Nagoya Shopping

Shopping in Nagoya

  1. Shopping in Nagoya

    The streets around the Ōsu Kannon temple host some of Nagoya's most enthusiastic browsers. Along Ōsu Kannon-dōri and its continuation, Banshō-ji-dōri, a youthful energy fills vintage clothing shops, electronics and music shops, cafés and a hodge-podge of old and new; look for yen=g, which sells used clothing by weight, or Kurazanmai for discount kimono, obi and accessories (though still not cheap-cheap).

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  2. Shopping in Meidōchō district

    The specialty in the Meidōchō district, north of Nagoya Station and west of Nagoya-jō, is okashi, Japanese snacks and penny nibbles (sembei rice crackers to sweet-potato sticks, dried fish to sponge cake), plus small toys like action figures, beads and balloons. Dozens of wholesalers display their wares in a manner that may dispel any notion of Japanese neatness.

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  3. Shopping Centres

    Other major shopping districts are in Sakae and around Nagoya Station with malls above ground and below. For crafts, browse in the giant department stores, such as Matsuzakaya (two locations, next to Nagoya Station and in Sakae), Maruei and Mitsukoshi in Sakae, or Takashimaya or Meitetsu & Kintetsu near Nagoya Station.

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    Kinokuniya Books

    In the Meitetsu Melsa building, two blocks west of Yaba-chō Station.

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  5. Sanseidō Books

    On the 11th floor of JR Takashimaya department store at Nagoya Station.

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  6. Maruzen Books

    On busy Hirokoji-dōri.

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