SHIBUYA SHOPPING
Shibuya Shopping - Shibuya Shopping Guide includes Shibuya fashion,
department, book, record, music plus interactive map.
 Shibuya
is a major shopping area and a definite place to visit for anyone
interest in Japanese fashion.
Not only are there many very trendy fashion stores, but you can see
many young Japanese people wearing the latest and some just outrageous
fashion in the streets.
Shibuya ward includes two other major shopping areas which are
distinct and generally referred to as being in
Harajuku:
Takeshita-Dori and
Omotesando.
(Picture - Two young Japanese ladies reading photographers
contracts they were just offered in the street outside
Shibuya 109).
100 Yen shop
In Australia we have the "$2" shop and other various
discount stores, but nothing had prepared me for the 5 floors
absolutely packed with bargains and shoppers. Nothing in the store was
more than 100 Yen (approximately US$1 or A$1.20). We found a battery
powered massager, pedometer, wall size map of Japan, dogs rain coat
and many other things. In most cases the quality was very good
regardless of the price, but the packet of ten pens headed quickly for
the bin.
Shibuya Shopping - Fashion Shopping Centres
 Shibuya 109
Building (ichimarukyū) shopping centre filled with many very trendy
clothing boutiques. It is very popular among young people, especially
teens, and it is famous as the origin of the
kogal subculture.
0101 Marui
Tokyu Department Store (Main Store)
Tokyu Hands Store
Tokyu Hands is massive store, specializing
in all sorts of home decorations and D.I.Y. gear (with a heavy
emphasis on the all sorts, this place is much more interesting than it
sounds!), can be found toward the end of Center-gai.
Shibuya Mark City
Shopping centre next to JR Shibuya
Station with a wide range of stores and places to eat.
Parco I, II & II
There are three separate buildings making up the
Bic Camera
Massive camera store along with audio and video equipment.
Shibuya Book Stores
Book First
Book First (Bunkamura-dori) is one of Tokyo's largest bookstores and
carries a good range of foreign language magazines, add to a huge
array of venues to eat and drink.
NADiff
NADiff carries Tokyo's best range of design and art books many
of which are in English.
Shibuya Music Stores
Tower Records
One of the largest recorded music stores in the world. It also
carries a good range of English language books and magazines.
Music lovers will wish to check out HMV and Tower Records on Koen-dori, but expect some
sticker shock as Japanese CDs often clock in at ¥3000+; imports are
usually cheaper!
CISCO
CISCO is for DJ's or those who want the vinyl. It also carries a
great range of CDs of hip hop, techno, house and similar styles of
music from both Japanese and foreign artists.
Good shopping for second-hand music is to be had at RECOFan (numerous
outlets) and Disk Union (Center-gai) along with many other specialty
music stores.
Shibuya shop display (click to see more pictures of Shibuya
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