inspect Beats headphones following Apple's $3 billion acquisition of the company.
