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SHOPPINGShopping in Japan |
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Japan offers a wide selection of shopping areas to suit your shopping budget. Most shopping outlets are opened daily although the major department stores are usually closed for a day in the week. |
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| City | Area | Places to shop | What to buy | How to get there | |||
| Sapporo | Chuo-ku | Mitsukoshi Sapporo* | Department store with wide range of products such as food, clothing, and gifts | Short walk from Subway Odori Station | |||
| JR Sapporo Station | Daimaru Department Store | 9 floors of shopping available in the department store | Short walk from Sapporo Station | ||||
| JR Sapporo Station | Paseo | Fashionable and urban shopping zone with 200 apparel shops. | Short walk from Sapporo Station | ||||
| East | Sapporo Factory Shopping Mall | Large scale shopping mall constructed at the birthplace of Japanese beer, with cinema and spa attached | 10mins walk from Bus Center-mae Subway Station | ||||
| East | Nijo Fish Market | 60 shops lined with all sorts of delicacies and fresh produce | 5mins walk from Odori Subway Station | ||||
| Susukino | Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade | All-weather shopping arcade lined with over 200 unique shops, old and new | 5mins walk from Odori Subway Station | ||||
| Tokyo | Nihombashi | Department store with wide range of products such as food, clothing, and gifts | Short walk from Metro Mitsukoshi-mae or Nihombashi Station | ||||
| Ginza | Department store with wide range of products such as food, clothing, and gifts | Short walk from Metro Ginza Station | |||||
| Akihabara | Akihabara Electric Town | Latest hi tech electronic goods at discounted prices | Short walk from Akihabara Station | ||||
| Ikebukuro | Sunshine City | 130 shops, 60 restaurants, an aquarium and observatory | 10mins walk from Ikebukuro Station | ||||
| Shinjuku | Takashimaya Department Store | Department store with 15 floors of shopping located in Times Square | Short walk from Shinjuku Station | ||||
| Shinjuku | Isetan Department Store | Department store with 10 floors of shopping including a food basement | 10mins walk from Shinjuku Station | ||||
| Harajuku | Kiddy Land | Toys | 5mins walk from Meiji-Jingumae Subway Station | ||||
| Odaiba | Venus Fort | Shopping mall in the style of a 18th century South European Town | 3mins walk from Tokyo Teleport Station | ||||
| Odaiba | Decks Tokyo Beach | Shopping mall with different stores, cafes, the food theme park 'Daiba Little Hong Kong' and arcade 'Tokyo Joypolis' | 2mins walk from Odaiba-Kaihin Kouen Station | ||||
| Odaiba | Aqua City | 80 fashion, goods and services shops and 60 cafes and restaurants | 1min walk from Daiba Station | ||||
| Marunouchi | Shin Marunouchi Building | Newly opened in 2007, the mall has 8 floors of specialty shops and restaurants | 1min walk from Tokyo Station's Marunouchi Central Gate | ||||
| Marunouchi | Daimaru Department Store | Department store with 12 floors of shops and restaurants | 1min walk from Tokyo Station | ||||
| Omotesando | Omotesando Hills | Trendy shops and cafes | 2mins walk from Omotesando Station (Exit A2) | ||||
| Roppongi | Tokyo Midtown | Newly opened in 2007, the building has 3 main zones of shops and restaurants | 2mins walk from Roppongi Subway Station (Exit 8 on Toei-Oedo Line) | ||||
| Roppongi | Roppongi Hills | More than 200 shops, cafes and restaurants located in 5 zones | 1min walk from Roppongi Subway Station (Exit 1C on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) | ||||
| Tsukiji | Tsukiji Fish Market | Largest central wholesale market, restaurants offering fresh seafood and Jogai outdoor market | Short walk from Tsukiji Shijio Subway Station (Exit A1) | ||||
| Ueno | Ameyoko | Busy market street with stores selling clothes, shoes, fresh food and miscellaneous items | Short walk from Ueno Station | ||||
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| Nagoya | Sakae | Department store with wide range of products such as food, clothing, and gifts | Short walk from Subway Sakae Station | ||||
| Osaka | Rinku | 150 designers shops and restaurants | 6min walk from Rinku Town Station (JR Hanwa Line, Nankai Line) | ||||
| Nipponbashi | Den-Den Town | Latest hi tech electronic goods at discounted prices | Ebisucho Subway Stn (exit no 1-A and 1-B or Kintetsu Railway Nipponbashi Stn | ||||
| Shinsaibashi | Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street | Shops offers traditional and fashionable goods | Get off at Shinsaibashi Subway Stn (exit 5 & 6) | ||||
| Sennichimae | Sennichimae Doguya-Suji | Shopping street of traditional kitchenware and plastic food models for display | Get off at Namba Subway Stn (exit 4 on JR Namba, Kintetsu Rail, Nakai Lines) | ||||
| Kyoto | Higashiyama | Kyoto Handicraft Centre | Gifts, souvenirs and handicrafts from Kyoto and Japan including pearls, lacquerware etc. Tax-free shopping is available for foreign tourists. | Take Kyoto City Bus No. 206 from Kyoto Station and alight at nearest bus stop 'Kumano Jinja-mae' | |||
| Downtown Kyoto | Shingokyoku Shopping Mall | Shopping district consisting of numerous gift shops | Get off at either Hankyu Kawaramachi Station or Keihan Sanjo Station | ||||
| Downtown Kyoto | Shijo Kawaramachi | Busiest street intersaction of Shijo Street and Kawaramachi Street with shops of all kinds | Get off at Karasume Subway Shijo Station | ||||
| Downtown Kyoto | Nishiki Market | 150 grocery stores selling the best fresh produce in Kyoto | Get off at Karasume Subway Shijo Station | ||||
| Hiroshima | Downtown Hiroshima | Hondori Shopping Arcade | Underground shopping arcade lined with fashion and designer label boutiques, muliti-level electronic shops and department stores | Short walk from Hondori, Kamiya-cho-nishi or Kamiya-cho-higashi Streetcar stop | |||
| Downtown Hiroshima | Kamiyacho Shareo | Underground shopping arcade lined with fashion and designer label boutiques, muliti-level electronic shops and department stores | Short walk from Hondori, Kamiya-cho-nishi or Kamiya-cho-higashi Streetcar stop | ||||
| Fukuoka | Tenjin | Department store with wide range of products such as food, clothing, and gifts | Short walk from Subway Tenjin Station or Nishitetsu-Line Fukuoka Station | ||||
| Tenjin | Tenjin Underground Shopping Arcade | 100 shops with top fashion and accessories in the underground mall | Short walk from Tenjin Subway Station | ||||
| Tenjin | Canal City Hakata | A city-block size complex housing hotels, cinema and specialty shops | 10mins walk from Hakata Station | ||||
| Nishijin | Nishijin Shopping Mall | A local arcade with shops and also handcarts selling fresh produce, seafood and flowers | Short walk from Nishijin Subway Station | ||||
| Nationwide | Premium Outlets* |
One of the biggest outlet mall chains with six stores in Japan. Shoes, clothing, bags and so on. | Please see respective website | ||||
| A very popular fashion department store chain among young generation with cloths, shoes, bags and accessories | Please see respective website | ||||||
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