It has been announced that SMAP original goods will be sold for a limited time at an official SMAP SHOP that will open for the end of the year. The store will be open from December 8th until January 10th in Tokyo’s Akasaka Sacas. This year the store theme will be “Are You SMAP?“, and will have a similar feeling to last years theme of “Minna ga SMAP.” At the store, there will be outfits worn by the SMAP members and special comments from the members airing on televisions throughout the shop. The store will offer SMAP’s new live DVD, “We are SMAP! 2010 CONCERT DVD,” in a shop limited jacket, as well as aprons, lunch boxes, eco chopsticks, and kitchen gloves. All of these will be limited items only available at the SMAP SHOP. As per tradition, the store will also be selling the store theme song for the year as a 390 yen single. In the past, the store has worked with Konishi Tasuharu, Nakatsuka Takeshi, and Nakata Yasutaka (capsule) for the remixed theme. This year, the chosen artist is DAISHI DANCE. He helped with the recording of “Are you SMAP?”, which will also only be available in the SMAP SHOP itself. Fans interested in picking up all these limited edition items will have to go over to the SMAP SHOP venue personally. The store is only open for the holiday season and usually sees a lot of foot traffic. Tickets will be given out if the crowds get too heavy for the small shop.
