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Discount Shops - Groceries   Tokyo

Discount Shops - Groceries, Tokyo

 25 Reviews  In the shop, they sell a wide range of products that are classified into different categories that will suit anyone's need. They provide updated information about their products too. What's good on... 

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Shinsaibashi   Osaka

Shinsaibashi, Osaka

 10 Reviews  The area has many shops and restaurants. Some cheap, some expensive, some just downright weird. A good place to go to when the weather is nasty, as everything is covered for blocks. Great place to... 

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Akihabara   Tokyo

Akihabara, Tokyo

 23 Reviews  Akihabara is a big place for all electronics goods and equipment. As a tourist, one would need a whole day and still not be able to cover the whole area. To spend a whole day there and end up paying... 

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department stores   Osaka

department stores, Osaka

 12 Reviews  Not much different from other Takashimaya but i always find interesting deals when I go there. This one is particularly big and has good food on the first floor. One thing special to note is that the... 

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Nakamise - Asakusa   Tokyo

Nakamise - Asakusa, Tokyo

 13 Reviews  This shop has wonderful shoes for each season at a great price! Sports shoes for guys and lots of ladies shoes! All season, they've got great steals for men and women with their bargain bins outside... 

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Den Den town   Osaka

Den Den town, Osaka

 4 Reviews  Technology, DVD and Anime, that's what Den Den Town is all about. The place is loaded with technology stores and anime shops, and naturally the Pachinko stores are not far away as well. Look properly... 

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Department Stores   Tokyo

Department Stores, Tokyo

 11 Reviews  Seiyu Supermarket is the Walmart of Japan. No really, it's not like Walmart, it is Walmart. Owned by Sam Walton's family in Bentonville, Arkansas. Seiyu has a huge grocery store, certainly the... 

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Fashion   Tokyo

Fashion, Tokyo

 12 Reviews  Everybody knows that the Hermes' Brand is one of the most expensive Luxe brands in the world and is way more expensive than Louis Vuitton. In fact, about 18% of the company is owned by the LVMH group.... 

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Electric - Electronics   Tokyo

Electric - Electronics, Tokyo

 9 Reviews  The LAOX is the biggest electronic shop in town. The main shop across the street at subwaystation Akihabara offers 7 floors of electronics. Unfortunately not every article is that cheap as you would... 

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Ginza   Tokyo

Ginza, Tokyo

 10 Reviews  Ginza is well known around the world as the Luxury Shopping Capital of Japan and as many as 1/4 of the famous brands of europe like hermes, louis vuitton, gucci, christian dior, balenciaga, etc... 

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Harajuku - Omotesando   Tokyo

Harajuku - Omotesando, Tokyo

 9 Reviews  Tokyo is a great big city. And to my surprise it is not full with souvenir shops all over the place. But we found this great store located among the high end shopping in the on Ometesando St. The... 

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Shinjuku   Tokyo

Shinjuku, Tokyo

 7 Reviews  Shinjuku is a shopping and nightlife district in central Tokyo. It's also one of those ultramodern neighborhoods in Tokyo with a huge LCD screen on every building. Definitely a must see at night when... 

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Shibuya   Tokyo

Shibuya, Tokyo

 7 Reviews  Tokyu Hands is a wonderful place to shop! It has many floors, each with different sorts of items. It has reasonable prices and has a wide variety of products. It also has elevators, so it is handicap... 

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Japanese Style   Tokyo

Japanese Style, Tokyo

 10 Reviews  Oriental Bazaar is as the name suggests a place to buy oriental souvenirs. If you're looking for a kimono or some Japanese trinkets then its worth looking here. The shop is a red and green Japanese... 

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Ameya Yokocho - Ameyoko   Tokyo

Ameya Yokocho - Ameyoko, Tokyo

 6 Reviews  Unless you own a bank, forget about shopping in feashionable districts like Shinjuku and Roponggi. Since I am not too keen on belting out the song ," HEY BIG SPENDER" and filing for early bankruptcy,... 

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Toys and Computer Games   Tokyo

Toys and Computer Games, Tokyo

 6 Reviews  You don't have to be a kid to enjoy this shop and even if you don't intend to buy anything its still worth a look. The shop is a riot of colour spread out on several floors (I can't remember if it was... 

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Odaiba   Tokyo

Odaiba, Tokyo

 5 Reviews  It is at the basement of huge ODAKYO Department Store inside the SHINJUKU STATION complex! You don't have to get out of Shinjuku Station building as the department store is right there- just follow... 

