Mt Fuji & Hakone
Day Tour
See this world famous Japanese Icon.
Includes return trip via Shinkansen (bullet train)
Panoramic Tokyo
Day Tour Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Guest House, National Diet Building, Imperial Palace East Garden, Asakusa Temple, Ginza, Tokyo Bay Cruise, Rainbow Bridge & Odaiba.
Cityrama Tokyo
Afternoon Tour Tokyo Tower, National Diet Building, Imperial Palace Plaza,
Asakusa Kannon Temple, Nakamise Shopping Street & Ginza.
Kyoto Highlights
Day Tour from Tokyo
The best of Kyoto in one day.
Kinkakuji Temple - Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Nijo Castle
Heian Shrine
Sanjusangendo Hall
Kyoto Handicraft Center
GINZA SHOPPING
Ginza Shopping Tokyo Japan -
Ginza Shopping Guide with detailed interactive map of locations of
major shopping department stores and boutiques in Ginza.
Ginza Shopping
Ginza is the home of Tokyo's oldest and most
prestigious department stores; the most exclusive is probably Wako.
And of course Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel and Prada have stores as
well. See the Ginza map for the location
of the main stores in Ginza.
Wako Department Store Wako Department Store (和光) is considered by some to be the most
exclusive department store in Japan, located at the heart of the
Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. This store is famous for its
watches, jewellery, porcelain, dishware, and handbags, as well as
foreign luxury goods. There is also an art gallery, called Wako
Hall, on the sixth floor. Wako was founded in 1881 by Kintarou
Hattori as the Hattori Watch and Jeweller (now Seiko Corporation) in
Ginza. In 1947, the retail division split off as Wako Co., Ltd.
Its 1932 neo-Rennaisance-style building, designed by Jin Watanabe,
with its curved granite façade, is the central landmark for the
district and one of the few buildings in the area left standing
after World War II. The building functioned as the Tokyo PX store
during the American Occupation of Japan, from 1945 to 1952. The
clock tower plays the famous Westminster Chimes.
Mitsukoshi Department
Store Mitsukoshi Ltd. (株式会社三越, Kabushiki-gaisha Mitsukoshi) is an
international department store chain founded in 1673 with the yagō
(shop name) "Echigoya." Its headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan.
Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro is named after the adjacent
Mitsukoshi department store. Mitsukoshi is the root of Mitsui group.
There are many famous brand shops in Namiki street, such as Gucci or
Coach and so on. If you do not have much money, you can enjoy just
looking around the street.
Matsuzakaya Department
Store The Matsuzakaya Co., Ltd. (株式会社松坂屋, Kabushiki-gaisha
Matsuzakaya) is a major Japanese department store with headquarters
in Nagoya. Established in 1611, it is one of the oldest department
stores in Japan. There are branches in Ginza; Ueno, Tokyo; and
Paris.
Sony Building 5-3-1 Ginza, on Sukiyabashi Crossing. Eight stories of high-tech gadgets.
If you want to actually buy stuff,
head down to the basement. It also houses a BMW showroom. The Sony
Building, designed by Japanese architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and
opened in 1966 in Tokyo's Ginza ward, Chūō-ku; is a superb example
of early Japanese towers, and is located in the prominent position
on Harumi Dori, Ginza: where the first towers were built in Tokyo.
The building is also a fine example of Postmodern architecture, and
is externally still in fine condition, with major renovations having
taken part internally. The original mural still lines the facade.
Hakuhinkan Toy Park Hakuhinkan Toy Park (博品館) Ginza
8-8-11, (South end of Ginza-dori by the elevated highway),
03-3571-8008. One of the oldest and largest toy stores in Japan (it
first opened in 1899), this is the place to go for all the latest
cute and strange toys.
Apple Store Apple Store Ginza,
corner of Chuo-dori and Matsuya-dori. While Apple is seen as the ultimate in high-tech hipness
in the west and USA, it does not have the same standing in Japan.
While you can see some iPods around on the trains they are not
anywhere near as popular in Japan. The Apple Store in Ginza is an
attempt by Apple to buy some coverage as a fashion statement.
Interesting Apple computers were more successful in Japan than in
the west and USA in the early days of the personal computers. This
success was due to their better support for Japanese characters,
however the development of Microsoft Windows has seen this early
lead disappear.
Tenshodo (天賞堂), Ginza 4-3-9,
on Harumi-dori. Jeweller and maker of luxury watches. The upper
floors, however, are devoted to railroad models, many of which match
the watches in intricacy and price.
Seibu
Department Store Features has nine floors of fashion and accessories.
Hankyu
Department Store Hankyu Department Store is a fairly main stream department
store.
Opaque
Department Store Opaque Department Store is a fashion, cosmetics and related
department store that includes a salon and restaurant.
Yurakucho has branches of two large discount electronics stores, Bic
Camera and Sofmap. The former, right next to the Yamanote tracks, is
housed in what was until 2001 the famous Sogo department store,
which in 1958 spawned a popular hit song, "Yurakucho de Aimasho"
("Let's Meet at Yurakucho"). The big red building housing the latter
used to be a theater for the renowned all-female Takarazuka Revue.
Seibu
Department Store
Hankyu
Department Store
Opaque
Department Store