Shopping Centre shopping in Japan
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Daikanyama Address
Just northwest of Daikanyama Station, this small retail complex is notable for its clever suspension bridges and four dozen or so designer boutiques selling clothing, eyewear and other sartorially stylish accessories. The open-air plaza is a treat on quiet afternoons, and weekends tend to be relatively free of mad throngs of shoppers.
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Tokyo Midtown
Like Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Midtown is a composite urban district of ultramodern buildings surrounding a historic Japanese garden. Following the same design and urban planning lines that made Roppongi Hills so successful, the Tokyo Midtown complex brims with sophisticated bars, restaurants, shops, art galleries, a hotel and leafy public spaces. Escalators ascend alongside man-made waterfalls of rock and glass, bridges in the air are lined with back-lit washi (Japanese handmade paper), and planters full of soaring bamboo draw your eyes through skylights to the lofty heights of the towers above. Separate from the myriad opportunities for parting with serious cash is Hinokich…
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Shopping Centres
In Minato Mirai, Yokohama World Porters is a huge shopping complex with lots of restaurants on the ground floor including Vivre, possibly the world's cleanest supermarket. Landmark Tower and Queens Square are similarly filled with shopping and dining, and Akarenga Sōkō with craft, antique and specialty shops. There are often street performances throughout Minato Mirai. The more intimate shopping strip of Motomachi is lined with lovely boutiques.
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Dōgusuji-ya Arcade
If you desperately need a tako-yaki (octopus ball) fryer (who doesn't?), a red lantern to hang outside your shop or plastic food models to lure the customers in, this shopping arcade is the place to go. You'll also find endless knives, pots, pans and just about anything else that the ironest of chefs could desire.
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Yebisu Garden Place
This large mall has loads of upper-end shops and a basement full of good restaurants. Most of the wares here are the usual department store fare - high-quality, glitzy and somewhat characterless. But the lovely alfresco courtyard and the openness of the space are a welcome departure from crowded shopping districts.
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Shin-Puh-Kan
This new Downtown shopping complex has a variety of boutiques and restaurants clustered around a huge open-air atrium. The offerings here run to the trendy and ephemeral, which seems to appeal to all the young folk who congregate here. Occasional art and music performances are held in the atrium.
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Amerika-Mura
Amerika-Mura, which means 'American Village', is a compact enclave of trendy shops and restaurants, with a few discreet love hotels thrown in for good measure. The best reason to come here is to view the hoards of colourful Japanese teens living out the myth of America.
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Opa
This youth-oriented shopping centre is the place to go to see swarms of ko-gyaru (brightly clad Japanese girls) and their mates. It’s also a decent spot for those who want to check out a wide variety of fashion boutiques and other trendy shops.
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Qanat Rakuhoku
This huge new complex in Takano (northern Kyoto) has stores selling just about everything, as well as a big food court complete with Starbucks and even a place that sells decent pizza (something of a rarity here).
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Kinokuniya
For picnic foods for hiking or beaching, Kinokuniya is a ritzy supermarket out Kamakura station's west exit, with freshly made sushi, deli specialties and baked goods.
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Kagoshima Brand Shop
You can shop for quality goods at Kagoshima Brand Shop in Tenmonkan.
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