Bag balls-up

Stepping out in public without a bag of some kind or another — and ideally one bearing the name of a major European brand — would appear to be a sin of sorts for the majority of Tokyo residents; however for any scatterbrained shoppers forlornly finding themselves without a suitable carrying device, help is, for want of a better description, finally at hand.

For a small fee, this dedicated department store offers the patterned and very passable paper bags pictured above. Yet whilst helping fend off an unforgivable fashion faux pas, it’s not immediately obvious how new the bags actually are.