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Shibuya 109

The guide was updated: 2024-06-27

If you want to have a cue on Japanese fashion trends: keep up with Shibuya 109. Shibuya 109 is the synonym of stylishness: chic clothes and dresses, fancy but comfy shoes, accessories, purses and more. Take your spoils to the highest level to have a tea break, and then, shop till you drop!

Useful Information

Address: 2-29-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 10am-9pm
Website: www.shibuya109.jp
Public Transport: Shibuya JR/Tokyo Metro Station.
Phone: +81 3 3477 5111
Email: netshop@shibuya109.jp

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Roppongi Hills

Roppongi Hills

There is something for everyone happening in Roppongi. You could get caught here for a day with such an array of activities. There are more than 200 shops, restaurants and cafés present in this area which also has intriguing architecture and impressive design gardens.

Isetan Shinjuku Store

Isetan Shinjuku Store

This enormous shopping enterprise, located in the busiest part of Tokyo, aims to be the world’s greatest fashion museum. It covers departments for cosmetics, household goods, food, fashion and electronics, regardless of traditional or cutting-edge products.

Ginza Mitsukoshi

Ginza Mitsukoshi

Japan’s oldest department store has stores in Ginza and Nihonbashi. Womenswear, accessories, menswear, toys, childrenswear and restaurants from the fourth basement floor to the 12th floor. Mitsukoshi welcomes visitors from all around the world, with free Wifi, a Tax-Free Counter and Foreign Tourist Information Centre.

Shibuya 109

Shibuya 109

If you want to have a cue on Japanese fashion trends: keep up with Shibuya 109. Shibuya 109 is the synonym of stylishness: chic clothes and dresses, fancy but comfy shoes, accessories, purses and more. Take your spoils to the highest level to have a tea break, and then, shop till you drop!

Oriental Bazaar

Oriental Bazaar

Visit Tokyo’s best-known gift shop to stock up on trinkets for friends back home. Get a kimono, washi paper, Japanese patterned fabric, sensu fans, or a tea set. There are English-speaking staff on each floor. They also offer gift-wrapping and overseas shipping services.

Laox: Duty Free Flagship at Akihabara

Laox: Duty Free Flagship at Akihabara

The largest comprehensive duty-free store in Tokyo with 7 storeys sells electric household appliances, electrical beauty supplies, video games, fashion items, cosmetics, baby goods and sports goods. A good place to shop cheaply and get some travel souvenirs.

Ginza

Ginza

For label lovers, the district Ginza is a retail heaven. The Japanese adore their fashion items and clothes from big designers. This is where you’ll find the usual suspects - Chanel, Hermes and even Barneys of New York have all set up shop in this upmarket location. For trendier labels, head to Harajaku and Shibuya.

Harajuku

Harajuku

Catering to a similar crowd to Ginza, the colourful street Harajuku has more of an edge. As well as the familiar Prada, Dior and Burberry, if you walk just around the corner you’ll find the funky teen stores of Shibuya. One of these, the 109 store (2-29-1 Dogenzaka), is said to inspire the mad and consistently madder styles seen on the Shibuya streets. At 109 and others like Laforet Harajuku (1-11-6 Jingumae), young women’s wear is packed to the rafters.

Aoyama

Aoyama

Aoyama, one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the city offers a world of Japanese and international upmarket brands. The newly designed Prada building here stands for everything this neighbourhood is about - sleek sophistication is the name of the game. Well-recognised Japanese designers including Yohji Yamamoto, and Issey Miyake stand side by side with Prada and Louis Vuitton.

Akihabara

Akihabara

Welcome to Neon Land. Akihabara is the electronics capital of Japan and walking through its streets you can barely see in front of you due to the amount of flashing shop signs and video screens. Street stalls sell the latest high-tech computer devices, while huge electronic retailers flog televisions at duty-free prices. Head for the duty-free stores if you want to speak to English staff, and bring your passport with you to qualify for tax-exempt goods. Akky (1-12-1 Soto Kanda) is one of the best shops for this. Come out of Akihabara station and look for the glaringly obvious Electric Town exit.

Kappabashi Dori

Kappabashi Dori

Kappabashi Dori is where you’ll find more than a hundred shops specialising in kitchenware and home goods. Perfect for presents and stocking up on wonderful Japanese lacquer, ceramics, pottery and decorated chopsticks, this is an area for the house proud.

Don Quijote

Don Quijote

Don Quijote is a chain of stores known for selling pretty much everything, from sake-flavoured Kit Kats to whimsical crab-shaped headgear. This particular location in Shibuya is the largest one in Tokyo, where you'll be able to purchase clothes, food, beauty products and toys. If you're looking for a souvenir to bring back home, this would be the ideal place to get something truly memorable.

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