Shibuya Shopping

Shibuya Shopping Shibuya shoppingShibuya is a major shopping area and a definite place to visit for anyone interest in Japanese fashion. Not only are there many very trendy fashion stores, but you can see many young Japanese people wearing the latest and some just outrageous fashion in the streets. (Picture - Two young Japanese ladies reading photographers contracts they were just offered in the street outside Shibuya 109). Shibuya 109 Building Shibuya 109 Building (ichimarukyū) shopping centre filled with many very trendy clothing boutiques. It is very popular among young people, especially teens, and it is famous as the origin of the kogal subculture. Kogals are known for wearing platform boots, a miniskirt, copious amounts of makeup, hair coloring (usually blond), artificial suntans, and designer accessories. On the Shibuya 109 Building site (Japanese language, but with enough English to navigate) you can see pictures of all the stores in the shopping complex. Shibuya 109 Building (click to see more pictures of Shibuya 100 Yen shop In Australia we have the “$2” shop and other various discount stores, but nothing had prepared me for the 5 floors absolutely packed with bargains and shoppers. Nothing in the store was more than 100 Yen (approximately US$1 or A$1.20). We found a battery powered massager, pedometer, wall size map of Japan, dogs rain coat and many other things. In most cases the quality was very good regardless of the price, but the packet of ten pens headed quickly for the bin. Other store in Shibuya The main branch of the Tokyu Hands department store, specializing in all sorts of home decorations and D.I.Y. gear (with a heavy emphasis on the all sorts, this place is much more interesting than it sounds!), can be found toward the end of Center-gai. Book First (Bunkamura-dori) is one of Tokyo’s largest bookstores and carries a good range of foreign language magazines, add to a huge array of venues to eat and drink. Music lovers will wish to check out HMV and Tower Records (for a while the largest record store in the world) on Koen-dori, but expect some sticker shock as Japanese CDs often clock in at ¥3000+; imports are usually cheaper! Good shopping for second-hand music is to be had at RECOFan (numerous outlets) and Disk Union (Center-gai) along with many other specialty music stores. Shibuya shop display (click to see more pictures of Shibuya Shibuya Hotels Looking for accommodation in Shibuya Tokyo? Please support our site by using our Shibuya Hotels reservation system. (Article based on Wikitravel article by Based on work by Paul N. Richter and Brian Kurkoski and Wikitravel user(s) Jpatokal, Natsu and Nzpcmad. Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.) |