Best Townscapes Spot List

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.

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.

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.

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

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

One of Kobe's busiest 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.

One of Hokkaido's oldest and finest shopping streets

An irregular five-forked intersection near Otaru Music Box Museum

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

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

Travel back in time to the frontier age

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.

Shibuya's top commercial district right near the Shibuya scramble crossing. Has a wide variety of shops including restaurants and karaoke stores.

At 1.3 km long, Togoshi Ginza Shopping Street is one of the longest such streets in the Kanto area. Some 400 shops as well as many events including food fairs.

Nihonbashi is a town where traditional Japanese and modern cultures are woven together, where you can experience the charms of Japan.

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.

A wholesale district with a variety of specialty shops selling everything from traditional Japanese dolls, to displays for shop windows, toys and stationery.

An alley roughly 300 metres from Ningyocho, named Amazake Yokocho after a shop selling sweet sake.