Shinjuku Shopping

Shinjuku Shopping -  Shopping in Shinjuku Tokyo Japan features the major department stores plus massive camera and computer stores. Shinjuku Shopping The major department stores all have branches in Shinjuku, most of them along the wide Shinjuku-Dori avenue on the east side. On the south side, Tokyu Hands is a fun store for hobbies, decorating stuff, and gifts. Takashimaya department store is also here. If you need foreign language books, there are two branches of Kinokuniya  in Shinjuku; the newer, larger branch is just south of Tokyu Hands, and the older one is on Shinjuku-Dori. Major discount camera stores are concentrated on both sides of Shinjuku Station, although there is a particularly large cluster just outside the West Exit. The undisputed king Yodobashi has branches on practically every block; note that the branches specialize, so you may have to look for the right branch to find what interests you (digital cameras, video cameras, medium-format photography…?). The other major names are Sakuraya and Bic. These stores have been transformed by computers and the internet, and their computer departments match Akihabara in volume, price, and selection. Don Quijote (http://www.donki.com/e/index.html) (1-16-5 Kabuki-cho, see map (http://www.donki.com/japp/shop/ShopDetail.dk?shop\_id=29&lang=en)), on Yasukuni-Dori is a hectic 24-hour discount store that sells just about everything that you would never imagine needing at three in the morning but might just pick up anyway, such as clothing, bicycles, electronics, jewellery, and gag gifts. The Nishi-Shinjuku district, northeast of the JR station, is packed with music shops specializing in various genres such as punk and heavy metal. Many sell nothing but bootlegs and collectibles. Neon signs on Yasukuni-dori in Shinjuku Neon signs on Yasukuni-dori in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Photograph by Michael Reeve (Article based on Wikitravel article by Based on work by  Paul N. Richter, Brian Kurkoski and Ted O’Neill and Wikitravel user(s) Sekicho, Jpatokal and Nzpcmad.  Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.) (Article also uses content from Wikipedia article and used under the GNU Free Documentation License) |