Best Other Shopping Spot List

One of Japan's biggest anime specialty shops. Loaded with DVDs, comics and original goods you can't get anywhere else.

A bakery that makes additive-free bread using natural yeast and sells Japanese-style breads and pastries.

Shop at the market where locals flock

Various kinds of stores are lined up together, making a unique scenery

A huge offering of fresh seafood. Perfect for meals and souvenir-hunting

“Iira manju,” traditional steamed buns with four types of fillings

A select shop with a wide selection of books and goods

Search for your favorite aroma

A shop known throughout the country for its jarred salmon flakes

A roadside station with Forest and Sea zones

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

Packed full of nutrients from plants from Japan and China

A restaurant popular for its three kinds of gyoza dumplings: pan-fried, boiled and steamed

A brewery of miso and soy sauce boasting a long history

A fantastic sweets theme park in Jiyugaoka brings together many stylish shops.

A progressive stationery store identifiable by a big red paperclip.

A famous tamagoyaki (Japanese omelet) shop established in the Edo period

A stationery store with a fountain-pen-shaped signboard and the slogan “A Hideout for Adults.”

A shopping street for cooking supplies

The longest shopping street in Japan, bustling with around 800 stores