Tokyo, a city saturated with “influencers” and “decision-makers” of all kinds, is a rough place to survive as a “creator”, let alone a gaijin one.

This temporary structure for HH Style / Armani Casa is tucked away on Cat street, a narrow stretch of shops right off Omotesando Avenue. You can easily miss it walking by, as I almost did last weekend.

After braving the human waves on Omotesando Avenue in both directions, surrounded by massive groups of people demonstrating their allegiance to Ireland by their “shocking green” hair-dos and other related fashion attributes like shamrock-shaped facial stickers and beer googles (pictured), I decide to escape to another part of Tokyo…

There’s nothing more disorienting than turning on the TV in your hotel room and wondering if there’s something wrong with the sound button on the remote.