Other Store Spots in Japan

  • Asama Rokurigahara Rest Place
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    Gunma Pref. Agatsumaguntsumagoimura Kambara
    This is a rest area on the Onioshi Highway; it has a great view and is located between Karuizawa and Kusatsu/Manza. The facility houses shops selling local agricultural products and wild vegetables as well as snacks as gifts to take home with you and an outdoor dog run (free of charge). There is also a restaurant where you can eat while looking out at the magnificent scenery of the Rokurigahara Plain.

    8月11日訪問 今年2回目で営業時間内に訪問(1回目は4月5日) やはり夏の高原ってこれって訪れれば必ず納得できる場所です。 ただ今回残念だったのは『ジョッキ牛乳』 脇から見えてしまったのですが、ジョッキが冷えているのは問題ないんですけど肝心の牛乳は紙パックから注入されていました。 色々事情はあるんでしょうけど、仮にも普通なら高い鬼押ハイウェーを利用してくるケースが多いなら、もう少し気を使って...

  • Chopsticks Furusato WAKASA
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    Fukui Obama-shi Fukutani 8-1-3
    A shop selling and displaying chopsticks located along National Route 162 in Fukutani, Obama City. On display and for sale are about 3,000 different styles of chopsticks including the local Obama specialty Wakasa Lacquered Chopsticks, which boast over 80% domestic market share for lacquered chopsticks. There's also an area where you can try polishing Wakasa Lacquered Chopsticks. Every year on August 4th, Chopsticks Day, they hold special events including chopstick memorial services and half price sales.

    This shop is located a few meters away from the sea. The world’s largest pair of chopsticks is located here. And, you can make your own chopsticks as souvenirs. This is a great place to visit, and to...

  • Kanuma City Kaboku Center
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    Tochigi Kanuma-shi Moro 2086-1
    "This large gardening shop complex is located on 400,000 meters of hilly land known by locals as ""Moroyama."" Its shop offers flowering plants, as well as garden trees, and landscaping and gardening supplies, with a particular focus on satsuki azalea. Some of its many facilities include a plum grove, the Wild Bird Forest, a tourist strawberry farm, and a hilltop barbequing space. It is a great place to enjoy spending a day surrounded by flowers and trees."
  • Toshimaya Okiishi
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 2-15-5
    This Western confection shop, part of the Toshimaya chain, stands opposite the main Toshimaya shop across Wakamiya Oji and offers seasonal cakes and eclairs. Cakes are sold on the first floor while the second floor is a spacious café. The shop’s unadorned cakes are all equally delicious.

    本店の筋向かい、二の鳥居すぐそばにあります。はじめて利用しましたが二階のゆったりしたスペースでおいしいケーキとコーヒーをいただきました。洋栗のモンブラン(650円)はボリュームたっぷりで昼食代わりになりました。一階にはケーキの他鳩サブレーが練り込まれたソフトクリームも売っていて、次回是非試したいと思います。

  • Ceramic Art Kilala-kan
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
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    Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 2258-1
    A ceramics shop carrying close to 10 thousand pieces by some 500 potters. Located close to the south entrance of Kasama Geijutsunomori Park, the shop can be identified by its large, floor to ceiling windows which occupy most of the front facade of the building. Pieces by ceramics artists are on display right by the entrance and the content of this display is changed every other week. Weekly exhibitions are also held in the shop's gallery space. The shop displays pieces not only by veteran potters but young up and comers as well. In the cafe corner, you can choose your favorite cup from among the many designed by shop artists and take a relaxing coffee break.

    明るく綺麗な建物内で様々な展示がありじっくり吟味したい方にはとても良いと思います。少しだけ通路に余裕があると良いかなと思いました。 次は夏のネコ展に来れたらなと思いました。

  • Asahido Main Shop
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Kiyomizu 1-280
    This shop at the entrance to the pilgrimage route to Kiyomizu-dera Temple specializes Kyoto ware and Kiyomizu ware porcelain. They have a number of special items including both mass-produced small-batch Kyoto ware and Kiyomizu ware, as well as pieces by famous potters and up-and-comers, and dishes perfect for gifts or for daily use. It has changed with the times since its founding in 1870, and stocks traditional Japanese crafts like porcelain, lacquerware, and kiriko cut glass from all over the country, and boasts of the biggest inventory in the country. They carry wine glasses, cutlery, luncheon mats and more to help you find tableware to match your lifestyle.

    Asahido has three stores a few steps from each other on the way to Kiyomizudera. Each is different from the other but all are excellently contains curated top quality, primarily Kyoto-based crafts...

  • Kibiji Motenashinoyakata
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    17 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Soujashi Shuku 418
    This is a specialty goods shop and restaurant located on Prefectural Route 270 in Shuku, Soja City. The shop sells local special products and fresh vegetables picked in the morning. There is also a gallery that displays and sells crafts. The restaurant serves set meals with a choice of Kibiji okowa glutinous rice with special black soybean or red bean rice, udon noodles, soba and curry. In addition, there is also a cafe menu offering dishes such as Kofunzenzai red bean soup (reservation required) using special tofu.

