11 Best Antenna Shops in Ginza and Yurakucho

Iwate Prefecture's antenna shop, Iwate Ginga Plaza, is a popular place to find seafood from the Sanriku region. The store is spacious and has a wide range of products. The "Sanriku Kaiho Zuke" made with salmon roe, abalone, and mekabu seaweed is a true "Jewel Box of the Sea". The Western-style canned mackerel, "Cava" is also popular as it goes well with pasta and snacks. The third Friday of every month is "Bread Day," and the shop sells many local breads. When the locals favorite, Fukuda Bread is on sale, because of its popularity, there is a long line of customers.

Local craft beers

Canned mackerel

Iwate Ginga Plaza

Iwate Ginga Plaza

4.0

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Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 5-15-1 Nankai Tokyo Building 1F

0335248282

10:30-19:00 (until Sunday 17…

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Agora Tokyo Ginza

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Ginza Nagano has a bar counter in the center of the store where customers can compare local wines and enjoy seasonal "petit parfait". The shop offers a wide variety of oyaki (bun stuffed with many ingredients), a staple of Nagano Prefecture, and honey since Nagano prefecture is the largest producer in Japan. The very popular "milk bread" is often sold out in the morning, so it is recommended to go early before the store opens. Customers may also be able to find their favorite brand of cider, an apple liquor that has become increasingly popular in recent years.

Milk Bread (left) Bread with red bean paste "An-Butter" (right)

Apple Cider

Ginza Nagano

Ginza NAGANO

4.0

20 Reviews

Tokyo Chuo-ku Ginza 5-6-5 NOCO 124F

0362746015

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Tau Setouchi Hiroshima is a very popular Hiroshima antenna shop with annual sales of over 1 billion yen. Inside the shop, there is a restaurant where visitors can try an authentic Italian dish using local ingredients from Hiroshima. And also, local dish, Hiroshima-yaki, a savory pancake can also be eaten here.
Aside from the main dishes, sweets like “Hasasku Daifuku”, mochi with Japanese citrus is insanely popular and solds out instantaneously as soon as it's on sale.

Hassaku Daifuku (mochi with Japanese citrus)

Ice cream sold at Hiroshima Cafe on the 1st floor

Tau Setouchi Hiroshima

Oishii Yamagata Plaza is an antenna shop of Yamagata Prefecture with a nostalgic atmosphere. The store sells fresh vegetables and looks as if you are at a local roadside station. Aside from vegetables, the shop sells sweets made from "Dadacha-mame," a delicious brand of edamame available only in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, and various kinds of pickled vegetables. One of the popular souvenirs from Yamagata prefecture is the Milk Cake, a flat sheet of crispy textured sweets containing milk. This comes in different flavors like cherry, yogurt, and melon milk. It is available to purchase at the antenna shop too.

Milk Cake

Plum Jelly "Noshi Ume"

Oishii Yamagata Plaza

Oishii Yamagata Plaza Tourist Information Corner

Tokyo Chuo-ku Ginza 1-chome 5-10

0352501750

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Ishikawa Local Speciality Store is an antenna shop of Ishikawa Prefecture, that handles many traditional crafts including colorful Kutani ware. A wide range of products are sold from the basement floor to the second floor, including chewy gyoza dumplings from the popular Ishikawa gyoza specialty store "Po" and "amber sugar" made with beautiful colors. There is also "oil-removing paper" with gold leaf and skin care products, which is a popular souvenir. Also another item favored by visitors is the Ishiru, a type of fish sauce popular as a versatile soup stock used in a variety of dishes.

Monaka (waffers filled with bean jams)

Walnuts coated with maple syrup

Ishikawa Local Speciality Store

Ishikawa Hyakumangoku Monogatari Edo Main Store

4.0

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Tokyo Chuo-ku Ginza 2-2-18 TH Ginza Building

0355795890

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Okinawa Ginza Washita Shop is an Okinawa antenna shop that also offers a full range of eat-in services, and is the most popular of all the antenna stores in Ginza. Customers can eat brightly colored tropical "Blue Seal" ice cream, freshly fried "Sata Andagi(deep fried doughnut)" and "Soki (pork spare rib) Soba" inside the store. The shop also offers fruits and fresh vegetables such as pineapples, making it a fun place to spend some tropical time. Local beer and sake like "Orion beer" and “Awamori" is a must buy item. The basement floor is dedicated to Okinawan crafts.

