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Shopping is Japan's national sport, and it reaches its apotheosis in Tokyo. Akihabara Electric Town, the electronics shopping neighborhood, will keep gadget geeks happy for hours, but there are also excellent discounts to be had there. The Daikanyama district has cutting-edge fashion stores, while Nakameguro is more subdued, with charming European-style boutiques. Whether you plan to splash some cash or not, Aoyama is where architecturally interesting outposts of big international labels have been appearing in recent years, and it's worth a visit just to check them out; the most notable is Herzog & de Meuron's "crystal"-shaped Prada store.
Don't leave Tokyo without seeing the basement food hall of a local department store, known as a depachika. The depachika at Mitsukoshi's Ginza branch is one of...more
Mujirushi Ryohin ("no-brand goods"), or Muji, is an essential stop and a ubiquitous source for a superb selection of well-designed, good-value...more
"Home of the Resistance" is the motto of this everything-hip boutique off the main drag in the Meiji-jingumae area of Harajuku. What, exactly, they are...more
Tokyu Hands defies description, but it is one of the city's most useful addresses. The ultimate hardware store, it sells everything from timber and flooring to...more
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