Tokyo Shopping - Department Stores

Tokyo department stores offer a wide array of merchandise for shoppers, from cosmetics and house wares to designer fashions and accessories. Whether you're interested in the brand name boutiques of Odakyu, the style and service of Matsuya, the amazing product lineup of Tokyu Hands or the exotic offerings of Takashimaya Times Square, there's a Tokyo department store for every style and budget.

Keio Department Store

Keio Department Store is part of the Keio Group, which also operates a suburban railway line from Shinjuku to western Tokyo. The department store consists of 11 floors, including a food department in the basement and several restaurants on the restaurant floor.

Lumine

Lumine is owned by JR East has 3 buildings around the JR Shinjuku Station. Lumine 1 and Lumine 2, both located at the South Exit, cater to all ages with average priced goods. Lumine Est is located at the East Exit and focuses more on famous restaurants and haute fashion for younger women.

Matsuya Department Store

Matsuya, one of Tokyo's leading department stores, has unfailingly served its customers with the latest in fashion design and tastes for more than 80 years. From luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Prada and Mui Mui to Japan's top products and traditional handicrafts. Their Asakusa store is located by Asakusa Station, while their Ginza store is located in one of the world's foremost fashion streets. Drop by Matsuya when shopping in Tokyo!

Mylord

Mylord, located behind the Keio Department Store, is affiliated with the Odakyu Group, and caters to a younger age group. Mylord offers seven floors of shopping and three restaurant floors. The complex also includes "Mosaic Dori", a narrow pedestrian street between the Keio and Odakyu department stores.

Odakyu Department Store

Odakyu Department Store is part of the Odakyu Group, which also operates a suburban railway line from Shinjuku to Odawara. Odakyu is an all-round department store located directly above Shinjuku Station, facing the West Exit traffic circle. The department store is the largest on this side of Shinjuku Station with 16 floors, including a wonderful food department in the basement and restaurant floors. Odakyu Department Store and its Halc annex offer a complete range of high quality merchandise, including international brand name boutiques, famous-brand cosmetics, men’s, women’s, and children’s fashion and much more.

PARCO

With branches all over Tokyo, PARCO is a favorite haunt of locals in their twenties and thirties, with an emphasis on fashion. The PARCO shopping complex in Shibuya contains five buildings jam-packed with clothing shops, boutiques and restaurants catering to teenagers and young adults. Many designer brand and imported brand items that can't be found anywhere else in Tokyo. The PARCO store in Ikebukuro, with two buildings of 11 floors each, is full of Japanese clothing, CDs, books, beauty products and food.

Seibu Department Store

Seibu Department Store in Shibuya consists of nine floors and houses everything imaginable. Numerous boutiques with the latest fashion can be found in this popular shopping mall. There are restaurants on the top and bottom floors. There is also a Seibu Department Store in Ikebukuro located on top of the east exit of Ikebukuro Station.

Takashimaya Times Square

Takashimaya Times Square in Shinjuku opened in 1996 and is Japan's largest department store. Takashimaya stocks souvenirs, shoes, fashion and everything in between. The 15 floors include a food department in the basement and three restaurant floors, as well as the lifestyle superstore Tokyu Hands and the Kinokuniya book store with a large foreign language section. There is also a Sega amusement center within the Takashimaya Times Square complex, and an Imax theater.

Tobu Department Store

The world's two largest department stores, one built by the Seibu Railway Company and the other by Tobu, cut the Ikebukuro district right in half, forming as they say, "Ikebukero's Berlin Wall". Tobu Department Store is located on top of the west exit of Ikebukuro Station. This popular shopping mall houses a large number of fashion boutiques for both men and women. Tobu Department Store is open seven days a week.

Tokyu Hands

Tokyu Hands, located at the end of Center Gai is an eight-floor emporium of DIY and hobby related products. This department store has an amazing product lineup and is the place to go if you are looking for home decorations, interior, hobby, crafts, outdoors, stationery, or even really odd hard-to-find items. Plan to spend a day cruising the large array of lifestyle shops at Tokyu Hands.