Shibuya, Tokyo

This store is one of Tokyo`s most idiosyncratic and little-known attractions. It is a boutique on hip, happening Cat Street in Shibuya , which confusingly goes by a surfeit of names : Rock and Roll Department, Too Young to die, Pink Dragon...However, the store itself is easily distinguishable by the giant egg over the doorway (!)

Inside, the store sells retro-inspired rockabilly clothes, hats, accessories...but the real surprise is in the small adjoining room where the "dragon museum" is located. For reasons known only to the store`s owners, they have contructed a bogus plaster-of-paris "dragon skeleton" as their mascot. The goodsized "dragon" remains are presented in a completely deadpan manner, as a genuine specimen.

To support this, the walls are lined with (obvioulsy faked) photgraphs and diary entires from the "paleontological dig" which uneatrhed the "dragon" and a tooth and egg are also on display. The whole thing is just one small room, but it is delightfully bizarre and certainly worth a stop if you`re heading down Cat Street - in any case, a fun hang out on weekends with Shibuya`s fashion-obsessed youth.