A visit to the Bape Store in Shibuya Tokyo. A Bathing Ape (or BAPE) is a Japanese clothing brand founded by Nigo in 1993. The brand specializes in men's, women's and children's lifestyle and street wear, running 19 stores in Japan. Bape frequently collaborates with other brands and features characters from popular media such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Marvel comics characters, Nintendo, DC Comics, and Hello Kitty and the Sanrio Family. These designs are used throughout the Bathing Ape range, on goodies, accessories, hoodies, jackets, T-shirts and shoes. A Bathing Ape has also collaborated with many other famous brands such as Pepsi, Coca Cola, M*A*C, Neighborhood Technical Apparel, Mastermind Japan, Carhartt, Casio and artists such as Beastie Boys, Pharrell, UNKLE, Devisu, Kanye West, ASAP Rocky, ASAP Ferg, Kid Cudi, Soulja Boy, Pusha T, KAWS, Kreayshawn, Linkin Park, Gary Panter, Big Sean, Lil' Wayne, Chris Brown and the Flatbush Zombies. Background music: Skizzy Mars - Sirens Skizzy Mars - Numb