Shibuya · Harajuku · Yoyogi / PLACE
àcôté
Choose daily tools, stationery and a bottle of natural wine through the shopkeeper’s material stories.
Visit fitFor an interest in the stories behind small objects. Check purchase and carrying arrangements first if you need shipping.
Izumi Shiokawa's One has 31 dog images, three paper sizes and flat-opening binding. The publisher's ¥5,500 book differs from the ¥550 postcards in the shop's 2025 post.
Listen to the owner's account of an object's use while browsing stationery and household goods. Wine is sold as a retail product, not an invitation to use the shop as a bar.
Image info
mina / Editor Yanagisawa · resized and croppedFrom stationery to tableware and drawings
Àcôté opened beside Katane Bakery in 2016; its French name means 'next to'. Maki Imamura, whose background includes publishing and fashion, selects its objects. Reports place small stationery such as origami paper and mt tape near the entrance, with kitchen tools, tableware and wine further inside. A 2019 visit found KIKOF Shigaraki pottery developed by KIGI and Shiga craftspeople, Kay Bojesen's wooden monkey, Kamenoko scrubbers and egg slicers.
For a small gift, start with illustrated paper. A July 2025 shop photograph shows Izumi Shiokawa's One and postcards marked ¥550. The publisher PAPIER LABO. lists the book at ¥5,500. Its dog drawings occupy three paper sizes in a binding that opens flat, translating differences in the original works' scale. A card and a book offer different encounters with paper as well as drawing. The card price is from that shop photograph and the book price from the publisher; current àcôté stock and prices need confirmation.
WHERE · On foot from here
Which side of the station, and how far
North of Yoyogi-Uehara Station, about 550 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.
Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.
Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance (2026-10-16)
A bottle to take home
Wine is a retail extension of the household shop. In a 2023 feature with musician Shuta Hasunuma, Imamura connected his enjoyment of Kumpf et Meyer to Jeux de Vins, and described a Clos Fantine red blending grapes and vintages. A liked bottle becomes a route through producer, grape or region to another one. Those bottles are historical examples, and this is not a standing invitation to drink by the glass.
Enter the left-side glass door at 1-7-5 Nishihara. The operator lists opening around 11:10 until 19:00, closed Sunday and Monday, with no mail order or shipping. Glassware, ceramics or wine also affect how you carry purchases during the rest of a walk.
Before you go
- Hours and fees
- The operator profile lists approximately 11:10–19:00, closed Sunday/Monday. Enter through the left glass door. Wine is sold for retail purchase; mail order and shipping are unavailable. Check for exceptional changes and events before visiting.
- Good to know
- Wine is sold for retail purchase. No shipping or mail order. Historical bottles and displays do not establish current stock.
Sources · image info
- Àcôté’s owner and daily objectswww.act-locally.com · as of 2026-10-19
- Àcôté’s wine conversationhanako.tokyo · as of 2026-10-19
- Àcôté in July 2025www.mina.ne.jp · as of 2026-10-19
- https://note.com/shiburadi/n/nf1d7da0167ednote.com · as of 2026-10-06
- Àcôté opening and entrancewww.instagram.com · as of 2026-10-19
- One book and postcards at Àcôtéwww.mina.ne.jp · as of 2026-10-19
- One by Izumi Shiokawapapierlabo-store.com · as of 2026-10-19
- àcôté — mina / Editor Yanagisawa · resized and cropped