Tokyo Sights

  1. Akihabara Electric Town

    What the Tsukiji Central Fish Market is to the food trade, Akihabara is to Japan's legendary electronics industry: bustling, busy and fun to watch. Bonus: you don't have to get up early in the morning to catch the action (afternoon is prime time).

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  2. Ameya Yokochō (Ameyoko Arcade)

    This unabashed shopping street is one of the few areas in which some of the rough readiness of old Shitamachi still lingers. Step into this alley paralleling the JR Yamanote Line tracks south of JR Ueno

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  3. Kappabashi-Dōri (Kappabashi Street)

    A 10-minute walk west of Sensō-ji, Kappabashi-dōri is the country's largest wholesale kitchenware and restaurant-supply district. Gourmet accessories include colourful, patterned noren (split doorway curtains), pots and pans, restaurant signage, tableware and a number of bizarre Japanese kitchen gadgets to make you go 'hmmm?'

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  4. Le Garage

    Flashy duds and accessories for your inner auto mechanic at Axis, one of the most respected design showcases in Tokyo, a multi-storey, multi-genre gallery and retail building.

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  5. Living Motif

    Home designs at Axis, one of the most respected design showcases in Tokyo, a multi-storey, multi-genre gallery and retail building.

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  7. Takeshita-Dōri (Takeshita Street)

    This teeming alley, which lies at the heart of Harajuku, represents Tokyo's propensity for both teenage kitsch and subcultural fetish. Boom boxes blare at full volume while young, angst-decorated adolescents browse through racks of cheap versions of the day's latest trend. This is the place to look for outrageously gaudy jewellery, punk accessories, trendy hair boutiques, fast-food joints and cuddly toys.

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  8. Tōgō-Jinja

    This small shrine was built as a memorial to Admiral Tōgō Heihachiro, who led a pivotal battle against the Russians in 1905. These days, the shrine grounds are the venue for a flea market on the 1st, 4th and 5th Sunday of each month. Wares on sale include vintage kimono, antiques and curios. The market usually winds down around .

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  9. Tsukiji Central Fish Market

    If it lives in the sea, it's probably for sale in the Central Fish Market, where acres and acres of fish and fish products pass hands in a lively, almost chaotic atmosphere. Everything is allotted its own area, and a quick scan of the loading docks will reveal mountains of octopus, rows of giant tuna, endless varieties of shellfish and tanks upon tanks of live exotic fish.

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