Shopping in Tokyo - The Best Shopping Stops in Japan
In Tokyo there are a number of areas where you can shop to your heart’s content although the cost of living may seem to be pretty expensive. Shopping could be quite inexpensive in the 100 Yen Shops in and around Tokyo. There are lots of these 100 shops in Tokyo, and one of these 100 shop chain stores is Daiso. Here you can find the Japanese traditional items and the latest goods too.
Shopping hours in Tokyo starts around ten to eleven A.M, and extends up to seven to eight P.M. Most stores are open on holidays as well as on weekdays. In Tokyo, you would have to pay consumption tax that amounts to five per cent in addition to the price. Department stores in Tokyo are real good places for shopping. They carry the latest in fashion as well as traditional Japanese products. Most of store sales are made in the months of January, August, July and December.
The Japanese love to inculcate the art of shopping in all as they are themselves piously devoted to shopping. Japanese tourist often move to find boutiques of Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton. Everyone is inquisitive about the Japanese youth’s apparels. People out for shopping develop a raving eye for duty free goods. The quest for this consumerist “nirvana” is inbred among people who visit Japan. The boutiques at the town of Harajaku are the dens for the weird and wonderful wardrobe of the Japanese youth. There are eccentric outfits on sale, including French costumes, feathered boas in pink color, lingerie that are furry all over, and all other oddities that are on display, and these would steal the hearts of teenagers into the new age eccentricities of fashion! The dusty little shops selling outrageous bodysuits and frilly gowns are not uncommon. Of course, the less daring crowd should go for the trucker caps, the psychedelic prints, accessories, and others.
Ginza is the place where you find the Japanese boutiques in a row. There is a sort of enticement about this place and in the things that are sold here – the Celine dress and the Ferragarno shoes that are overwhelmingly gorgeous. Even the youngsters are regular visitors to the boutiques and the most exciting option for them is window shopping.
If it is not for the boutiques in Ginza, the store for Christian Dior located in Omotesando, is worth a visit. It is the biggest store for Christian Dior with six storied building with the lighting on. Ginza also has the Sony building selling every other Sony gadget.
Flea markets are held several times in a month and they represent a different aspect of Tokyo. These markets are located generally in the quieter locations and they sell anything like dusty trinkets, American watches, helmets of soldiers’ straight from WWII. There are old guitars and vintage cameras on display. It should be borne in mind that most things in Tokyo are expensive and nothing here comes too cheap. Flea markets are held on Sundays and seasonally at Ueno Park, but time is subject to changes.
The only things that you can buy cheap in Tokyo are the electronics products. A large number of electronics goods stores are found in Akihabara. There is an extensive variety of goods, and the designs are varied as well. MP3 players and CD-Walkman come very sleek with silver shimmer in a black base and they look simply awesome! These stores are many stories high and the mobile phones are real attractive too.
Shopping in Tokyo isn’t fun if your pockets are not too full. Of course, window shopping is a better alternative, and that can be best done across the storefront on the huge sidewalks.
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