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.

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.

A town that developed near Ise Jingu Shrine

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kobe’s Chinatown has many famous specialties

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

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

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.

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

A cobblestone road thick with the atmosphere of old Osaka

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

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

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

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.