Miyashita left the brand he founded — then its Tokyo flagship closed

Takahiro Miyashita founded TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloIst. in 2010 to build, in his words, a personal yet artisanal brand. A year later its base opened at Palace Aoyama — a 1968 building across from the Nezu Museum — as grocerystore., a select shop carrying his designs and curated wardrobe pieces. In 2018 it was renovated and reopened as the brand's flagship, with the full lineup from the collection line to collaborations and store exclusives.

Fifteen years in, the founder ended it. On 25 July 2025 Miyashita announced his departure, calling it time to lower the curtain on a story that had played like a symphony; the Autumn/Winter 2025–26 collection, 'THE BLACK -AND- WHITE REALISM', was his coda. On 30 April 2026 the Aoyama flagship closed after roughly fifteen years of operation.

The brand continues through its other directly-run stores, in Kanazawa and Fukuoka. The Aoyama space itself returns full circle: it is to be renovated and reopen in mid-May under the old name grocerystore. — a new concept store where the founder's shop once stood.