10/19/2018
Dear Customers✨
After a journey over 9 years long, we will close Harajuku Crepe on 10/21/2018 Sunday.
It was such a great experience and pleasure serving so many great customers!
After living in LA for almost 15 years, I, Ryo Hirashima have decided to move back to Japan a little over a year ago mostly because of my parents in Japan.
It was definitely a big decision but I think I made the right choice.
Before moving back to Japan, the biggest thing I had to take care of was Harajuku Crepe. I really wanted to preserve the store by selling it to someone else. However, I did not have a lease left. I spent almost 6 months negotiating with the new landlord and tried my best but unfortunately it did not work out. There was no reason to sign a bad lease, because not only would I have been unable to sell the store with a lease with bad terms, but ultimately I would have ended up screwing myself over as well, so I gave up.
When I’m back in Japan I would like to share all the great experiences and what I have learned in LA with a lot of ambitious and passionate young people in Japan and to help them go abroad and experience a wider world. Basically I would like to work as a liaison between Japan and America to connect the two great countries together.
Those of you who are regulars at Harajuku and would like to keep in touch with me personally, please feel free to follow my Instagram/Facebook/YouTube.
I have been YouTubing for the past year or two, and this is definitely one of the things that I would like to focus on after I’m done with Harajuku.
If any of you were fans of our Matcha Latte, I’ve uploaded a tutorial video, so feel free to take a look and create your own!
Thank you so much for all the love and support.
I wish you all the best!
https://www.youtube.com/user/riohira
https://www.instagram.com/riohealthla/
https://www.facebook.com/riohira
Arigato
Rio
