Sgitchyfeet Travel Adventures: Tokyo shopping

Tokyo Travel: Burberry Blue Label Bag

During my first trip to Tokyo in November 2007, I bought this Autumn series Burberry Blue Label bag at a departmental store there.

Tokyo Travel: Shopping at Omote Sando Hills in Tokyo

Omote Sando Hills is a famous shopping road in Aoyama, sometimes termed Tokyo's Champs-Élysées. It contains over 130 shops and is easily accessible by metro.

Tokyo Travel: Agnes B Limited Edition Bag

I bought my Agnes B limited edition bag (which is not available in Singapore's Agnes B boutiques) in Agnes B boutique in Omote Sando Hills in November 2007.

Tokyo Travel: Namco Namja Town in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Namco Namja Town is an indoor theme park in the Sunshine City shopping complex in Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Here you can find carnival-style games, themed-dinning, a haunted house and a line of exclusive character mascots.

Tokyo Travel: Shopping at Venus Fort and Palette Town Ferris Wheel in Odaiba

Venus Fort

Ferris Wheel

Palette Town shopping and entertainment complex consists of Venus Fort, Sun Walk, Mega Web, a Ferris Wheel and Zepp Tokyo.

Venus Fort is a shopping mall in the style of a 18th century South European town.

It is targeted at mainly female audience with more than a hundred of boutiques, shops, cafes and restaurants. It is easy to get lost due to the layout of the building.

Ferris Wheel (115 meters tall) is one of the world's largest and offers spectacular views of Odaiba bay area.

Tokyo Travel: Shopping at Aquacity Odaiba and Decks Tokyo Beach in Odaiba

An exhibition featuring Japan in earlier decades.

A Comic Store

A Candy Store

Aquacity Odaiba and Decks Tokyo Beach are two shopping malls which feature various restaurants, cafes, stores, boutiques and the food theme park "Daiba Little Hong Kong" and "Tokyo Joypolis". Outside the Aquacity and Decks (at the wooden deck), visitors get to enjoy both the breeze and nice views of the Rainbow Bridge.

Tokyo Travel: Coach Bag from Garden Walk Outlet, Makuhari

For those of you who want to check out Agnes B and Coach outlet stores, you might want to go to Garden Walk Makuhari. As in Rera Chitose Outlet Mall, past seasons of Coach bags and accessories could be as low as 20-60% off. I bought the Coach Top Handle Pouch (above) at the Coach outlet. The location is at 2-6-1 Hibino, Mihama-ku.

Tokyo Travel: Shopping at Ameyoko (near JR Ueno Station)

If you like to shop market-style, you must go to Ameyoko. It is a busy market near to JR Ueno Station. "Ame" stands for "America", because a lot of American products used to be available on the black market. You can find various products such as fresh fish, dried foods, spices, candies and chocolates, clothes, bags and cosmetics here.

Tokyo Travel: Sensoji Temple and the Nakamise shopping street in Asakusa

Kaminarimon Gate

You will reach the Sensoji Temple via the Nakamise shopping street. The street is lined with a variety of traditional, local snacks and tourist souvenirs.

Asakusa's main attraction is Sensoji Temple (a very popular Buddhist temple) which is built in the 7th century.

Tokyo Travel: Burberry Blue Label (Ginza store), Ginza

Ginza is Tokyo's most famous upmarket shopping, dining and entertainment district.

Beside Burberry London, you can find Burberry Blue Label as well as Burberry Black Label merchandises here in the Ginza store.

Tokyo Travel: Uniqlo UT Store in Jingumae, Shibuya-ku

For t-shirt lovers, go to the Uniqlo UT store. It has a futuristic look and is very space-age like, with the t-shirts stored in plastic tubes on racks lining the walls. Lots of the designed T-shirts are based on comics characters.

Tokyo Travel: Takeshita Dori, JR Harajuku Station in Harajuku

Harajuku is the center of teenage fashion and cosplay culture, represented by the famous Takeshita Dori (Takeshita Street), where you can find trendy shops, fashion boutiques, used clothes stores, crepe stands and fast food outlets. It is a definitely must-go place for first-timers!