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Postcards - Souvenirs   Tokyo

Postcards - Souvenirs, Tokyo

 4 Reviews  Although Tokio is, I would say, a very touristy spot, finding a place that sells common stock viewcards seems to be a rather challenging task. It appears that some gift-selling establishments are most... 

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Anime and Characters   Tokyo

Anime and Characters, Tokyo

 5 Reviews  Japan + Kawaii = Hello Kitty. You can probably find something by Sanrio wherever you go in the city but for a real Hello Kitty treat head to the Sanrio Gift Gate in Ikebukuro. The shop is only small... 

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Shopping Complex   Tokyo

Shopping Complex, Tokyo

 3 Reviews  A 2-storey recreation of Hong Kong in the middle of a Japanese shopping mall. It even has large neon lit signs that are so famous in Hong Kong. This place also has a large Namco arcade inclusive of... 

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Jewel   Tokyo

Jewel, Tokyo

 1 Review  I stumbled across this small shop on my way back to Ginza from the fish market. I was drawn in and I couldn't help it - it's so beautiful. It's only like 5 mins walk from all the Ginza glitz and it's... 

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Music   Tokyo

Music, Tokyo

 2 Reviews  There is a whole stretch of shops in Ochanomizu that is definitely musicians' heaven! These shops sell all sorts of musical intruments and related items, scores etc etc. If you are crazy about music,... 

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Showrooms   Tokyo

Showrooms, Tokyo

 1 Review  As you are already in one of the most expensive cities in the world, why not max out on your credit card at the Toyota Megaweb Showroom. I'm told that the cost of the car is not in itself particularly... 

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Vending Machines

by Ewingjr98

Think the best place in Tokyo to shop is the famous Ginza district? Want to stop into a local convenience store for a drink or a pack of cigarettes?Why not just stop at your local vending machine? Japan leads the world in vending machines per capita, with one machine for every 23 people. In Japan, you will see drink machines bout every hundred meters, and they are kind of an eyesore. Most of the drink machines sell water, Coke, juices and coffee, but occasionally you will find one that sells beer, and even more rare, hard liquor. Cigarette vending machines are still very common in Japan, and the government issues cards that verify the purchaser's age. You will also see vending machines is lower-end restaurants... At these machines, you pay and select your food item, then the machine prints a ticket that you hand to the cook or server.

Beer vending
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Osaka: Fukuoka vs. Osaka shopping

by SfumatoPants

Fukuoka is not as large as Osaka, and doesn't offer as many unique shopping opportunities as Osaka does. That said, the central shopping area of Fukuoka is in and around Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station‎. The more unique shopping opportunities are found West of the station on the smaller streets of Tenjin and Daimyo wards. There is also the large mall mall called Canal City within walking distance of the station to the East towards Hakata.Osaka's shopping is not so much scattered as it is vast, it forms a long chain down Midosuji (street) from Umeda station to Namba. Umeda and Osaka station have all the large dept. stores and newly built shopping complexes such as the Isetan complex on top of Osaka Stn. For high concentration in one area, I think you can't beat Umeda. Then we have the wide boulevard of shopping you referred to, Shinsaibashi, which runs along Midosuji (street),...

General: Beer Price Index (retail)

by salisbury3933

Beer is most commonly sold in 333 and 500ml cans, as well as 500 and 633 bottles.Price for proper beer in the supermarkets (not the low malt stuff) ranges between 190 yen for a 333ml can to around 330 yen for a 633ml bottle.Add around 10% if purchased in a convenience store, and for the premium brands (Yebisu, Suntory Premium etc), add around another 15%These days I tend to stick to the premium brands, but still drink Asahi Super dry and Kirin Lager on occasion. Craft beer is naturally more expensive but not often found in the supermarket. Imported beer is available in most supermarkets but tends to be limited to Budweiser, Guinness and Heineken. Specialty stores will of course have a greater range.

Yebisu beer
KIDDY LAND: Toy Madness in Tokyo's Kiddy Land

by Pixiekatten

Got an afternoon to spare in Tokyo? Got a day to spare even? Interested in toys toys toys and more toys? Action figures, cuddly toys, minature plastic food, minature anything, clocks, pens, stickers, dolls, anime figures, king size bears with bloody claws, manga stuff, games, pillow cases, crawly things, creepy things, cute things, funny things, furry things, THINGS THINGS THINGS EVERYWHERE!!! 6 floors of toys! Then you come to the right place. This is your heaven.(Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera the day I went there but the 2 pics is great examples of what you can find there although they're taken a few blocks away .. outside a toy manufacturer..) I was about to say anything you can't find at home but that would mean you'd walk out with half the store... Anything from a dollar to several hundreds of dollars!

