Other Store Spots in Japan

  • Gifu Seki Cutlery Hall
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    Gifu Seki-shi Heiwadori 4-12-6
    A direct to customer store managed and operated by the Gifu Seki Cutlery Hall Association. The traditional techniques involved in Seki cutlery have been handed down from generation to generation since the end of the Kamakura period 800 years ago. The export value of Seki's cutlery is almost 50% of Japan's entire share, and Seki cutlery is renowned in North America and around the world. This store carries around 2,500 pieces of the finest Seki cutlery, and here you can purchase high quality kitchen knives, pocket and utility knives, scissors, razors, and more.

    関市の交流施設せきてらすの中にあり、刃物の展示・販売がされています。独ゾーリンゲン、英シェフィールドと並ぶ世界三大刃物産地の一つの関市の施設とあって包丁やナイフから爪切りまで様々な刃物が並んでいてみて回るだけでも面白いです。刃物を無料で研いでもらえるイベントには多くの方が集まっていました。近くの鍛治伝承館と併せて訪れると良いと思います。

  • Yamato Sample Factory
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    Tokyo Toshima-ku Kamiikebukuro 4-18-2 Tatematsu Mansion 101

    This was one the most fun activities in all Japan. Every restaurant shows samples of their menu, and all over world we laugh at the accurate representation. So we arrived and decided to create our...

  • Tamura Seihoen
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Shounamichou 18
    This tea shop is located in a prime example of a traditional Nara townhouse that happens to be registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. The shop offers a number of varieties of Nara's Yamato tea, including gyokuro, sencha, hojicha, and bancha. Yamato tea, which refers to tea harvested in the Yamato Highlands, is known for its savory flavor. The name of cha-gayu (rice gruel cooked in tea) made by monks of Todaiji Temple and Kofukuji Temple with Yamato tea is known as Yamato no Cha-gayu.

    こちらでは過去《ほうじ茶》と《かりがね焙じ茶》を購入し、こちらの茶を妻ともども気に入っており [春日庵]の《かき氷》と《さつま焼き》を楽しむ為に[ならまち]訪問機会に こちらに立ち寄りました。今回は《かりがね焙じ茶 100g 500円税込》に加え《抹茶入りかりがね玄米茶 100g...

  • Yunotsu Yakimono no Sato
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    Shimane Pref. Odashi Yunotsuchouyunotsu I A 22-2
    You’ll find this tourism facility in Yunotsu Town, Ohda City, Shimane Prefecture. This town once flourished as a shipping port for silver ore mined from the World Heritage Site Iwami Ginzan silver mine, and there are two ascending kilns remaining from that era, the largest in the country. In the “Yakimono-kan (Pottery building),” there are exhibits on excellent works of Yunotsu-yaki ware as well as materials on the history of the ceramic art. The workshop allows visitors to create handmade original mugs, plates, bowls, and other items and hand-decorate them.

    Small museum / shop 5 minutes drive from Yunotsu. Offers the chance to paint / glaze pottery from Y2000. Kilns interesting, but if not doing activity, spend 20mins max here.

  • Yumekyobashi Akarikan
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    Shiga Hikone-shi Honmachi 2-1-3
    This shop stocks a variety of lamps, candles, incense, and related items sure to help you add soothing moments to your everyday life. The first floor is occupied by a shop selling Japanese candles, a traditional Hikone craft; Western-style candles; incense; and merchandise featuring local mascot character Hikonyan. There's also Shofuku Honpo, a beckoning cat figurine specialty shop; and a workshop area where you can participate in a candle making activity. The second floor is home to the Town Museum, which displays a diverse array of cultural collections connected to and inspired by everyday life in Hikone.

