SHIMA HARAJUKU LEAP is the ninth beauty salon developed by the SHIMA group and will be their second store in the Harajuku area. In the heart of Tokyo’s fashion mecca, the salon is on the first floor floor with a private entrance near the intersection of Meiji Street and Omotesando. An elongated space of about 191 square meters stretches far inwards and presented certain challenges for our team. “Gradation” was the key word given by the director, Ms. Kaori Shima, to give movement and accent to the lengthy space that could very easily become monotonous. Faced with this complication, we decided to transform the space into three scenes: morning, afternoon and evening. In zoning, the window area, where natural light enters, is set as morning. We also placed the waiting space there, appropriately and concretely accentuating the idea of beginning. The middle styling space, which carries the concept of afternoon, has fourteen sets of styling seats. A motif formed by cosmetic packages placed in a rhythmical manner hints at lively activity. The deep-end daylight-free shampoo space is set as night. Comfortably dark, this space now enhances the relaxing shampoo time. The ceiling line illumination, arranged at equal intervals, creates gradation of luminescence and smoothly transitions the three scenes. Likewise, the tonality of the wall colours recounts the change of time from morning to night by increasing the ratio of black. We aimed for an edgy space with surprising movement suitable for both the physicality of the place as well as the shop’s name: Leap.