Best Townscapes Spot List

A unique back street of Akihabara Electric Town, full of stores selling PC peripherals.

This store sells dried products such as bonito, kelp and small sardines — all indispensable to the seasoning of Japanese cuisine.

Southern Osaka's hippest place, where the all the trendy young people go

One of Kobe's busiest areas

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

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 670-meter-long shopping street with a variety of small shops.

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

Travel back in time to the frontier age

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

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.

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 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.

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

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