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REBOOT BRAINS Pop-Up Brings 80s and 90s Culture to Shinjuku Marui Men
Shinjuku Marui Men will host REBOOT BRAINS, a pop-up event re-editing 80s and 90s music, fashion, and media culture, from November 5, 2026 to January 30, 2027.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Why it matters
A three-month run with six specialist shops treats 80s and 90s media as a living retail category rather than a nostalgia display, which is the test of whether the revival has buyers beyond the collector circuit.
Key Facts
- REBOOT BRAINS runs at Shinjuku Marui Men from November 5, 2026 to January 30, 2027.
- Six shops and brands take part in the pop-up on the first floor.
- LIPIT VIDEO sells imported VHS tapes from inside a Nishi-Waseda bicycle shop.
- stability offers serviced and repaired radio cassette players and Walkman players.
- tunelessmelody is a mobile used bookstore carrying old magazines, mainly from the 90s.
Six shops and brands will gather on the first floor, offering VHS tapes, radio cassette players, Walkman players, old magazines, soft vinyl toys, art toys, apparel, and miscellaneous goods.
The venue is the first floor of Shinjuku Marui Men, and the run lasts about three months. Organizers describe the approach as re-editing past culture with present-day sensibilities rather than simply selling nostalgia.
Participating shops cover separate corners of the same period: LIPIT VIDEO handles imported VHS tapes from inside a Nishi-Waseda bicycle shop, stability services and customizes vintage audio, and tunelessmelody is a mobile used bookstore for old magazines. Clue. works in handmade rugs and graphic pieces rooted in hip-hop, and KINGS TOY makes soft vinyl toys under the theme "Useless but exciting."
- LIPIT VIDEO: Imported VHS tapes and film culture, operating inside a Nishi-Waseda bicycle shop
- stability: Serviced and repaired radio cassette players and Walkman players, customized to modern tastes
- tunelessmelody: Mobile used bookstore for old magazines, mainly from the 90s
- Clue.: Handmade rugs, apparel, and graphic works rooted in hip-hop culture
- KINGS TOY: Soft vinyl toys under the theme "Useless but exciting"
- Sixth participant: The source names five shops and states six will take part
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