You can get mini-me's at Kiddy Land
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ORIGAMI PAPER

by cheesecake17

ORIGAMI is the art of paper folding in Japan. It started when the technique of paper-making was brought to Japan from China by way of Korea in the 6th century. At that time, paper was a rare and precious commodity, and a formal kind of paper folding developed for use in both religious and secular life. There is perhaps another reason for the importance of paper in Japanese life. The Japanese word kami can mean "paper" as well as "God" . This has given rise to a belief that paper is sacred. the 100 yen stores now sell them in various design.....for only 105 yen for a pack of 50 or sometimes 100 pieces of paper..

Maruzen: Countless floors of books books books

by Maline

The Maruzen megabookstore in Marunouchi Tokyo opened just this september (2004). It is I don't remember how many floors (9?) of books and stationary, all you can wish for. For foreigners there is also a huge selection of english books as well as some in other languages. Particularly fun if you want books on Japanese society, culture, cooking etc.Stack up here. Not too expensive either. Go for the titles you will find it more difficult to get your hands on in your home country. In today's world with internet shopping availabilities, the selection from home is of course much wider. However, the Japanese bookstores often don't offer their services abroad.There is a range of small and cheap handbooks on Japan called "Japan in your pocket". Even if some are hopelessly outdated (from the 1980's), and even if they are sometimes a bit over-pedagogic "elderly people can often feel lonely when...

Books books books
A popular souvenir: Japanese lacquerware

by Maline

Ok, now this lacquerware "nurimono" in Japanese, is actually not my kind of cup of tea you know. But I know that many people really like it. Nurimono is usually black (but can be red or even colorless), and made up of wood with special lacquer on it. This is put on in many many layers, hence fancy nurimono is really pricey.The classic one is black with a design of gold and maybe other colors within the lacquer. To me it looks a bit too perfect, like it were made of plastic, and I am more a fan of the rustic style ceramics (see other shopping tip), but many people appreciate the skillful craft and sleak designs. For a look at nurimono, check out the link below.You can buy it at many places including souvenir shops although I suspect the quality isn't the highest here. Also, in department stores you can get your hands on really expensive nurimono. Antiques stores may also be of...

Izakaya Ja Nai

by MariaInJapan

If you are a male then Japan is a great place to shop for a girlfriend or wife. Within a day of arrival you are guaranteed to have had your ego boosted because you have the blue eye or look alike Blad Pitt. Us chicks, on the other hand, are suddenly handed a life of spinsterdom and lonliness on a huge sushi plate. What with the Western Men turning all 'Charisma' and chasing kimono and the local Samurais either too busy or too unpassioned to bother with the effort that love requires, we foreign chicks end up having to join ikebana classes and applique seminars just to pass the time of day.Desexed, we roam the islands muttering and ***ing about our sorry lot.To discover how well Western Man can pull the chicks in Japan, click on the website link below.

We're Only Here For The Japanese Chicks
Mandarake: Get your Manga and Anime fix in Tokyo

by naruto

This store is choke full of good stuff. Anything you can think of, manga and anime, you are bound to find them here. Most items are second-hand but being Japanese, they are in mint and pristine condition. Shelves after shelves of manga - shojo, shonen, yaoi, kids' - and doujinshi (fanbooks). Try squeezing and elbowing in between the scores of rabid Japanese fangirls as they rummage through the hundreds of doujinshi like an expert.Toys, anime CDs and the almost-extinct LDs, anime cels, and expensive artbooks and phonecards can all be found here. Stationary that would have cost a bomb anywhere else are found in discount bins and selling for dirt-cheap.I can give you directions to the Shibuya branch. But it is rather complicated becos of the nature of Tokyo's messy street system.1. When you exit the train at Shibuya station, walk all the way to the end of the platform, for that is where you...

Mandarake Shibuya map
TUKA: mobile phone

by tompt

Japans mobile phone system is different from the rest of the world, so you can not use your own foreign phone. There are several possibilities to rent a mobile phone. You can rent one on the internet, or at the airport when you arrive. But this renting business is not very affordable. Most we discovered charged about 50 US$ a week, excluding calls.As we were there for three weeks and wanted to be reachable, because of a very ill familymember, we searched for other possibilities.A foreigner can buy a prepaid phone when he has his pasport with him and the adres he is staying (this can be a hotel).The cheapest one we found was at TUKA. The phone was 6800 Yen, we had to buy a prepaid card of 3000 Yen with that. This card is valid for 30 days. And if you completely use it you will be still reachable, just can not call. After 30 days you have another 30 days to buy a new card (1000- 3000...

our mobile phone
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