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A shopping street for cooking supplies

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

A select shop with a wide selection of books and goods

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

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

Make a pitstop here first when visiting Kazuno

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

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

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

Experience how the locals lived during the Showa period

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

The Pokémon Official Shop is easily accessible from Shibuya Station. You are welcomed by a life-size 2-meter tall Pokémon Mewtwo.

From workshops to restaurants

Sells a variety of household goods including stationery and DIY goods

Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan, with an array of approximately 500 gachaphon machines. Various events are also held.

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).

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.

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.