COMME des GARÇONS Revives the GUERRILLA STORE in Fukuoka With Archive Pieces
Rei Kawakubo’s mid-2000s retail experiment is back for seven weeks, loaded with store-only exclusives.
Summary
COMME des GARÇONS is reopening its GUERRILLA STORE concept in Fukuoka’s Yakuin district for a limited run through mid-December
The two-story space splits 16 labels across the ground floor and reserves the second floor for core lines, archive stock and exclusives
The format first appeared between 2004 and 2009, when Rei Kawakubo’s label set up temporary shops in disused buildings around the world
COMME des GARÇONS is bringing its GUERRILLA STORE back to life in Fukuoka, opening a temporary two-floor shop in the city’s Yakuin neighborhood on October 27, 2026. The space will operate until mid-December, stocking a broad cross-section of the label’s lines along with archive pieces and items made exclusively for the store.
The shop occupies two levels of the Taiko Building, and each floor has a distinct role. The ground level serves as a wide sweep of the COMME des GARÇONS family, housing 16 brands in total, including COMME des GARÇONS SHIRT, PLAY COMME des GARÇONS, noir kei ninomiya and JUNYA WATANABE.
The second floor is where the deeper cuts live. Main-line COMME des GARÇONS sits alongside COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS, BLACK COMME des GARÇONS and COMME des GARÇONS GIRL, and that same level hosts an archive selection of limited-edition pieces the label has produced in the past, offered at special prices. A large assortment of items available only at this location rounds out the upstairs offering.
The concept itself dates back to the mid-2000s, when Rei Kawakubo’s label ran GUERRILLA STORE locations from 2004 to 2009, each one open for just a year. Those shops took over derelict and abandoned buildings in cities including Singapore, Berlin and Barcelona, selling archive stock and other goods at a time when temporary retail had yet to become a fixture of the fashion calendar. The Fukuoka edition keeps the short-lived spirit intact with a run of roughly seven weeks.
The COMME des GARÇONS GUERRILLA STORE Fukuoka opens October 27 and will remain open through mid-December.
COMME des GARÇONS GUERRILLA STORE Fukuoka
2-16-14 Yakuin, Chuo-ku
Fukuoka, Japan
