A Bathing Ape (or BAPE) is a Japanese fashion href=' title='Brand' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' founded by href=' title='Nigo' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' (Tomoaki Nagao) in href=' title='Ura-Harajuku' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' in 1993. The brand specializes in men's, women's and children's lifestyle and street wear, running 19 stores in href=' title='Japan' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' including Bape Stores, Bape Pirate Stores, Bape Kids Stores, Bapexclusive href=' title='Aoyama, Tokyo' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' and Bapexclusive href=' title='Kyoto' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-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 href=' title='Hong Kong' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' Kong, href=' title='Taipei' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Beijing' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Shanghai' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Guangzhou' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Chengdu' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Qingdao' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Shenyang' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Seoul' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Singapore' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='New York City' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' York City, href=' title='Kuala Lumpur' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' Lumpur, href=' title='London' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Paris' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' href=' title='Miami' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' and href=' title='Los Angeles' data-mce-fragment='1' data-mce-href=' Angeles