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A wide variety of light, crispy, and ice-cold monaka (bean-jam wafer)

Appreciate the palm-sized artworks

An exhibition and shop of items unique to Nara

Puffy yet crispy. A popular store for Agemanju (deep-fried manju, or bun stuffed with azuki bean paste), which is an Asakusa specialty, always with a line of people.

More than a thousand picture postcards adorn this store's walls, including valuable ones from Kyoto's art galleries and museums as well as other regions of Japan. In fact, searching for your favorite postcard here feels like viewing artworks in an actual museum. Items popular among non-Japanese people, such as folding screens and folding fans, are available too.

You can get traditional seals for souvenirs, registration, banking and business within one hour from order.

A store that sells numerous original train goods with the theme of ”enjoying trains more.”

At the souvenir shop ”Rakuza” on the fifth floor of the Kabukiza Tower, photos of kabuki actors, tenugui (Japanese thin cotton cloth), and many other kabuki-related goods are available. At Kibikicho Square, on the second basement floor and directly connected to the subway station, there are plenty of stationeries and Japanese goods with kabuki motifs reflecting the beautiful stage! Even if you don't have a ticket, you can drop by and buy souvenirs of Japan.

Hanko Shop 21 Shinsaibashi specializes in traditional hanko, which is also popular as a travel souvenir.