Best Townscapes Spot List

A town that developed near Ise Jingu Shrine

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

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

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.

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

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

A cobblestone road thick with the atmosphere of old Osaka

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.

Travel back in time to the frontier age

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

One of Hokkaido's oldest and finest shopping streets

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

An irregular five-forked intersection near Otaru Music Box Museum

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

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.

This is the third (and oldest existing) underground mall in Japan.

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

It is the main street of Ura-Harajuku (the Harajuku back street) along which stylish stores stand. There are cafes and some general stores on the street, so taking a stroll on the back street is fun as well.

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.

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.