    吉備路もてなしの館は、備中国分寺の駐車場の横、県道270ご線沿いにある施設です。施設内にはレストランとおみやげ屋さんが併設されていました。軽食コーナーのような場所もあり、私たちはここでソフトクリームをいただきました。備中国分寺とこうもり塚古墳を回ってきた後だったので、休憩スポットとしてうれしい立地ですね。

  • CoppiceGARDEN
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
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    Tochigi Nasu-gun Nasumachi Takakuko 4453-27
    This gardening center surrounded by a coppice has something for gardeners of all skill and experience levels to enjoy. It carries a selection of more than 2,000 items all year long including rose seedlings, perennials, annuals, herbs, clematis, and other plants, as well as gardening supplies and household goods. There is also a cafe that serves lunches and sweets made with local ingredients.

    実はそんなに期待していなかったのだが、結構見応えのある庭園。 バラも勿論素晴らしかった。が、私は可愛い橋のある大きな池が気に入った。造り自体は似てはいない池だが、モネを想える水面はずっと眺めていられるほど美しかった。

  • Tree Village Television Station Official Shop, Tokyo Skytree Town, Solamachi Store
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    Tokyo Sumida-ku Oshiage 1-1-2 Tokyo Sky Tree Town/Sola Massi 4F
    This promotional goods store is on the fourth floor of the Tokyo Solamachi merchandise building, near the Tokyo Skytree in Oshiage, Sumida Ward. This store sells character goods from the television programs or movies aired on the primary Tokyo broadcasting stations, including Fuji Television, Nippon Television, TV Asahi, TBS, and TV Tokyo. Annexed to the store is a cafe which serves cuisine coordinated with the programs currently in season.
  • Dragon Art Koushuuya
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    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Shimohatsuishimachi 804
    This tourist painting shop is located in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. The shop demonstrates and sells ippitsuryu paintings. Ippitsuryu is a style of painting in which a dragon is drawn with a single brush stroke. The works on display in the shop are also available for purchase. Beloved as a lucky charm, many people purchase ippitsuryu paintings as presents for important events. The shop is visited by tourists from Japan and around the world.

    I dropped in to look at the artists work, and to watch him at work. His dragon paintings are quite beautiful. They can be custom made to have a special kanji symbol as well as colours and size...

  • Koyasan Daisido
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    6 Reviews
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    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 732-1
    This incense and fragrant wood specialty shop is located in Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture. Its white walls and black tiling give it a very grand appearance. It manufactures and sells products used inside the temples of Mt. Koya as well as products for cemetery visits and Buddhist altars at home. You’ll find the famous “reiko” incense as well as sandalwood, Koya mutsugi, and more. There are also incenses and scented oils that assist with healing and getting rid of bad smells, as well as several items that make great souvenirs. The adorable scented bags are a popular purchase.

    The shop was not far from the entrance to Okuno-in just across the street from Karukaya-do. The shop building looks quite new, but the shop is very old. It not only sell popular incense sticks but...

  • Ganso Shokuhin Sample Shop, Kappabashi Store
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    Tokyo Taitou-ku Nishiasakusa 3-7-6
    This is a specialty food sampling store located just five minutes from the A2 Exit of the Tsukuba Express, Asakusa Station. On the first floor of the main building, various unique goods and objects, such as bacon shaped bookmarks, and a potato shaped memo stand, are sold. One of the popular activities are the various exhibit corners introducing the processes by which food samples are made, demonstrated using hamburger as an example; as well as the sample kit Samplun for making these items at home. The second floor is set up with hands-on activity spaces, such as the Tempura and Lettuce food sample making experience space.
  • Yamadamatsu Incense-wood Co., Ltd.
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Kamigyo-ku Kageyukojicho 164

    御所から1本西に入ったところにあるお香専門店。 香初体験の友人と香炉の整え方と香の聞き方を体験するコースに参加。自宅でも出来るようにやさしく丁寧に教えてくれる。伽羅のほかに5種を聞く事もできて良かった。香りの微妙な違いに次は三種香や源氏香などの香当ても挑戦したいものだと思った。聞香で癒されたあとに、お菓子とお抹茶まで頂きほっこり。

  • Hakone Sekisho Tabimonogatarikan
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    Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Hakone 10
    Located in Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa, this is a tourism center for experiencing the Japanese culture conveniently. The pleasure cruiser is popular not only with couples, but with foreigners, because you can dress-up in a kimono to enjoy the ride. The souvenir stores, designed in a manner reminiscent of the Edo period, have a large variety of Hakone specialty products and artisan works.
  • Fine China Store YAMAWA
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    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Saiwaicho 7-1
    Inside the black painted walls of this warehouse facing Ichibangai Dori Road you'll find works by local potters on display making dynamic use of the thick pillars and beams holding up the shop. Along with their works you'll also find displays introducing you to the individual careers of the different artists. Enjoy considering the various characteristics of the artists and the overall form and texture of their works as you make a decision.

