Archive List for Tokyo

Omotesando is a street of flagship boutiques, not a one-stop luxury mall. What it does well, and where to go instead when you want everything under one roof.

Takeshita Street's main shops open at 10:30 or 11:00 and sell accessible teen fashion. Cat Street, Laforet and Omotesando answer different Harajuku questions.

Ameyoko has no single opening time and no guaranteed bargain. What the street actually sells, and when the shops you came for are open.

Kappabashi is 170 independent shops, not one cookware market — no shared price policy and no shared returns desk. How to shop a street that works that way.

Mandarake at Nakano Broadway is more than 30 separate specialist shops, each with its own counter. It opens at noon, two hours after the building around it.