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.

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

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.

One of Kobe's busiest areas

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

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 cobblestone road thick with the atmosphere of old Osaka

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

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

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

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 town that developed near Ise Jingu Shrine

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.

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

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

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.

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

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