    キャッスルロードの彦根城に近い場所にあるお店です。あかりは灯りで、知らなかったのですが、彦根の伝統工芸である和ろうそくやキャンドル、お香の展示があります。キャンドルは制作もできるようになっているので、記念品にいいと思います。

  • Gujo Hachiman Beer Kobokobo
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    Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Hachimanchoushinmachi 939
    Gujo Hachiman Beer Kobokobo is an artisan beer brewery made with the famous local water. Its sales outlet is located inside ofGenrinMachiyaBuilding, a traditional machiya house, built more than 80 years ago, that once housed an apothecary. Because of a microbrewery, the amounts available at any one time are limited, but many varieties are available, including pale ale and cream ale. The smallgarden of the house functions as a food court, where customers can buy food at the counters and sit wherever they like to enjoy their beer. The machiyaBuilding also houses Spain Bar and other businesses, and customers may buy the food to accompany their beer at one of these other places.

    郡上八幡クラフトビールを飲むことができます。定休日は水曜日で、24:00まであいています。美味しかったです。

  • Ohara Museum of Art Museum Shop
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Chuo 1-1-15 Ohara Art Museum
    A 15-minute walk from JR Kurashiki Station. A shop located within Ohara Museum of Art, Japan's first western modern art museum, situated on the corner of Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter. They sell art books and merchandise such as stationary decorated with motifs of the art in the museum's collection. In particular they offer a wide selection of postcards decorated with the works of artists including El Greco, Monet, Gauguin, and Picasso. Also popular is the Original Book Tin Cookies which come in a tin shaped like a book and decorated with a print of a classic novel. You can enter the shop without entering the museum.

    今回は美術館には寄らず、美観地区散策の際にミュージアムショップにだけ寄りました。 25年以上前は、美術館や展覧会でポストカードなど買うと100円くらいしましたが、 その当時は、こんなにおしゃれなミュージアムショップなどはなかったけれど 大原美術館は美術館本体の内容もお値段以上でしたが(笑)、 びっくりするくらいポストカードとかが安くって、たくさん買いました。 ほとんどは手紙など送って使い切ってしま...

  • Ikumimama Dobutsu Doughnuts
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    Kanagawa Pref. Kawasakishi Nakahara-ku Kiduki 3-6-18 Motosumi Core Building 1F
    Ikumama Dobutsu Doughnuts were a sensation on Twitter and have also been featured in the mass media. These charming doughnuts are not only made to delight the eye but are also made with carefully selected ingredients from all over Japan, including fertile eggs, in the interests of safety. The doughnuts are also made with great care to produce a subtle, sophisticated sweetness. The shop also sells limited seasonal varieties of doughnuts and ordinary doughnuts not in the shapes of animals but in a wide range of flavors.

    テレビにもよく紹介されています。 シンプルな味のドーナツで、くどくないさっぱりとした甘さです。 お子さんのいるご家庭への手土産には、最高だと思います。

  • Shikemichi Glass Gallery
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    Aichi Nagoya-shi Nishi-ku Nagono 1-31-2
    A glass gallery located in Nagono 1 Chome, Nishi Ward, Nagoya City. Operating out of an old remodeled Japanese home standing on Shikemichi, a historical preservation street, the establishment sells over 600 pieces of glassware, including accessories and tableware.

    創業明治38年の老舗ガラス食器卸会社直営の町家を利用したカラス食器のショップです。普段使いの食器から江戸切子や作家作品まで幅広いガラス製品が並んでいました。見るだけでも楽しめます。四間道散策の際に立ち寄ってみては如何ですか。

  • Kiyosu Furusato no Yakata
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    Aichi Kiyosu-shi Kiyosu Kojo 479-1
    This tourist facility located in front of the Kiyosu-jo Ohashi Bridge, about a 15-minute walk from Kiyosu Station on the JR Tokaido Main Line. In addition to souvenir shops and a free rest area, the facility offers exhibitions of armor and a movie corner introducing Kiyosu, giving visitors a feel for the history of the area. The sales corner has a wide selection of products on sale including locally produced miso paste and Japanese sweets, and goods featuring family crests. Popular items are the goods related to the Warring States period warlords such as Nobunaga Oda. Stamps commemorating your climb up the castle are also on sale. Local volunteers also run regular tours of the area around the castle.

