Page 108 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Japan

A SHORT WALK
GINZA Hankyu and Seibu

department stores focus
on fashions, with a mix
Distance 1 mile (2 km) Time 30 minutes of Japanese and
Nearest subway Yarakucho Station international labels.
EXPERIENCE Central Tokyo Japan’s epicenter of Western influences and all things Yurakucho Yurakucho T O K Y O E X P R E S S WAY SOTOBORI-DORI N A M I K I - D O R I N A M I K I - D O R I GI NZ A R EN G A-D OR I
SOTOBORI-DORI
Ever since Thomas Waters rebuilt the area in red
T O K Y O E X P R E S S WAY
brick back in the 19th century, Ginza (p106) has been
modern, and it is still one of Tokyo’s great commercial
Station
Ginza-
Ginza-
Station
centers. Tiny shops selling traditional crafts mix with
Y A N A G I -
Itchome
galleries and land mark department stores for an
GI NZ A R EN G A-D OR I
Itchome D O R I
Y A N A G I - D O R I
unrivaled shopping experience. Wander Ginza’s leafy
GINZA GAS-TOH-DORI
GINZA GAS-TOH-DORI
streets, and take a moment to pop into the many
department stores to check out glitzy food halls,
GINZA MARRO
where gleaming cabinets display delicious delec­
tables. Some of these mammoth stores even Hankyu Hankyu Printemps GINZA MARRONNIER-DORI CHUO-DORI CHUO-DORI
u
house their own art galleries. and Seib and Seibu
Printemps NNIER-DORI
START/
GINZA GAS-TOH-DORI
FINISH M A T S U Y A - D O R I GINZA GAS-TOH-DORI G IN Z A M I HA R A-DO R I G IN Z A M I HA R A-DO R I
TO KYO EXPR E S S WAY
M A T S U Y A - D O R I
Sukiyabashi
G I N Z A R E N G A - D O R I
Did You Know? TO KYO EXPR E S S WAY Sukiyabashi Park N A M I K I - D O R I N A M I K I - D O R I CHUO-DORI CHUO-DORI Matsuya Matsuya
Park
Department Store
Department Store
Sony
Sony
On Sundays and public Showroo Showroom H A G I N Z A R E N G A - D O R I Mikimoto Mikimoto
m
holidays, Chuo-Dori Gallery Center S O N Y - D O R I H A R U M I - D O R I Wako
Gallery Center
Wako
Department
Street is closed Building Building Department Store MATSUYA-DORI
SOTOBORI-DORI
SOTOBORI-DORI
Store
S U K I Y A - D O R I S U K I Y A - D O R I Asahi M I Y U K I - D O R I Ginza Ginza Department Store
to traffic. S O N Y - D O R I R U M I - D O R I
MATSUYA-DORI
Mitsukoshi
Mitsukoshi
Department Store
Asahi
M I Y U K I - D O R I
San’ai
San’ai
The second floor of the Gallery KOJUNSHA- DORI Building Building Building Building
GINZA
GINZA
Center Building houses exclusive N A M I K I - D O R I N A M I K I - D O R I H A R MIHARA-DORI MIHARA-DORI
KOJUNSHA- DORI
galleries showcasing Japanese and NISHI-GOBANGAI- NISHI-GOBANGAI-
Western art. There is an auction DORI DORI AZUMMA-DORI H A R U M I - D O R I
CHUO-DORI CHUO-DORI
house on the fifth floor. MIHARA-KOJI MIHARA-KOJI
AZUMMA-DORIU M I - D O R I
The Asahi Building M I Y U K I - D O R I
M I Y U K I - D O R I
contains a traditional
kimono shop,
silversmiths, and
several boutiques.
Known as Brand Street,
Namiki-Dori and
Chuo-Dori are lined with
boutiques such as
Gucci, Dior, Louis
Vuitton, and Cartier.
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The facade of the Bulgari
store on Chuo-Dori
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