Best Other Shopping around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Sells a variety of household goods including stationery and DIY goods

A townscape with a classy atmosphere reminiscent of Edo. A shopping street where you can see the sights on its famous jinrikisha (rickshaw).

Steamed bread, a traditional Atami favorite

Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan, with an array of approximately 500 gachaphon machines. Various events are also held.

A community-based shopping mall crowded with shoppers and well-known for its Awa-Odori.

Nostalgic kashi-ya (snack vendors) line the cobbled-glass street. An exciting spot for both children and grownups.

Funawa Honten (Main Store) is a store selling sweet‐potato pastes since 1902. It also has a cafe where you can enjoy the sweets.

Kakimori is a shop that doesn’t only specialize in high-quality fountain pens but all kinds of stationery items, including pen cases, business card holders, and notebooks. Among those items is a great number of genuinely unique goods, with one of the most popular and representative being the refillable ink ball pen. As the name suggests, this ingenuous pen can be filled with ink of various different colors, refillable as many times as you like. This is the perfect gift for friends, family, or just for yourself!

Asakusa Naniwaya is a sister restaurant to Ganso Taiyaki Naniwa Sohonten in Azabu-Juban and sells crispy taiyaki baked in the traditional manner.

The Pokémon Official Shop is easily accessible from Tokyo and Nihonbashi Stations. Enjoy the original menu at the café.

Rokkakubashi Shopping Street (Yokohama) where the events enhancing the streets' good-old-Japan atmosphere are attracting lots of shoppers.

The Gakugei-daigaku shopping district consists of six different shopping streets and areas all situated around the Gakugei-daigaku Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. It has an attractive and homey atmosphere.

Pokémon official shop accessible from Ikebukuro Station. Pokémon GO Lab. and the cafe are in the same facility.

An association of specialized, prayer-themed shops selling kamidana (tiny wooden personal shrines for use at home) and butsudan (tiny temples dedicated to the deceased) on Shinbutsugu Street between Ueno and Asakusa.

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.

A wholesale store for restaurant supplies at the South entrance of Kappabashi Dougu Street. The statue of a giant cook on the rooftop of the building is the symbol of Kappabashi Dougu Street. They proudly offer a wide range tableware and cutlery for Japanese, Western and Chinese food, lacquerware and wooden products. Their original products such as the children's lunch series are popular as well. It is part of the enjoyment to find a good buy out of the jungle-like store overflowing with products.

Colorful plastic samples are displayed at Ganso Shokuhin Sample-ya. On the second floor of the Kappabashi Showroom, you can experience making food replicas using wax. Based on a program designed by artisans, the staff will teach you the traditional techniques. You will make two kinds of plastic tempura and a head of lettuce in approximately one hour. A reservation by phone is required. Please note that the instruction is available only in Japanese.