    清洲城にある売店ですが、お土産以外に映像コーナーでは清洲城を説明するビデオ上映、展示コーナーではレプリカですが甲冑の展示があります。お土産があまり魅力的で無く、トイレ休憩になりました。窓際から正面に見える清洲城が素敵です。

  • Nagatoro-Poppo
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    Saitama Chichibu-gun Nagatoromachi Nagatoro 487-3

    長瀞駅から石畳方面に行った商店街の入り口にあるショップです。ジブリ製品がいっぱい、ジオラマもあり、子供連れに特にオススメできる店舗です。

  • Oshugama Tensei
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    Saga Imari Okawachicho Hei 210
    A pottery that mainly makes incense burners. They have an exhibition space in front of the parking lot at Okawachiyama, a little-known pottery village. It displays daily items like coffee cups and flower vases, as well as original incense holders carved from camellia wood. They have an array of work imbued with the dignity and sensitivity of the Nabeshima tradition.

    大秀窯は、焼き物のふるさとである大川内山の入り口に架かる鍋島藩窯橋の下側のたもとのそばにありました。 おしゃれで素敵なギャラリーには、作品がとても美しく並べられていました。この地の青磁原石を使っているという青磁を生かした作品は、その微妙で繊細な色とデザインが、本当に素晴らしかったです。

  • Tezukuri Hashi Kobo Yuzen
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    Gunma Agatsuma-gun Kusatsumachi Kusatsu 389
    Located along West Kawahara Street in the Kusatsu hot spring resort area of Kusatsu, Kusatsu-cho, Agatsuma-gun, this chopstick specialty store offers hundreds of different types of chopsticks in a variety of designs and materials, and is popular for its free chopstick engraving service that allows customers to have their favorite characters engraved on their chopsticks.

    ・株式会社 寺子屋さんが運営する「手作り箸工房 遊膳...

  • Tsuchiuramachikadokura nomura
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    Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Chuou 1-12-5

    石原さとみがメトロのCMで出ていたもので行ってみました。 内装も蔵造りでレトロな感じが出ています。 壁が厚いので線路のそばなのに、外の音まはったく聞こえません。 時間がゆっくり流れている気がしました。 ホットケーキセットとチーズケーキセットをいただきましたが、味は普通です。 しかし、この雰囲気は気に入りましたので、また行ってみたいお店です。

  • Daimonya
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    Gunma Pref. Takasakishi Fujitsukamachi 124-2
    This store is located approximately 15 minutes by taxi from the JR Takasaki Station, or approximately 20 minutes from the Kan-etsu Expressway Takasaki Interchange. Foremost Daruma producer in the country, and located in Takasaki City, this store makes and sells Takasaki Daruma. It produces various types and sizes of handmade Daruma, from Fuku Daruma to Maneki Neko-shaped Daruma, in huge quantities. Apart from a few certain varieties, it is possible to have names printed on the Daruma, and while the workshop is usually off-limits to the public, there are also original eyebrow and beard-drawing experience events available. (A reservation is required.)

    I alway order a year end becouse III present for my relative. Daruma is wish our will or hope and evrything with write Darumas right eye. When your wish is granted you can write Darumas left eye.

  • Ozawa Rosoku-ten
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    Fukushima Pref. Aiduwakamatsushi Nishisakaemachi 6-27
    A long-standing shop housed in a subdued early Meiji period building located in Nishisakae Town, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture selling traditional Japanese candles and other crafts. The shop has handmade colorful decorated candles since the time of the eighth Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune. The history of Aizu decorated candles is linked to Aizu lacquerware and dates back 500 years. These precious candles are used for marriages and other special events. The shop’s candles decorated with tree peonies, camellias, wisteria, and other flower patterns are popular souvenirs. Visitors are also encouraged to participate in a candle decorating class to create a special memory of their trip.

