Tokyo metropolitan Tokyo Omotesando's new Apple Store finally opens, the queue image & many people feel like this

It will be the eighth store in Japan in Omotesando, TokyoApple Store OmotesandoFinally opened on Friday, June 13. It is famous for making a ceremony in front of a shop when new products such as Apple's iPhone are released and doing a big ceremony, but this time Apple Store OmotesandoApple Store SapporoSince it opened in June 2006, it has become a new store in Japan for the first time in about 8 years, and I am concerned that the original T-shirts will be distributed to 5000 first-come-first-served customers, and how much it is exciting Since I became it I saw the state of the shop.

Apple Store - Omotesando
http://www.apple.com/jp/retail/omotesando/

When opening "Apple Store Omotesando", movies are also released and you can see how it opens up.

Omotesando, Tokyo - Grand opening 6.13.2014 - YouTube


Before opening, the leaves were covered with a sheet with Apple's apple marks drawn.


We announced opening of "Apple Store, Omotesando 2014.6.13".


The inside of the store before opening is like this. Although iPhone and iPad are not placed at all, it is indeed an Apple Store-like store.


Staff are exhibiting Apple products.


Poster of iPhone also exhibited.


When completed it is like this. The interior of the shop is an open space with a glazed surface.


There is space not only on the first floor but also in the basement. The underground is Genius Bar, and the usual Apple Store is mostly received a customer on the face, but staff and customers are side by side and can consult with you.


◆ Day before opening

The location of the Apple Store Omotesando is in the immediate vicinity of the Omotesando station,Softbank OmotesandoYaOmotesando HillsAlong the street of Omotesando.



On the new product release date of the Apple Store, enthusiastic fans are famous for making a queue. So I tried visiting the store one day ago. From Omotesando station to the Apple Store, if you leave the A2 exit, there is a store just in front of you.


Looking inside the shop, there were many staffs wearing blue T - shirts.


I put people in the store the day before opening the store was like people who were invited by the family and some reporters, general customers did not enter.


Looking at the customers, it seems that there are many people who are surely entering their families.


We could also check the stairs leading from the outside of the store to the basement.


As of 18 o'clock the previous day, there is already a queue near the Apple Store.


It does not seem to be that many people are lined up like when iPhone was released. There were some people out of the queue, so I did not know the exact number but it was about 20 to 30 people.


People in line with travel bags ......


People who bring the face of Steve Jobs also discovered. I felt like seeing this side in the queue of other Apple Store ......


The inside of the store on the day before the opening is an atmosphere that the staff seems to have more than the customers, but I am looking forward to seeing what happens on the opening day.


◆ On the opening day

When I visited the shop around 30 minutes before opening, there were a lot of people in front of the store.


Reporters and ... ...


A line of people lined up since yesterday was near the front row.


About 25 minutes before the store opening, staff wearing a blue T - shirt from underground came out one after another.


He is clapping his hands all the time, considerably high tension.


Customers lining up in the queue are also turning their cameras.


When I went to the end of the queue, I extended to Aoyama street. It seems that the length was about 300 ~ 400m.


You can check the status of customers lining up at "Apple Store Omotesando" from the following movie.

A high touch touch of staff with a long queue of "Apple Store Omotesando" - YouTube


This is the last shot about 20 minutes before opening.


There is a queue along Aoyama Street, and the roadway is open so that the car can enter.


Apple 's staff arrived in blue T - shirt from afternoon.


I am doing high touch one by one with customers lining up in the queue.


I do not know the number of people, perhaps the staff is almost total high-touch.


The row still goes along Aoyama Street.




Finally arrived near the intersection where I collided with Omotesando.


I will walk through Omotesando.


After walking for a while ......


There was also a queue.


Omotesando is shady so it may be more comfortable than Aoyama Street.


Matrix that continues still. The passion of Apple fans is unusual.



The customer is turning backwards. It seems that the staff has come back high touching to the last tail.


I saw a glassed Apple store in the right front.


The customers lined up are turning the camera to the staff.


Arrived almost before the Apple store. It took about 4 minutes to walk on foot from the last tail.


The staff came back to the shop.


I will enter the shop from the back door next to the shop.


Ten minutes before opening the store, the quietness before the storm calls for the security staff to stop in front of the shop.


Looking at the inside of the store ......


It seems to be shooting. Perhaps it may be used for the introduction movie of iPhone 6.


Finally the countdown of opening of the store at 10 o'clock began. The staff is making a noise with a great momentum. The staff started counting down "10 · 9 · 8 · 7 · · ·.".


The state of the countdown can be confirmed in the following movie.

Open Store countdown at "Apple Store Omotesando" - YouTube


When the countdown is over, the staff say "Yeah !!!" and ......


A customer came running in.


The clerk has stopped because too much momentum exists in the customer's dash.


While doing high touch, customers came into the shop one after another.


The staff always pounding their hands pretty high tension.


Customers will continue to enter the store steadily afterwards.


The guests were taking pictures with Pashapasha in the store.


There were people who suffered the face of Steve Jobs.


The clerk was handing out special t - shirts limited to 5000 sheets to the shop entrance.


There seems to be quite a few.


After that, customers also entered the shop one after another.


Limited T-shirts seem to be gone during today, but Apple Store Omotesando is in a well-accessed place, so it seems that Apple users may try once.