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Ameyoko Market
7 TOP 10 ARTS STORES
MAP F2 • Ueno Station
From modest beginnings as a
postwar black market spe cializing in
sweets made from potato, Ameyoko
has deve loped into an amazing street
with over 500 stalls and small stores
built under the JR railway tracks.
A favorite spot for very fresh food
goods, especially fish.
Yanaka Ginza
8 Itoya, a stationery emporium
This shopping street may be
quite small, but it’s lined with some 1 Bingo-ya
MAP C1 • 10–6 Wakamatsu-cho,
70 independent businesses. Yanaka Shinjuku-ku • 3202-8778
Ginza is characterized by the Edo A selection of local folk arts and crafts.
period and offers a rare slice of 2 Tokyu Hands
traditional shopping. Look out for MAP R5 • 12-18 Udagawa-cho,
sculptures of cats on the buildings, Shibuya-ku • 5489-5111
a nod to the many strays that DIY, crafts, hardware, and home items.
pad around the area (see p32). 3 Takumi
MAP M5 • 8-4-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku
• 3571-2017
Folk crafts, ceramics, and traditional toys.
4 Japan Traditional Crafts
Aoyama Square
MAP C5 • 8-1-22 Akasaka,
Minato-ku • 5785-1301
Traditional Japanese crafts.
5 Blue & White
MAP J6 • 2-9-2 Azabu-Juban,
Minato-ku • 3451-0537
Wickerwork for sale, Yanaka Ginza Items in indigo-dyed blue and white.
6 Hara Shobo
mAAch ecute
9 MAP E3 • 2–3 Kanda-Jinbocho,
Chiyoda-ku • 5212-7801
MAP F3 • 1-25-4 Kanda-
Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku • Open Woodblock prints and illustrated books.
11am–9pm Mon–Sat (to 8pm Sun) 7 Itoya
• www.maach-ecute.jp MAP C3 • 2-7-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku,
The decommissioned Manseibashi • 3561-8311
station and the arches under the Nine floors with all kinds of stationery.
train tracks have been transformed 8 Sagemonoya
into this stylish shopping and dining MAP C3 • Palais Eternal Bldg,
complex. Browse chic home goods 704, 4-28-20 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
• 3352-6286
and artisan foods from across Japan. Sells hanging purses and pipe cases
Coredo Muromachi
0 as well as carved wood sculptures.
9 Oriental Bazaar
MAP P2 • 2-2-1 Nihonbashi-
Muromachi, Chuo-ku • 5927-9321 MAP S4 • 5-9-13 Jingumae,
Shibuya-ku • 3400-3933
• Open 11am–11pm • www.31urban. Gifts and souvenirs on Omotesando.
jp/lng/eng/muromachi.html 10 2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan
This stylish retail complex is split over MAP C3 • 5-9 Ueno, Taito-ku
three buildings. Zone in on Coredo • 6806-0254
Muromachi 3 for contem porary A lively market selling traditional
Japanese home and fashion design and contemporary crafts.
as well as gourmet foods.

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