Sata Andagi (deep fried doughnut)

Sweets made from shikuwasa or citrus depressa (Okinawan citrus)

Okinawa Ginza Washita Shop

Ginza Washita Shop Main Store

4.0

186 Reviews

Tokyo Chuo-ku Ginza 1-3-9 Maruito Ginza Building 1 FB 1

0367018220

10:00-20:00[Parlor]10:30-18:…

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The antenna shop of Kochi Prefecture, Marugoto Kochi specializes in items using yuzu (citron), ginger, bonito, and bundan (pomelo). The shop is located next to the Okinawa Ginza Wasta Shop, the antenna shop of Okinawa Prefecture. At Marugoto Kochi, there are a wide variety of bottled seasonings, such as ponzu (a kind of citrus juice) rich in yuzu (citrus fruit), that can be used as a dipping sauce or flavor enhancer when cooking hot pot at home. The popular "Boshi Pan'' directly translated as hat bread is a uniquely shaped sweet bread favored by the locals. Another recommendation from this shop is the Millet Cookies available in black pepper, garlic, caramel, and other rarely seen flavors.

Boshi Pan (Bread in the shape of a hat)

Millet Cookie

Marugoto Kochi

Marugoto Kochi, a Kochi Prefecture Satellite Shop

4.0

124 Reviews

Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 1-3-13 Orb Premier

0335384365

[B1 Tosa Kura/1F Tosa City] …

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Food Mart Fukui from Fukui Prefecture specializes in the variety of delicious gourmets from Fukui, but of all, the sweets are highly recommended for a try. Usually eaten during the summer, the mizu-yokan, a chilled Japanese dessert made of red (or white) bean jelly, in Fukui, it is a custom to eat it in winter. A large flat box approximately the size of an A4 size is filled with mizu-yokan which melts in your mouth. The texture is firm so it is easily sliceable, and has just the right amount of sweetness. Another local favorite sweets is the Habutae Mochi which has a very soft but a bit of chewy texture.

Habutae Mochi

Mizu-Yokan

Food Mart Fukui

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Tokyo Itabashi-ku Minamitokiwadai 1-26-13 small Fujita building 2F

0359268812

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Ibaragi Sense is an antenna store of Ibaraki Prefecture that has a cafe "BARA cafe" next door. Customers can eat inside the cafe and order food using seasonal local ingredients. The Melon Marugoto Cream Soda that appeared in the summer was a luxurious dessert using a whole melon, and was very popular and even went viral on social media. The most popular item on the regular menu is the Natto Ice Cream which has a sticky texture but the sweetness of the ice cream is surprisingly a good match to the natto. However, according to the shop, it is not to everyone's taste, so it is definitely worth a try if anyone is curious about it.

Natto with ice cream

Dried sweet potato

Ibaraki Sense

バラダイニング

東京都中央区銀座1-2-1 IBARAKI sense

0362632002

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Located on the ground floor of Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan, where many antenna stores are located, the antena shop of Osaka, Osaka Hyakkaten (Department Store) has a standing bar, as they sell takoyaki and ikayaki (squid) as well as highballs and other alcoholic beverages. For a new souvenir to try, the Kokyu Chocolate, literally translated as “breathing chocolate” is a new product from Osaka that is famed for its mousse like chocolate which instantly melts in your mouth are something to consider. Another must try item would be the multicolored "kompeito"(sugar candy). The long-established building located in front of Yurakucho Station, Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan is a spot itself with more than 14 antenna shops so aside from Osaka, it is better to wander around to see more antenna shops from different regions of Japan.

Takoyaki at a bar inside the antenna shop

Kompeito (sugar candy)

Osaka Hyakkaten (Department Store)

Osaka Department Store

3.5

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Tokyo Chiyoda Yurakucho

0352201333

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Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza is a very popular Hokkaido antenna store located on the ground floor of Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan. Many events are held here for limited periods, and people often line up even before the store opens to get food that is hard to find unless you go to Hokkaido. The melons used in the Yubari melon ice cream are carefully selected from 136 melon farms in Yubari City and are popular year round. It is moderately sweet and refreshing to eat.

Yubari Melon ice cream

Sweet bun with milk paste

Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza

Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza Yurakucho Store

4.0

169 Reviews

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Yurakucho 2-10-1 Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan 1F

0352243800

10:00-20:00

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