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by TexasDave If you are short on time but want to buy nice Japanese handicrafts, this is the best place in Kyoto to do it. It is really a 5 floor handicraft mall. Each floor is a different vendor. You are given a card when you enter that can be validated by each vendor you buy from. Depending on how many stamps you have on the card you get a free gift when you leave. Some of the artisans work on their crafts right there.
Cloisnnne jewelry, pearls, fans, wood block prints, textile products.
A large variety of items in all price ranges are available. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Marutamachi DoriPhone: 075/761-5080Directions: A few blocks North of Herian shrine Bus # 201, 204, or 206
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 Boxes of Big-Sized Pocky by bkoon Glico is a local brand and is famous for its "Pocky". In Kyoto, you will find all types of Pocky and Glico manufactures 1 particular one for Kyoto. There are many different flavours sold too. These boxes of Pocky can serve as good local souvenirs to be brought home too.
Prices range from 95 Yen to 1050 Yen depending on which one you buy. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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When you are travelling in Japan, make sure that you don't touch the item displayed. Just look at the item especially if you don't intend to buy at all. Picking the item gives a signal to the store owner that you wanted to buy the item. The store owner immediately takes the item and gift-wrap it! Since you picked up the item, you are assumed to pay for it. My friend told me that when she was travelling in Japan, she wore sunglasses so the store owner wouldn't see what she is looking at. She learned this trick from her first visit because she was just browsing then and she was expected to buy the item! As for me, I picked up the item and started looking at it and the owner took it from me and wrapped it! I ended up buying what I was just browsing! At the last day of my visit, I ended up buying too much gifts that I didn't even mean to buy!
There are so many nice things to buy in Kyoto. I love the keychains they have. There are so many choices. I also brought home Kabuki dolls, place mats, potteries, hankerchiefs, curtains and key chains. Make sure to dismantle the Kabuki stand and wrap it with bubble wrap. Make sure to pad them carefully- otherwise they will break! And, so with the potteries!
The key chains are mostly 500 to 599 yen. The potteries price range depends on which one you are buying. Theme: GiftsAddress: Kyoto, JapanDirections: Most of the temples and shrines have tons of stores!
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 Electronics need to have receipts by joiwatani This is just a precautionary measure. When buying electronics in Japan, make sure to ask the store keeper or seller to give you a receipt for immigration purposes. You will probably needed this when you pass immigration going home! When you buy an imitation samurai, make sure to get a declaration that what you bought is not a real samurai! There is a government policy in Japan that protects real samurai to get out of their country!
Electronics, computers and also samurai or imitation samurai
Depending on what you bought Theme: Computers and ElectronicsAddress: Tokyo, Japan and or anywhere in JapanDirections: Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
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Usually sold at the temples, these good luck charms for different situations can be good souvenirs for your friends and relatives and even yourself. There are charms for studies, pregnancy, safe-driving, work life luck, etc.
400 Yen onwards depending on the size and design of the charm. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 Bougatei by heywinks This is a wonderful shop that sells all kinds of Japanese souvenir goods: chopsticks, face paper, dolls, handkerchiefs, pottery, stationary, wallets, etc. Besides the usual goods, they also sell some very beautiful Japanese handbags. Open daily 10am-6pm. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Along the Path of PhilosophyPhone: 075-771-5541Directions: From Ginkakuji Temple, walk along the Path of Philosophy towards Nanzenji Temple. It will be on your right hand side, a few minutes down.
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 Talismans by naruto After visiting many of Kyoto's temples and shrines, a great souvenir to bring back from each is their temple/shrine talisman. Each place have talisman for various reason - easy childbirth, good exam results, good health, etc. They are cute, colorful and practical, and also cheap.
A few hundred yens or couple of US$, depending on size of the talismans. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Things are cheap!! Everything you grab there is all 300yen!! Some are crappy but you can find really pretty accessories only for that price! Leave a Comment Theme: JewelryDirections: You can find these stores in Porta, Avanti, Opa 4jo Kawaramachi, and individual one on Kawaramachi street.
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Yes, there are also Hello Kitty items on some of the stores at Ginkakuji Temple. The variety of items to buy from are vey limited but if you are a Hello Kitty lover, I am sure you will find some items that you like.
Hello Kitty items
Depend on what you ike Theme: OtherAddress: Ginkakuji Temple, Kyoto, JapanDirections: Most of the stores down the street from the Ginkakuji Temple
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Nishiki Market is a narrow, shopping street, lined by more than one hundred shops. Some of these shops has been run by the same faimlies for centuries. Various kinds of fresh and processed foods are sold here, including many Kyoto specialties, such as pickles, Japanese sweets, dried food, sushi, and fresh seafood and vegetables Theme: Food and DrinkDirections: The Nishiki Market street runs parallel to Shijo Avenue, one block north of Shijo Avenue. It can be reached on foot in less than 5 minutes from Shijo Station on the Karasuma Subway Line and Karasuma or Kawaramachi Stations on the Hankyu Line.
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