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Discount Shops / Groceries Tokyo
27 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
14 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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Fashion Tokyo
14 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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department stores Osaka
14 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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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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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
13 Reviews If you're looking for a place for interesting souvenirs, Tokyu Hands ought to be on your list of places to visit. We originally stopped over because I wanted to get some Japanese greeting cards, but...
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*Shopping Area > 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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*Shopping Area > 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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*Shopping Area > Harajuku / Omotesando Tokyo
10 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 Harajuku. The prices were...
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Toys and Computer Games Tokyo
8 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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Japanese Style Tokyo
11 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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Anime and Characters Tokyo
7 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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Postcards / Souvenirs Tokyo
6 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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*Shopping Area > 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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*Shopping Area > 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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*Shopping Area > Shibuya Tokyo
9 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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*Shopping Area > 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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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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*Shopping Area > 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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Music Tokyo
3 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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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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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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Like in most of the countries I visit I try to buy some of the special local drinks that worth to take with you back home and here in Japan is it surely Sake. I already used this Sake when making home sushi after our return from Japan :)
Japanese handphones are, generally, clamshell type and very rectangular (not interesting) but may be pack with features.Some of the dummy handset, by Softbank, seen from a outdoor display in Sapporo.
I really had difficulty shopping for souvenirs throughout Japan. Most gift shops only carried children's small toys, school supplies or cell phone accessories. I even found difficulty finding postcards. I purchase most of my souvenirs of saki sets, silk robes, key chains, t-shirts, and food gifts at the Narita Airport. I also found some cool gifts at 100 Yen (Dollar) stores. While visiting the Silver temple in Kyoto, there were a few souvenir shops along the road to the temple. If you can find a really good tea shop or visit a tea factory (Kuraya Narusawa), the best thing to get in Japan is tea . I managed to buy a bundle of different types of tea in Nariyama. I bought a kimono in Harajuku at Tokyo 135 for a few hundred dollars.
Ginza is the place where you will find luxuary brands like Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Fendi and many others. For Burberry fans, you will find the unique collection "Burberry Black Label" for men and "Burberry Blue Label" for women Prices (comparing with euro) are very interesting !!
If you collect Kabukis, make sure to pack them really, really good. The glass frames of each kabuki can be removed. Remove the top of the kabuki frame and all the four sides. Cover these glasses with bubble wrap and make sure to tape them. The doll can be wrapped with newspaper. Packing for shipping is very, very tricky. If you don't pack them correctly, you will end up being disappointed when the glasses are broken because of shipping and handling at the airport! Kabukis $30.00-120.00 -depending on how big the kabuki is.
It all depends on what you plan on buy, eat, and stay & where you are going to be traveling. Prices are for two peopleAirfare For $1900Rail Pass $560Hotels $380=$2840So we spent roughly $2800 on everthing else for my husband & I. Food, entrance fees, shows, transportaion not covered by rail pass, souveneirs and gifts, plus nesscary items we forgot to bring with us.We stayed in Japan very comforatble. Ate at lower priced restaurants like small noodles shops, or bento boxes and also ate kobe beef which was $160 for both of us. Or some souveneirs were $5 or $155 for a pottery vase that lights up. If we did not eat at the more expensive restaurants and did not have to buy gifts for our rather large family and stuck to cheaper souveneirs we could of saved about $900So For a week I would take $2000 spending cash after airfare, hotels etc at minimum for two people. Transportation that was not...
If your like me when I went here I wanted to buy gifts to bring home for family and friends. One thing I noticed when asking about fans and why there were the diffrent prices like $5 for one and $20 for others is the cheaper ones are made in China. I do not know about you but when I go somewhere I do not want to buy something that is not made in the country I am at and In japan there are many shops that sell handmade Japanese crafts. However also in these shops to cater to the more cheaper tastes they also sell things from China so right next to a Japanese item may be something made from China. Be sure to ask or look for a tag that says where it was made. Most japanese crafts are marked with made in Japan. If you do not see a tag or know if its made in Japan leave it behind and find another place to buy your item. Sometimes the items can look very similar. Obviousley if you look close...
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!What To Buy: Electronics, computers and also samurai or imitation samurai Electronics and samurai Not applicable - depends on what you buy to bring home
In Japan beer is taxed based on its malt content.Whilst I prefer normal beer, Happoshu (low malt beer) is something I do sometimes drink, particularly if I am at home.Simple, it's around 70-80 yen cheaper for a 500ml can. That's a big difference.If you don't mind giving up a little in taste to save money, Happoshu will do the trick.If you're in the convenience store, or supermarket, and you're wondering why some brands of beer are cheaper than others, it's all in the malt content.
If you’re after comics or Japanese toys and stuff, this is the shop to go to. Mandarake in Shibuya is huge. Like massively huge and if you tried to take note of everything, you’ll be spending a good 2 or 3 hours there. They have so many action figures and stuff that I bet the owners or workers don’t even know what they have. If you’re into Star Wars or Ultraman, Manga sleaze or violent brutality, this place sells it all. I could have spent so much here but I was taken out before it was too late. Thanks guys! You will find many limited edition toys and collectables at the market type toy shops in Nakano. Some of the toys I have bought here are now higher in value and worth more now and are selling on ebay for a lot higher prices than what I paid for them when I was there a few months ago. A lot!
Park Hyatt Tokyo Tokyo
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Hotel Granvia Kyoto Kyoto
6 Reviews and 743 Opinions We stayed 3 nights at Kyoto Granvia Hotel from Feb. 27 to Mar 1, 2008. We paid Yen 17,600 per night,...
The Ritz-Carlton Osaka Osaka
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Q: Hi there, Will arrive in Tokyo, Narit Airport for a layover and wanted to take advantage of seeing something. I will arrive at...
A: youre lucky to be arriving so early, so you will likely pass through immigration fairly quickly. lets still count with an hour just in case. you can either take the...
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