Best Townscapes Spot List

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

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

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

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

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

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.

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.

One of Kobe's busiest areas

The early 20th century comes alive on this street of restaurants

Travel back in time to the frontier age

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

One of Hokkaido's oldest and finest shopping streets

An irregular five-forked intersection near Otaru Music Box Museum

A promenade of zelkova, now as the symbolic road of Sendai, the city of forests. It is also popular in winter when it is lit up.

New, yet nostalgic. The station shopping arcade is a mix of older shops with history, and stylish, newer shops.

A good old-fashioned shopping district with 70 older shops and a shitamachi (downtown) atmosphere.

A charming shitamachi (downtown) shopping street lined with takeout shops, candy shops, izakaya (bars) and more.

This is an area where you can find all kinds of antique books. There are shops with new books as well.

The Ameyayo shotengai(shopping street) grew out of a black market that sprung up following the end of World War II. It is a shopping district that retains the good old feel of downtown Tokyo.

Shibuya is a very popular town for younger generations, and this crossing is one of the biggest scramble crossings in the world. It is a famous spot that appears in many movies.