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.

The main street of Gion features a machiya-style townscape on a cobblestone street

A town that developed near Ise Jingu Shrine

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

A street that feels like it’s from the Edo Period

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.

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

A nationally designated Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, overflowing with exotic appeal

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

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.

A picture of life in Japan perfectly blended into nature

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.

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

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.

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

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

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

A stone paved street where shops of long standing are lined up, full of Kyoto atmosphere

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.