Shopping Street · Nippori

Nippori Fabric Town 日暮里繊維街

About 90 fabric, button, leather and trim shops along a kilometre of Nippori Chuo-dori, where Tokyo's fashion students, cosplayers and quilters buy cloth by the metre, sometimes for ¥100.

About

Since the textile wholesalers moved here after the war, the stretch of Nippori Chuo-dori east of the station has been Tokyo's fabric district. Around 90 shops line the street: huge multi-storey stores like Tomato with whole floors of cotton prints, kimono silk, denim and costume fabric, and tiny specialist shops for buttons, leather, lace, ribbons, zips and Japanese tenugui cloth. Bargain bins sell offcuts for ¥100 a metre, and staff can cut exactly the length you want. Fashion students from nearby schools, cosplayers and quilters treat it as a pilgrimage, but tourists rarely come. Even if you do not sew, a handful of Japanese-print fabric or tenugui makes a light, unusual souvenir.

Highlights

• Around 90 fabric and haberdashery shops along about 1 km
• Multi-floor Tomato stores with kimono silk, cotton prints and cosplay fabric
• ¥100-per-metre bargain bins and remnants
• Specialists for buttons, leather, lace and Japanese tenugui
• Short walk from Nippori Station's east exit

Tips

• Many shops close on Sundays, come Monday to Saturday.
• Shops cut by the 10 cm or metre; write the length on your phone to show staff.
• Japanese-print cotton and tenugui are great lightweight souvenirs.
• Combine with Yanaka on the other side of Nippori Station.

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

Nearby

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• Nippori Station & Shimogoinden BridgeTransit Hub · 400 m away
• Nippori Station · Keisei & JR Transfer Coin LockersLuggage Storage · 440 m away
• Shiki-anLocal Secret · 460 m away
• Tennōji TempleTemple · 480 m away
• Asakura Museum of SculptureMuseum · 660 m away
• Don Quijote UguisudaniUnique Store · 690 m away
• Yanaka Cemetery & Old TownLocal Secret · 700 m away