Japan Travel? Shopping is a great pleasure, especially in Tokyo and other major Japanese cities. There are many kinds of electronic products, fashions, cosmetics, porcelain, tea sets, tableware, and traditional small gifts such as Qiandai dolls, paper fans, kimonos, bathrobes of many brands sold in large department stores, low-cost home appliances sales stores, and hundred yuan markets.
Generally speaking, the main items worth buying in Japan are: cameras, hi fi audio equipment, watches, porcelain, paintings, handicrafts, jewelry, etc. The opening hours of department stores are 10:00-20:00, and small stores may be extended to 21:00. Saturday, Sunday and national holidays are also open. Department stores will rest on one day of Sunday, and different department stores have different rest days.
The big shops in Tokyo are: Isetan, (closed on Wednesday, and the basement sells all kinds of food), Nippondo Tokei (selling all kinds of watches), Matsuya (closed on Thursday, selling exquisite folk art) and Hayashi (kimono sales center, which has three branches, one in the Hilton Hotel and the other two in the International Business Street). The best place to buy a camera is around Akihabra Station, because there can be a large discount. Shinjuku, known as the sub center of Tokyo, has many restaurants and bars, and traditional Japanese food is relatively cheap. Do not buy Japanese mobile phones, because their formats are different from those in China.
The planning and construction of shopping malls in Japan are very original. The goods on sale in Japanese stores are marked with clear prices, and there is basically no custom of bargaining. The quality assurance rate is very high. Fake and shoddy goods are rare, but the prices are on the high side. Chinese tourists have a saying that Japanese goods are good in quality but expensive in price. However, there are also opportunities to buy cheap goods, such as suits, kimonos, etc. Some large department stores arrange sales promotion periods, such as good luck can also meet the fine workmanship and price of brand-name clothing. The Shinsai Bridge in Osaka, and the Asakusa Shopping Street in Tokyo a thousand days ago, are all set up by using the cross street. The top is covered with bright and transparent frosted glass to block the rain and the day. On both sides of the street are shops with neat and colorful decoration. The salesmen are very polite, the goods are packaged neatly, and the service level is high. Not only women are comfortable, but also men can feel happy.
Tokyo Ginza, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and other shopping centers take Ginza as the core, and others have their own characteristics. The shopping street in front of the Asakusa Temple is a famous tourist souvenir shopping street in China. In addition to selling tourist souvenirs, there are also handicrafts, small stores, flavor snacks, etc.
