Best Townscapes Spot List

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

Every day's a festival at this shopping street

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.

A cobblestone road thick with the atmosphere of old Osaka

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.

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

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

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

One of Hokkaido's oldest and finest shopping streets

An irregular five-forked intersection near Otaru Music Box Museum

Travel back in time to the frontier age

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.

The first lodging station of Old Tokaido Road, the main road that led to Edo (Tokyo). Visit the historical places and sites to trace the vestiges of a thriving town.

This is a street with nearly 30 stores, including restaurants, cafes, clothing stores, and sundry shops.

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

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.

A small alley teeming with traditional izakayas (Japanese-style bars). A place to enjoy a the Showa Retro atmosphere while in Shibuya.