A complex with a tree-like architecture combining public and private facilities.
One of Kobe's busiest areas
A picture of life in Japan perfectly blended into nature
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.
Maiko hurry back and forth at night amongst establishments fit for heads of state
The main street of Gion features a machiya-style townscape on a cobblestone street
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 store sells dried products such as bonito, kelp and small sardines — all indispensable to the seasoning of Japanese cuisine.
Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture
Travel back in time to the frontier age
One of Hokkaido's oldest and finest shopping streets
The early 20th century comes alive on this street of restaurants
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.
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.
A good old-fashioned shopping district with 70 older shops and a shitamachi (downtown) atmosphere.
This is an area where you can find all kinds of antique books. There are shops with new books as well.
A wholesale district with a variety of specialty shops selling everything from traditional Japanese dolls, to displays for shop windows, toys and stationery.
This is the third (and oldest existing) underground mall in Japan.