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Looking at Japanese nick-nacks - Kyoto
Looking at Japanese nick-nacks
by vic&michael
Go shopping in Kyoto with recommendations, reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and locals.
Local Time 11:05 pm Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Kyoto Handicraft Center: One-Stop Shopping
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  • By TexasDave on June 25, 2005
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  • Kyoto Shopping
    by TexasDave
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    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.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Marutamachi Dori
  • Phone: 075/761-5080
  • Directions: A few blocks North of Herian shrine Bus # 201, 204, or 206

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    Various: Glico Craze
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  • By bkoon on May 21, 2004
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  • Boxes of Big-Sized Pocky - Kyoto
    Boxes of Big-Sized Pocky
    by bkoon
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    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.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink

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    Kyoto Temples and Shrines: Talismans
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  • Updated By naruto on January 23, 2004
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  • Talismans - Kyoto
    Talismans
    by naruto
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    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.

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    Most Temples and Shrines: Good Luck Charms
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  • Updated By bkoon on May 31, 2004
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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.

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    Bougatei: Souvenir shopping
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  • By heywinks on February 2, 2004
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  • Bougatei - Kyoto
    Bougatei
    by heywinks
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    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.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Along the Path of Philosophy
  • Phone: 075-771-5541
  • Directions: 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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    3 coins store: My favorite store
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  • By Keiko-des on April 17, 2004
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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!

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  • Theme: Jewelry
  • Directions: You can find these stores in Porta, Avanti, Opa 4jo Kawaramachi, and individual one on Kawaramachi street.

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    Souvenir stores: Souvenirs on Kiyomizuzaka
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  • By ChuckG on July 18, 2003
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  • Kiyomizuzaka - Kyoto
    Kiyomizuzaka
    by ChuckG
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    These street is bordered with tons of little stores offering various type of goods. You will find specialized stored selling only local crafts and paintings as well as the usual souvenir shop selling everything written "Kyoto" on it.

    I found a vast variety of silk paintings and traditional drawings insome stores very worth buying. The price are decent.

    Less than in department stores

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Kiyomizuzaka street
  • Directions: In the Eastern Gion area

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    Takashimaya, Hankyu, Fujii, Daimaru: Shijo Dori
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  • By ChuckG on July 14, 2003
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  • Kyoto Shopping
    by ChuckG
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    All these department stores are very big and offer everything you could think of. If after a day of walking through the old town and temples, you want to relax a bit by shopping around, it's a good alternative...

    Clothes, souvenirs, cosmetics

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  • Theme: Department Store
  • Directions: Right off Hankyu Kawaramachi Station

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    NISHIKI MARKET: Visit Kyoto's kitchen
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  • By Pixiekatten on November 22, 2006
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  • Fresh fish @ Nishiki market - Kyoto
    Fresh fish @ Nishiki market
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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 Drink
  • Directions: 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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    Isetan: Shopping Near JR Kyoto Station
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  • Updated By pammo on April 14, 2004
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  • Spring 2004 Fashions (ugh) - Kyoto
    Spring 2004 Fashions (ugh)
    by pammo
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    The store itself is unremarkable in terms of shopping, but the tiered escalators are definitely worth checking out. If you go out to the courtyard outside the 11th floor, you can get a good view of the city.

    There is a grocery store in the basement that cuts the prices of many fresh food items about an hour or so before closing so you can get some excellent deals. It also has a good place to pick up a bento box or other food on the run fixings.

    50yen and up depending on what you are buying.

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  • Theme: Department Store
  • Address: JR Kyoto Station
  • Directions: JR Kyoto Station
  • Website: www.wjr-isetan.co.jp

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