    陶舗やまわは、本川越駅から徒歩15分くらいのところ一番街にあります。長喜院の参道の入口のところにあります。川越を代表する蔵造りの建物です。1月の早朝に見つけました。川越大火直後の明治26年に建てられた2階建の重厚な建物です(写真参照)。歴史的な建物に興味がある方にお勧めのスポットです。

  • Mt. Hakodate Ropeway Sancho Store
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    11 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Hakodate-shi Gotenyama 1 Hakodateyama Ropeway Mountain peak Observation Deck 2F
    This souvenir shop is located in the summit observatory of the Mt. Hakodate Ropeway. The spacious store features a number of Hokkaido souvenirs, including items from standard to only available in Hakodate and famous Hokkaido treats. Here you can find a range of popular products, such as Hakodate Lamb Curry and Hakodate White Lamb Curry, which are made in collaboration with Gotoken. Also available are pin badges inspired by the Mt. Hakodate Ropeway lifts and original merchandise featuring Hakodate's very own character, Kita Usagi. The shop always bustles with sightseers enjoying the view from the top of the mountain. Various credit cards and electronic money can be used.

    函館山ロープウェイで登った先の施設にあるお土産屋さんです。 函館だけでなく、北海道のお土産が揃ってます。 お菓子、雑貨、衣類など種類が多いです。 一部値下げ品もありました。

  • Tanaka Seika Company (Rumoi Main Store)
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    Hokkaido Rumoishi Sakaemachi 2-4-24
    Founded in 1958, the Tanaka Seika is a fresh vegetable, fruit and pickles wholesale store located in Sakae-machi, Rumoi City. The seasonal vegetables grown on the fertile plains of Hokkaido, where temperatures drastically fluctuate every day and night, the Tanaka Seika makes hallmark Hokkaido tsukemono pickled items without any additives. Their shelves are lined with distinctive pickles such as koji-yeast marinated daikon, cabbage, and gutted herring, the fisherman's Yanshu Nishin pickled herring, as well as the seafood daikon pickles or the hakusai cabbage soy sauce pickles expressing the local flavor. Winner of the Kitano High Grade Shokuhin 2014 Award, for the colorful and visually pleasant pickles, which is a creation of their vegetable sommelier, is very popular.

    「やん衆にしん漬」の本店。定番のにしん漬だけでなく、いろいろな種類の大根の漬物を買うことができる。漬物は重いのでネット買いになるところだが、試食ができるのが実店舗のいいところ。

  • Bingoya
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    Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Wakamatsuchou 10-6
    A folk craft store located a one minute walk from Wakamatsu-kawada Station on the Toei Oedo subway line. The store's sale's floors are located on floors B1 through 4. Here you'll find shelves packed with traditional folk crafts made in areas around the country, and visitors will find themselves enwrapped in a sense of nostalgia for Japan's past. The store's countless selection of choice Japanese folk crafts includes traditional toys; papier mache figures; pottery; glassware; indigo dyed cloth; and stationary, envelopes for special occasions, and other Japanese washi paper products. All of the store's goods carry that special warmth only handmade items have and remain uninfluenced by recent trends in this or that folk craft, making searching for your favorites part of the fun of coming here.

    ......................has five (5) floors of crafts, textiles, pottery and even souvenirs. Is 3 Metro u/ground stations from the main Shinjuku station.

  • Osada-en Main Store
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    Shizuoka Shuchi-gun Morimachi Mori 1522-1
    A shop selling Shizuoka tea, located near the Mori Keisatsu Mae bus stop and across the street from the Mori Substation of the Fukuroi Police. Visitors to the shop can take their time drinking the house brand tea which is also sold also over the internet. The cafe space inside the shop serves a variety of sweets that go with the tea varing from season to season. Experts on Japanese tea are available to answer questions about the best ways to brew tea or how the varieties of tea differ. The Yamabuki Nadeshiko variety of tea, which won a prize in the World Green Tea Contest, is for sale, along with products such as cosmetics that contain tea.

    店内に入るとお茶とお菓子の試食をくださいます。お茶もお菓子も行くたびに違うものを出してくださいます。 お茶もいろんな種類があるのでどれを購入するか迷ってしまいます。

  • Glico-Ya Dotonbori Branch
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    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-7-21 Kudaira Building 1F Little Osaka Dotonbori Shop interior
    Ezaki Glico’s antenna shop is on the first floor of the “Nakaza Kuidaore Building”, just a short walk from the Glico signboard which is a well-known sight of Osaka. It is located in “Little Osaka Dotonbori Store” in the souvenir market. The shop is always crowded with tourists and sells various items such as Glico original goods, limited edition sweets, and reprinted Bisco editions. The “Chocolate Mochi Rice Cake” which comes in three flavors: chocolate, matcha (green tea), and orange is popular. The nearest station is Namba Station.

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