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Discount Shops / Groceries   Tokyo

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

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

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

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

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

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

 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

*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

*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

*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

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

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

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

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

*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

*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

*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

*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

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

*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

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

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

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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One popular game that has been around..

by cheesecake17

....for a long time is HANETSUKI, which resembles badminton but uses no net. The shuttlecock is made from a seed with feathers attached, and the paddle, called a hagoita, is rectangular and made of wood. Hanetsuki dates back over 500 years. The paddles are decorated with various images, sometimes executed in relief: girls in kimonos, Kabuki actors, and so on. While kids still like to play hanetsuki, many people simply enjoy collecting the paddles for their decorative value.

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Credit cards: Credit cards

by husain

One peculiar Japanese practise is that a lot of people prefer to trade in cash. Credit cards are therefore not really as popular as in comparable western countries.Perhaps one thing that encourages people to walk around with bundles of cash in their wallets is the safety record around Japan. Consumers feel safe walking around like that

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Ginza and More: Tokyo Shopping

by j126j

Ginza is the high-class shopping district. If you are interested in cheap shopping, there's alot of 100yen shops around.If you like flea-markets, try go some; quite good bargains. Japanese toys, fashion clothes and Japan homemake items are great buys.If you have read comic book 'Daemon' then you will know there's a 'red-bean' pancake which Daemon likes to eat alot, go Japan must try to buy home. Worth buying and eating! Spending.... huh.... this country is no kidding, please save before you go :>

Something (?) Duty Free Shop: ikura desu ka

by huggy93

Many many floors of electronics and each floor specializes in a different form of electronics.... this really is the place to be. If you're grasp of the Japanese language is slightly shakey (like mine) then the staff speak English, which is very helpful. Cameras, MP3 players, flat screen terehis (televisions), denwas (telephones), keitas (mobile telephones).... don't laugh, I am trying real hard to grasp the language. Let me continue... fans, fridges, laptops, PC's, walkmans... the list continues. As little or as much as you want to, however this is not a place to barter. The products have designated prices for you to pay. If you are on a 3 month visa, bring your passport along and you will get your products "Duty Free."

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Sky's the Limit

by Gage17

In regards to shopping, Japan is well up to par with Western standards, and you will find several international stores and brands here. There are numerous pedestrian and strip malls. My major frustration was finding a decent "Japanese" souvenir; most tourist sites I visited only had edible or consumable souvenirs as that is the preference of domestic travelers.

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Most of the Big Department Stores: Get your Tax Refunds!

by naruto

In recent months, it seem that the major Japaense retailers are starting to warm up to the fact that we travellers appreciate tax refunds (hey, that's your lunch money right there!)What was foreign to alot of the sales people at the big department stores a year ago (I would ask and they would look at me blankly) is being practiced in a major way now.A recent trip to Tokyo last month led me to discover that Takashimaya, Isetan, the Marui stores, Seibu, Tobu, etc all now give you tax refunds for purchases made on their premises as long as they total above 10,000 yen within a day. It doesn't matter if you had a fistful of accumulated receipts. As long as you claim them before the store closes at the end of the day.What's great about this system is that:A) The tax refund is usually claimed within the department store itself, usually at their "customer service centers". Other countries...

Yes, and there are several: Did you say "department stores"?

by Maline

So, what's the deal here? You hear about these department stores all the time, yet what are they, and WHERE are they?There is actually a great number of department stores in Japan.They consist of several storeys of shopping goods, typically the ground floor is devoted to perfumes and make-up, the floors above to women's fashion and maybe kid's fashion, then there is a floor of men's clothes followed by floors of stationery,home goods, textiles, and at the top floor maybe a bridal shop and a kimono fitter's.Famous store chains are:TakashimayaMitsukoshi DaimaruSeibu Matsuzakaya IsetanTobu and many moreOne chain has several stores, often a few even in only Tokyo, often they are located within the station buildings of train stations, (eg Daimaru in the Tokyo station building, Isetan in the Kyoto station building or Takashimaya in the Kashiwa station building).In Tokyo you can also find a...

You can get them anywhere: Bring home a trunkload of chopsticks

by Maline

Perfect gifts they are, these little eating tools of Asia.In Japan they are called "hashi" and they are for sale absolutely anywhere. Prized anywhere from 100 yen and up, and in all imaginable designs and materials, you should be able to find just the perfect pair. And conveniently small and easy to pack they are, as I said, a great gift for the loved ones at home.For a fancy approach, try the department store; they carry gift boxes with chopsticks.For a chepscate getaway; try the 100 yen shops for plastic hashis with colorful prints. 100 yen and up...up...up!

Ceramics

by Maline

One of the best souvenirs from Japan must be ceramics.There are a number of styles.Many have interesting glazing, partly unglazed, partly glazed with thick layers seemingly randomly and carelessly spread over the surface.This style is often quite "rustic", and there are also more "delicate" styles looking a bit more like chinese style ceramics.Items include rice bowls (bowl in Japanese is "o-chawan"), plates in different styles, often square ones (plate is "o-sara" in Japanese), smaller bowls meant for pickles, soy sauce and the likes, chopstick supporters (hashioki in Japanese), tea cups, saké cups and saké bottles. Ceramics are for sale everywhere, from the 100 yen shop, or your corner shop, to the department stores. You can pay anything between 100 yen up to tens of thousands of yen a piece.An average quality rice bowl should be available at 400-500 yen.

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The Hundred Yen Stores

by PolishChick

These stores are all over Japan and are really worth going into!!! You can get anything there and all the goods the shops carry are sold at 100 yen. So if you`re looking for cosmetics, kitchen utensils, clothes, food or stationary, or anything else, or nothing at all....just go into one, cause you will find something for sure!!! The 100 yen stores, symbolizing a price collapse in japanese economy, are popular with foreign tourist as well as the Japanese. Some people go shopping there almost daily and often you catch yourself thinking "This kind of thing for 100 yen???". Not only you can find daily-use products there, but some great gifts to bring back home as well. I was surprised with the variety of things I could bring home as a gift. The variety of chop sticks and other traditionally japanese stuff amazed me every time I wet there.So don`t hesitate, you will love them!!!

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