Best Other Shopping Spot List

A community-based shopping mall crowded with shoppers and well-known for its Awa-Odori.

A townscape with a classy atmosphere reminiscent of Edo. A shopping street where you can see the sights on its famous jinrikisha (rickshaw).

Founded in 1904, this cosmetic products store boasts its primary product called Aburatorigami (facial oil blotting paper), which was born out of Kyoto women’s pursuit of and wisdom about beautiful skin. Located in Seiryu-en, which is a strolling spot in the Higashiyama area, the purely Japanese-style store creates a tasteful harmony with the surrounding landscape. You'll find the Kiyomizu store near the bus terminal.

Nostalgic kashi-ya (snack vendors) line the cobbled-glass street. An exciting spot for both children and grownups.

Founded in early in the Edo Period in 1615, this store, which has been run by the same family for 14 generations and over 400 years, is said to be the oldest cotton product store in Japan. There, you can always find a variety of tenugui (hand-towels) with over 200 designs, such as reprinted early Showa period designs and new designs by the current 14th owner, Ihee Hosotsuji. The second floor is a free-admission machiya tenugui gallery where tenugui made from the Meiji period to the early Showa period are on display.

This is a branch store of a nationwide sock chain. At the Nara Konishi-dori store, you can buy unique and original socks named ”Shika-chan” socks, which were designed by the store’s staff and a young designer in Nara. Various colors and designs are available, including a design featuring cute Bambi lying on the grass.

Pokémon official shop accessible from Ikebukuro Station. Pokémon GO Lab. and the cafe are in the same facility.

An association of specialized, prayer-themed shops selling kamidana (tiny wooden personal shrines for use at home) and butsudan (tiny temples dedicated to the deceased) on Shinbutsugu Street between Ueno and Asakusa.

Asakusa Naniwaya is a sister restaurant to Ganso Taiyaki Naniwa Sohonten in Azabu-Juban and sells crispy taiyaki baked in the traditional manner.

The Pokémon Official Shop is easily accessible directly from Shinsaibashi Station. Enjoy an original menu at the café.

Rokkakubashi Shopping Street (Yokohama) where the events enhancing the streets' good-old-Japan atmosphere are attracting lots of shoppers.

Kakimori is a shop that doesn’t only specialize in high-quality fountain pens but all kinds of stationery items, including pen cases, business card holders, and notebooks. Among those items is a great number of genuinely unique goods, with one of the most popular and representative being the refillable ink ball pen. As the name suggests, this ingenuous pen can be filled with ink of various different colors, refillable as many times as you like. This is the perfect gift for friends, family, or just for yourself!

The Pokémon Official Shop is easily accessible from Tokyo and Nihonbashi Stations. Enjoy the original menu at the café.

The Gakugei-daigaku shopping district consists of six different shopping streets and areas all situated around the Gakugei-daigaku Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. It has an attractive and homey atmosphere.

Covering an area of 2,970 square meters, this large bookstore has a million books on its shelves, including Japanese books and foreign books, as well as stationery goods and 10,000 DVDs. The store provides 12 information retrieval machines called KINO Navi, so you can easily find the book you're looking for. Kinokuniya is easy to reach, being right underneath Hankyu Umeda Station.

Nishiki Market is a place where you'll find not only foodstuffs, but also cooking utensils. This kitchen knife store has been in business for 450 years. Although focusing on kitchen knives, the store, which is highly acclaimed by top-class chefs both in Japan and abroad, sells pots, graters, and molds. You can even have them inscribe your name on a kitchen knife.

Échiré Maison du Beurre is the world's first speciality store of Échiré butter which was opened in the Marunouchi Brick Square. Échiré butter is the fermented butter which is made in the traditional methods in the town of Échiré in France. At the store, they sell products such as the pastries which is made with Échiré butter. The butter cake and the croissant are the popular products which are often sold out in early hours. For souvenirs, Sable Échiré and Galette Échiré are recommended.

TUZURU is a select shop with stationery, fountain pens, envelopes, and letter writing paper sheets. The store opened in 2008 as a casual place to buy fountain pens. A lineup of various fountain pens selected by the knowledgeable shop owners are showcased, ranging from simple to authentic styles.