Best Townscapes around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Street connecting the east exit of Ikebukuro station to Sunshine, lined with numerous shops.

It is an area where restaurants that make you feel the traditional Japanese atmosphere are dotted in the alleys, and it is delightful to walk in the area at night.

A unique back street of Akihabara Electric Town, full of stores selling PC peripherals.

A complex with a tree-like architecture combining public and private facilities.

It is a shopping district specializing in food-related specialty shops, and the district stretches about 800 meters from north to south between the Asakusa and Ueno areas.

An 800-meter-long shopping street with retractable roof for all-weather shopping. An area that continues to develop while retaining its old-world charm.

About 400 shops handling food products, such as fresh seafood and produce, are gathered in this market. It is a very popular spot for visitors from in and out of the country.

You can have multiple enjoyments, such as shopping and leisure inside the safe, quality, and comfortable urban environment.

From its152-meter-high observation platform, the Tokyo Tower can be seen right in front of you. This building is a skyscraper that houses various facilities.

Akihabara Electric Town or Akihabara Denki Gai is an area crowded with stores that handle various electrical goods. There are many stores that carry anime and figurine-related goods as well.

A 670-meter-long shopping street with a variety of small shops.

Yokohama Chinatown is a business quarter where you can taste authentic Chinese food in Yokohama. It is also popular because you can shop for Asian-styled sundries and souvenirs.

New, yet nostalgic. The station shopping arcade is a mix of older shops with history, and stylish, newer shops.

This is a street with nearly 30 stores, including restaurants, cafes, clothing stores, and sundry shops.

Nihonbashi is a town where traditional Japanese and modern cultures are woven together, where you can experience the charms of Japan.

A wholesale district with a variety of specialty shops selling everything from traditional Japanese dolls, to displays for shop windows, toys and stationery.

At 1.3 km long, Togoshi Ginza Shopping Street is one of the longest such streets in the Kanto area. Some 400 shops as well as many events including food fairs.

This store sells dried products such as bonito, kelp and small sardines — all indispensable to the seasoning of Japanese cuisine.

An alley roughly 300 metres from Ningyocho, named Amazake Yokocho after a shop selling sweet sake.

A good old-fashioned shopping district with 70 older shops and a shitamachi (downtown) atmosphere.