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Popular Shopping | Other Shopping Tips | All Tips (67) 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. Leave a Comment Theme: Department StoreAddress: JR Kyoto StationDirections: JR Kyoto StationWebsite: www.wjr-isetan.co.jp
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Nishiri Market is like a bazaar that sells mainly clothing items. Set in a covered pedestrian mall, Nishiri Market clothing is young and trendy.
It's also a good place to eat as there are many cafes and restaurants here.
Clothes Theme: Women's ClothesAddress: Nishiri Market
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Take a stroll down the main street in Gion and feast your eyes to traditional gifts, mouth-watering food and perhaps a geisha or two?
The main strip of Gion is a very popular street, no matter what time of day or night it is (providing the shops are open of course!).
Foreigners find it a great place to buy souvenirs and 'traditional' Japanese gifts. I found some beautiful fans with detailed pictures of tigers and dragons for my younger cousins - they loved them!
You've also got a great assortment of Japanese and western-style restaurants. It seems Italian food is the main craze at the moment - and it's no wonder why - the food is very very good! There are also bakeries, cake shops and funky food bars for the younger crowd.
And don't forget to keep your eyes peeled in case you catch a glimpse of a real-life geisha or maiko (geisha in-training)!!! I saw a maiko girl once near Kyoto train station but before I had time to get my camera out, she'd disappeared down a side-alley!
Gion is about average in money-wise. Of course in the boutique stores you'll pay double the price for goods, but in most souvenir shops and restaurants you'll be paying average, for eg:
souvenir fan = 2,000 yen
japanese-style small comb = 2,000 yen
carbonara pasta = 1,000 yen
bagel = 200 yen
(and don't forget to add tax!) Leave a Comment
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This shop is filled with tea cups, bamboo tea spoons and implements, tea canisters, tea, etc. Everything needed to have a tea party!!
Buy the tea canisters! They are the cheapest I have seen in Japan. They start at 350 yen. Buy the ones covered with Japanese paper or tatami. The largest ones of these two kinds are only 500 yen! What a deal!
Be careful not the wet the outside of the ones covered w/ Japanese paper. Once you wet it, the paper gets a bit sticky and it`s not as beautiful anymore. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkAddress: Teramachi Shijo Agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8043Phone: 075-221-1215Directions: On Teramachi Shopping Street, off Kawaramachi Street
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The Kyoto Handicraft Center is a five or six storey souvenir shop selling anything you can imagine. Here you probably have all possible smaller souvenir shops combined in a huge one!
From calligraphies and paintings to wood carvings, plates, dolls, kimonos, Samurai swords and books - you name it, they have it!
That's the problem about it - it's expensive! If you got loads of money to spend, then you'll find your perfect souvenir, expect to pay something between € 100 and € 500!
A small painting without frame costs around € 15, that was the cheapest but still beautiful item we could find here. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Heianjingu-kita, Marutamachi St., Sakyo-ku, KyotoPhone: 075-7615080Directions: Eastern KyotoOther Contact: khc@f8.dion.ne.jp
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This film developing shop is conveniently located on Kawaramachi Street. It`s a yellow colored store (hence the name!) & easy to spot next to the Lipton Tea Room.
Developing film is expensive in Japan. You pay a developing fee PLUS a fee per photo developed.
At Yellow Camera, the developing fee is 598 yen. I usually get 4X6 inch photos developed and the fee per photo here is 12 yen (compared to 35-40 yen at other shops). If you can wait a day and pick it up the next day, you can get a discount and pay only 9 yen per photo. An index print is 130 yen.
The quality is good & I`ve had no problems at this shop. Leave a Comment
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Until recently, the brand-conscious Japanese were willing to pay two or three times more for brand names, however, the slowdown in the Japanese economy has forced people to consider otherwise...
100 yen shops, where you can get interesting goods- from fashlights to CD holders, and some typical `Japanese' souviners... (even if they are made in China!)
Its a welcome break from the over-priced shops all around. A must visit for all bargain hunters!
Check out the ones on Terramacchi street. Theres a new one that had come up not much before i visited, and it was quite classy actually- not the usual plastic stuff... we were left wondering if it was the wrong shop judging by the displays and goods available!
Its good value for money even if much of the stuff there has a little `made in China' label! Leave a Comment Theme: Discount Store
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You can get a lot of nice souvenirs from Kyoto from this shop. They sell a lot of purses and hair pins for girls. Actually, come to think of it, most of the merchandise was for girls! I bought a cute purse for my niece there.
A little less expensive than the other stores. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftPhone: +81 (0)52-561-8087Directions: West of Yasaka Jinja on Shijo-douri and before Kamo-gawa, in the Gion district. It's located on the south side of the street.
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If you are a person who get cold easily consider buying a warmed toiletseat.
It feels like someone has been there before you and sat on it for quit a while ;)
but in Japan they are very populair. (At least in public places like restaurants)
Make sure it will work at home, check voltage and plug. Japan has 110 volt and a two rectangular-pole plug.
Prices are high! It will cost you 500-900 Euro or Dollar. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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In Japan, second-hand clothes shopping is still looked down on by many people, so you can buy many second-hand kimonos or yukatas (light summertime kimono) for cheaper here!
You can spend a lot of money on Kimonos! But you can find a good bargain in To-ji for about ¥2000. Leave a Comment Theme: Women's Clothes
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