Anyone who loves shopping will love visiting Japan. There are so many different products to chose from that you won’t find at home. You can spend a heap at some of the finest fashion stores in Ginza or only a few yen at some of the bargain stores at the Ameyoko Market, the choice is yours.
Japan is also a great place to window shop too, you can always find some weird and wonderful product you will never see anywhere else in the world, like the latest electronic gadget to the cutest stuffed toy that the Japanese love so much.
Ceramics
Ceramics have been part of Japanese culture and life for centuries and are probably Japan’s oldest art form, dating back to the Neolithic period which was about 11000 BC.
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Clothing & Textiles
Japanese textiles are amongst the worlds most beautiful. With magnificent hand dyed silks and lovely cottons Japanese fabric is sought after all over the world, with the Kimonos being one of the more popular items.
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Paper & Calligraphy
Japanese paper and calligraphy are some of the most beautiful arts to come out of Japan. Shodo which is the way of writing has been cultivated over the centuries by nobles, priests and the samurai. Today it is still studied in many schools and is known as shuji.
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100 Yen Shops
100 Yen Shops or the hyakuen shoppu are the best place to pick up a bargain and you can find some really good value and often very unusual products, and as the name suggest all for only 100 yen which is an absolute bargain.
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Tokyu Hands
It is hard to describe or categorise the Tokyu Hands department stores other than to say they sell a wonderful and sometimes weird variety of interesting products for the home. The store is part hardware store, part hobby store, part kitchen store, part gift and stationery store and part pet store. The stores are known as a “Creative Life Store” which sort of sums it up selling the practical and often “only in Japan” not so practical.
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Electronics
Japan sells every conceivable electronic gadget and gizmo you could ever think of and plenty you couldn’t imagine. You need to look no further than the average Japanese toilet seat to see the country is enhancing the electronic age.
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Toys
Toys in Japan is huge business and there is an amazing range with many things you would never see outside Japan. The average toy shop itself is an amazing place usually they are 4 – 7 stories high jam packed with all sorts of wonderful fun for all ages.
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