A Bathing Ape (or BAPE) is a Japanese fashion title='Brand' href=' founded by title='Nigo' href=' (Tomoaki Nagao) in title='Ura-Harajuku' href=' in 1993 The brand specializes in men's, women's and children's lifestyle and street wear, running 19 stores in title='Japan' href=' including Bape Stores, Bape Pirate Stores, Bape Kids Stores, Bapexclusive title='Aoyama, Tokyo' href=' and Bapexclusive title='Kyoto' href=' The Kyoto store also includes Bape Gallery, a space used for various events and art shows sponsored by Bape. There are also stores located in title='Hong Kong' href=' Kong, title='Taipei' href=' title='Beijing' href=' title='Shanghai' href=' title='Guangzhou' href=' title='Chengdu' href=' title='Qingdao' href=' title='Shenyang' href=' title='Seoul' href=' title='Singapore' href=' title='New York City' href=' York City, title='Kuala Lumpur' href=' Lumpur, title='London' href=' title='Paris' href=' title='Miami' href=' and title='Los Angeles' href=' Angeles