    店の正面は全面ガラスと白い土塀で立派で目立っている建物で、会津の可愛い絵ろうそくとお線香を販売しているお店でした もし行かれたら、店内の床を見て下さい とても凝った床でした

  • Kojuro Plaza
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    Miyagi Shiroishi-shi Sawame 64-15
    A shop near the bus waiting area at the JR Tohoku Main Line Shiroishi Station Rotary. This cozy shop sells Shiroishi Castle related goods. The classic town-house styled shop has a number of original goods for Katakura Kojuro who ruled from the castle making this a popular shop for Kojuro fans. With the desire of spreading different people's creations further and wider they have a Fan Made Goods Corner for goods that spring from a customer's ideas. They also have local Shiroishi specialty products and sight-seeing maps making this an easy location for a Shiroishi Tourism base site and information station.

    JR白石駅ロータリー左手にあるこじんまりしたショップ。のぼりがあるので結構目立ちます。白石と言えば片倉小十郎なので、関連グッズを販売しているショップです。大名ではなく家臣でありながら、ここまで有名で、なおかつショップまであるということからも片倉小十郎という人物が傑物であったことがうかがえます。

  • On Sundays
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Jingumae 3-7-6 In Watarium Museum
    This is a museum shop and café of the “WATARI-UM Watari Museum of Contemporary Art” in Jingumae, Shibuya. The first floor sells stationery postcard collections and original products by Japanese and international artists. The basement floor is a bookshop with a rich assortment of art books such as design books and photograph collections from around the world. At the café you can enjoy authentic espresso, tea and light meals while being immersed in contemporary art. Talk events are also held.

    外苑西通りにある異質なコンクリートの建物。ワタリウム美術館に併設されたお店がon sundays’。1階と地下に広がる店内いっぱいにステーショナリーや雑貨が。珍しい物が多くて、ゆっくり見ていたらとんでもない時間が過ぎています。FREITAGも取り扱っています!

  • Oku Kyodoten (Oku Community Cooperative Store)
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    Okinawa Kunigami-gun Kunigamison Oku 113
    This local cooperative store is located in the Oku Community of Kunigami Village. The store is a kyodo baiten, a type of community funded and operated cooperative store unique to communities on isolated islands in Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture. This shop, which has been in business for more than a century, carries daily necessities as well as a number of exclusive products not available elsewhere. Offerings such as kunjan nanatu, a rice cake confection enjoyed by countless generations Okinawans, as well as Okumidori green tea from Japan's earliest harvest make great souvenirs. A corner of the shop furnished with tables and chairs has become a favorite place of local residents to relax.

    奥集落の人たちの共同店。生活必需品は勿論、買い物以外でも地域の人たちの憩いの場所にもなっていますね。観光客にも有名な場所で、観光客向けのオリジナル商品も売られています。(奥特産のお茶やTシャツなど)

  • Tomo Higoya
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    Hiroshima Pref. Fukuyamashi Tomochou Tomo 595
    Famous for its sea bream fishing nets, Tomonoura in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture is where you can find Tomo Higoya, a shop which specializes in sea bream miso. The shop opened in 2013 in an old Edo period merchant house. The sea bream miso is a local traditional dish made by simmering sea bream from Setouchi with locally produced miso and mirin, sake, and soy sauce, etc. The smell of Japanese peppers in the miso arouses a taste that can be enjoyed in various ways such as with rice, or eaten together with a glass of sake, or with ochazuke (boiled rice with tea). They have three kinds of flavors, red, white and sesame. Other things the shop sells include rolled sushi with sea bream miso and laver boiled in soy sauce.

    建物は江戸時代から続いているそうです。鯛味噌が有名です。イートインもできますし、手土産としても利用できます。

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