Tokyo · Shopping

Best Shopping Street in Tokyo

23 places, each checked by our team.

• 2k540 AKI-OKA ARTISAN 2k540 AKI-OKA ARTISANOkachimachi / Akihabara — A white-arched row of craft workshops built into the space under the JR tracks between Akihabara and Okachimachi, leather, glass, jewellery and Edo…
• Amazake Yokocho 甘酒横丁Ningyocho — Ningyocho's 400 m old-town street of tofu makers, senbei toasters, shamisen and tsuzura craftsmen, where you snack on taiyaki and warm amazake under…
• Ameya-Yokocho (Ameyoko) アメヤ横丁Ueno — A gritty, shouting 500m market street running under the JR tracks from Ueno to Okachimachi: fresh seafood, dried goods, cut fruit on sticks,…
• Asagaya Pearl Center & Star Road 阿佐谷パールセンター・スターロードAsagaya — A 700 m covered shopping arcade running south from Asagaya Station, home to one of Tokyo's biggest Tanabata festivals with giant papier-mâché…
• Azabu-Juban Shotengai 麻布十番商店街Azabu-Juban — A village-like shopping district at the foot of Roppongi Hills, mixing century-old taiyaki, senbei and soba shops with French bakeries and a famous…
• Edo Koji (Haneda Terminal 3) 江戸小路Haneda Airport — A recreated Edo-period street on the 4th floor of Haneda's international terminal, lined with izakaya, ramen, sushi and souvenir shops under wooden…
• Happy Road Oyama ハッピーロード大山商店街Oyama — One of Tokyo's liveliest covered shotengai: 560 metres and some 200 shops straight off Oyama Station, where Itabashi families buy everything from…
• Joyful Minowa Shopping Street ジョイフル三の輪商店街Minowa — A 400-metre covered Showa-era arcade running alongside the Toden tram tracks from Minowabashi, full of fishmongers, croquette stands and tiny…
• Jujo Ginza Shopping Street 十条銀座商店街Jujo — A covered arcade of some 200 shops just outside Jujo Station that is one of Tokyo's best for osozai, cheap croquettes, fried chicken, side dishes…
• Kappabashi Kitchen Town かっぱ橋道具街Asakusa / Kappabashi — An 800m street with 170 shops selling everything a restaurant needs, hand-forged Japanese knives, ceramics, lacquerware and the famous plastic food…
• Kichijoji Nakamichi-dori 吉祥寺 中道通りKichijoji — The long, unhurried shopping street running west from Kichijoji Station's north side, where locals actually shop. It is lined with indie fashion and…
• Koiwa Flower Road 小岩フラワーロードKoiwa — Koiwas main shopping street, running from the JR stations south exit through a lively mix of old shops, bargain stores and a strong Southeast Asian…
• Nakamise-dori 仲見世通りAsakusa — Japan's oldest shopping street, a 250m lane of 89 stalls linking Kaminarimon Gate to Senso-ji, fresh ningyo-yaki cakes, agemanju, senbei crackers,…
• Nippori Fabric Town 日暮里繊維街Nippori — About 90 fabric, button, leather and trim shops along a kilometre of Nippori Chuo-dori, where Tokyo's fashion students, cosplayers and quilters buy…
• Ochanomizu Musical Instrument Street (Gakkiten-gai) お茶の水楽器店街Ochanomizu / Kanda Surugadai — Tokyo's musical instrument district, where about 50 shops selling new and vintage guitars, basses, drums, wind and traditional instruments line the…
• Shibamata Taishakuten Sando 柴又帝釈天参道Shibamata — A 200 m Showa-era temple approach from Shibamata Station to Taishakuten, lined with wooden shops selling kusa-dango, senbei, eel and toys: the…
• Shin-Koiwa Lumiere Shopping Street 新小岩ルミエール商店街Shin-Koiwa — A 420 m covered arcade with around 140 shops running south from Shin-Koiwa Station, one of the liveliest and cheapest shopping streets in eastern…
• Sugamo Jizo-dori Shopping Street 巣鴨地蔵通り商店街Sugamo — The "Harajuku for grannies": an 800-metre old Nakasendo street of red underwear shops, salt daifuku and herbal remedies leading to the Togenuki Jizo…
• Sunamachi Ginza Shopping Street 砂町銀座商店街Kitasuna — A 670-metre shotengai in deep Koto where Tokyo's home cooks shop for oden ingredients, croquettes and pickles, cheap, noisy and gloriously unchanged…
• Takeshita Street 竹下通りHarajuku — Harajuku's 350m pedestrian lane of kawaii fashion, rainbow cotton candy, crêpes and idol-goods shops, loud, crowded and pure Tokyo youth culture.
• Tateishi Nakamise Shopping Street 立石仲見世商店街Tateishi — A narrow covered postwar market by Keisei-Tateishi Station, packed with legendary "senbero" standing bars, offal grills and croquette stalls that…
• Tenjin-dori Kitaro Street (Chofu) 天神通り商店街(鬼太郎通り)Chofu — A gentle local shopping street from Chofu Station to Fuda Tenjin Shrine, lined with bronze statues of Kitaro, Medama-oyaji, Nezumi-otoko and other…
• Ultraman Shotengai (Soshigaya-Okura) ウルトラマン商店街(祖師ヶ谷大蔵)Soshigaya-Okura / Setagaya — The shopping streets around Soshigaya-Okura Station, a stone's throw from where Tsuburaya Productions created Ultraman, are decorated with Ultraman…