Kyoto Shopping

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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.

What to buy: Hello Kitty items

What to pay: Depend on what you ike

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The Shop is along the way going down the street from Ginkakuji Temple. The crafts store sell a lot of Japanese hanging decorations and other local craft items. There are more displays on the second floor of the museum. There are also silk purses sold there.c*

What to buy: Craft items

What to pay: Depends on what you buy

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This art co is located within the Kyoto Handicraft Centre and has a pretty good range of items on display and for sale. The staff were helpful without being pushy. They arranged to have our purchases packed and sent home for us, so it was hassle free.

What to buy: I love Japanese woodblock prints and am pleased with the ones that I found. The copy of the bath house scene is my favourite, but I think they are all beautiful!

What to pay: The least expensive one that we bought was 8500 yen...but you could get many others less expensive, and plenty that were outrageously expensive! I guess with this kind of thing price is not as important as what you like.

In most of the major shopping areas of Kyoto you will see folding fans for sale. There is a great variety available: some are antique and traditional looking, others modern and less expensive. The good thing is that they pack easily into a suitcase and can make good gifts to bring home. They will surely be an authentic Japanese gift, but easier to transport than pottery, for example, or food items.

This is a six story building selling just about anything the general tourist might want, from inexpensive things like T-shirts, dolls etc. to fine pearls, woodblock prints and kimonos. The range of items is almost staggering. We made this the last stop on our trip, to pick up gifts to bring home. The prices were not very different from what we saw at smaller stores throughout Kyoto on the earlier days of our trip; it was just nice for us to get them at the end and not have to carry them with us earlier. So when you are traveling, you can consider postponing your purchases. The exception would be more unique craft items. While there are many at this store, there was greater variety at some small places we were at earlier.
When you enter the store they give you a small guide which tells the general type of items available on each floor. It seems there are several vendors, so there is some overlap of things on different floors. They also have a cafeteria, and some hands-on activities such as making folding fans and dolls.

What to buy: Just about anything.

What to pay: Anything you want.

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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!

What 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!

What to pay: The key chains are mostly 500 to 599 yen. The potteries price range depends on which one you are buying.

Hhochland is only one and best diecast miniature car model shop in Kyoto

What to buy: Specialized diecast miniature car models from world for collectors

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From my experience, which is limited and in Tokyo, you are way off. They are very expensive. I believe that you could get one at that price but I don't think it would be complete, and it would be low quality. They are very elaborate and a complete set is or can be several pieces that make up one kimono. You still should be able to find out for sure before you leave, there should be other web sites and or people that can answer your question with more confidence.
good luck!