SHINJUKU SHOPPING
Shinjuku Shopping -
Shopping in Shinjuku Tokyo Japan
features the major department stores plus massive camera and computer
stores.
Shinjuku Shopping
The major department stores all have branches in
Shinjuku, most of them
along the wide Shinjuku-Dori avenue on the east side.
 Times
Square
Times Square is a large shopping centre which contains a Takashimaya
department store, Tokyu Hands (hobbies, hardware and craft) store, HMV and
many other stores. There is an entertainment section including Tokyo IMAX
Theatre.
If you need foreign language books, there are two branches of
Kinokuniya
in Shinjuku; the newer, larger branch is just south of Tokyu Hands,
and the older one is on Shinjuku-Dori.
Major discount camera stores are concentrated on both sides of
Shinjuku Station, although there is a particularly large cluster just
outside the West Exit. The undisputed king Yodobashi has branches on
practically every block; note that the branches specialize, so you may
have to look for the right branch to find what interests you (digital
cameras, video cameras, medium-format photography...?).
The other major names are Sakuraya and Bic. These stores have been
transformed by computers and the internet, and their computer
departments match Akihabara in volume, price, and selection.
Don Quijote (http://www.donki.com/e/index.html) (1-16-5 Kabuki-cho,
see map (http://www.donki.com/japp/shop/ShopDetail.dk?shop_id=29&lang=en)),
on Yasukuni-Dori is a hectic 24-hour discount store that sells just
about everything that you would never imagine needing at three in the
morning but might just pick up anyway, such as clothing, bicycles,
electronics, jewellery, and gag gifts.
The Nishi-Shinjuku district, northeast of the JR station, is packed
with music shops specializing in various genres such as punk and heavy
metal. Many sell nothing but bootlegs and collectibles.
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