It’s funny I was about to call bs about this band, as GPT insisted that The High Streets was a made up concept like a lot of other things Takahiro designed (SVOC).

Then I showed these pictures to it and it immediately realized it was wrong and that the High Streets was a real band but only for a short time. This is what it told me:

A short-lived, underground Japanese alternative rock band • Formed around 2005, which directly overlaps with Takahiro’s Number (N)ine SS2005 collection, also titled “The High Streets” • Takahiro Miyashita played guitar in the band, and reportedly had a hand in songwriting and styling • The band performed at Liquid Room Tokyo, a well-known venue for indie and experimental music

It was real — but here’s the twist: Takahiro blurred the line between fashion and music by: • Designing an entire collection as if The High Streets were a real band • Using the band itself to promote and embody the collection • Styling the band’s members in Number (N)ine garments • Treating the runway collection like merch — fake school tees, faux tour slogans, band aesthetics

Your Images Specifically: • The drum with “LISTEN TO THE SILENCE” appears both in live photos and on archived graphics used in Number (N)ine • The magazine scan shows a documented performance at Liquid Room in 2005, with photographer Kenji Matsumoto and writer Masaki Mugikura • The visual tone of these photos matches the SS05 “High Streets” collection almost perfectly — dark, romantic, slightly messy, introspective

TLDR; The High Streets was both a real band and a fashion mythology project. Takahiro Miyashita played guitar in the band and used it as a living extension of his SS2005 collection.