Best Shopping around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

A department store with many unique souvenirs.

Don quijote is one of the largest discount retailers in Japan, known for its focus on convenience, discount, and entertainment. Stores offer a vast selection of products, with around 40,000 to 60,000 items available, including food, everyday essentials, clothing, home appliances, and brand-name goods.

Among other clothing stores, Sugamo Maruji became very popular for its red underwear and it is always busy with people looking to get their hands on the famous garment. The 4th branch store of the world's first red underwear shop has an outstanding signboard indicating ”Japan's best red underwear” in the front so it can't be missed. The red color is considered to symbolize vitality and happiness. Thus people buy it for a gift for seniors as well as for their own daily use. Aside from underwear, a lot of red colored items, such as shirts, belly-warmers, and socks, are available as well. Sugamo's famous red clothing makes a great unique souvenir for friends and family, senior or not!

Japanese Pottery Shop Dengama is a Japanese pottery speciality store which directly purchases the product from the potteries all over Japan such as Arita, Kutani, Mashiko and Mino. They handle a wide range of products focused on bowls with made with traditional Japanese pottery techniques and pictures, along with fine articles from famous potteries, and products for ordinary daily use as mugs, tea cups and small plates. Don't forget to check the bargains near the entrance of the shop.

Don Quijote Shinjuku is the largest Don Quijote in Shinjuku, located between Shinjuku and Shin-Okubo stations. There is a variety of not only Japanese cultural products, but also Korean and other Asian items, and the store has a large amount of support, especially from locals and nighttime visitors. The store has an exotic atmosphere, and many customers who visit the store take pictures, making it a tourist spot. A general discount store, based on the concept of ”convenience, discount, and amusement”. The store offers approximately 40,000 to 60,000 items on offer, including food, daily necessities, clothing, home appliances, and brand products.

A general discount store based on the concept of ”convenience, discount, and amusement”. The store offers approximately 40,000 to 60,000 items, including food, daily necessities, clothing, home appliances, and brand-name products.