Best Townscapes Spot List

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

Bukeyashiki Street with the Ashina family's 15,000-koku castle town. The direct descendants of the family still live in one of the upper-class samurai residences.

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

This is a Korean town where both Japanese and Korean shops are gathered. It is brimming with an exotic atmosphere where you can enjoy authentic Korean food, cosmetics, and culture.

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

A picture of life in Japan perfectly blended into nature

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

One of Kobe's busiest areas

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.

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

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

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.

Popular with tourists, check out this shopping district and its old Japan feel

Maiko hurry back and forth at night amongst establishments fit for heads of state

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.

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.

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

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

Southern Osaka's hippest place, where the all the trendy young people go

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.