Loft is a store specializing in household goods such as stationery, cosmetics, character miscellaneous goods and interior goods. Access from Shibuya Station on each line is a 3-minute walk from Exit 3 on the Ginza Line, Fukutoshin Line, Hanzomon Line, and Tokyu Denentoshi Line, and a 5-minute walk from the Hachiko Exit on the JR Line.
LOFT is a leading Japanese household goods specialty store operating 117 branches nationwide as of March 31, 2019. Their origins date back to 1987 with the opening of the LOFT Annex of Seibu Shibuya. At the time, household goods specialty store was a new, unique concept in Japan.
From morning to night, they rushed to and fro studying conventional supplies stores and exploring presentation techniques that surpassed the typical shelves lined with children's school bags and stationery. Their conclusion was to depart from merchandising that promoted function and utility, and to display an edited assortment of items that set the trends of the times.
They set their sights on a store where customers came not only to purchase predetermined items but also to window shop, to enjoy browsing the products, and to naturally prolong their stay.
This led to the concept "Showcase of Time." They aspired to present snippets of the needs, trends, and feel of the times, to propose lifestyles through our assortment of products and services, and to be a place where customers could come without a fixed purpose but with the hope of encountering something special.
The LOFT that emerged as a result was exciting and welcomed by a broad range of customers. Shibuya LOFT was followed by distinctive large stores in Umeda and Ikebukuro, which cemented our brand image and led to the establishment in 1996 of THE LOFT CO., LTD.
a. 21-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0042, Japan
