Best Townscapes Spot List

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

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

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

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

A picture of life in Japan perfectly blended into nature

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

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

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

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 town that developed near Ise Jingu Shrine

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

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