The Ultimate Pokemon TCG Guide to Tokyo
52 card shops across 6 neighborhoods. Every stop worth making, from tax-free flagships to vintage specialists, mapped for the serious card hunter.
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52 card shops across 6 neighborhoods. Every stop worth making, from tax-free flagships to vintage specialists, mapped for the serious card hunter.
Pokémon card hunting in Akihabara? Start with these four areas.
Read the guide →Four flagships and eight more stores, and what each offers that most Uniqlo branches do not, from a rice-cracker T-shirt sold only in Ginza to sashiko stitching in Setagaya.
Breakfast in Tokyo can be sushi at a market counter, grilled fish with rice and miso soup, or a bowl of soba eaten standing up. These 29 places all serve by 8:00 on at least some days, the earliest from 5:00.
Read the guide →Tokyo turns gold in late autumn. Here are nineteen places to see the leaves in 2026, in the order good viewing is forecast to begin.
Read the guide →Nine Japanese snacks creators put on camera, from matcha KitKat to Puré lemon gummies, each priced under ¥500 a pack.
Plan an evening among the lights and markets, with fifteen winter displays in Tokyo and nearby Chiba and Kanagawa for 2026-27, in the order they switch on.
The Christmas range, called Christmas Junbi Chu (getting ready for Christmas), reaches Pokémon Centers on October 24, 2026. Compare the prices and choose among four Tokyo stores and Tokyo Bay in Funabashi, Chiba.
Where to buy One Piece merch in Tokyo. We mapped 22 stores, from the five Mugiwara Stores to ONE PIECE BASE SHOP, JUMP SHOP and the Akihabara figure shops.
Read the guide →Sanrio’s free Kuromi Halloween event runs from October 19 to November 1, 2026 at MEDIA DEPARTMENT TOKYO. The shop lists 21 product types, priced from ¥550 to ¥5,500 including tax.
Thank You Mart’s Tamagotchi 30th anniversary collection is due in stores in late October 2026. Most items cost ¥429 including tax, with arrivals varying by store.
The CHPT.9 Pore Clear Serum ranks first for the second time in six editions. The fino Premium Touch Hair Mask and DHC Vitamin C have appeared in every edition, while KitKat Matcha makes its debut.
The Tokyo clothing stores Edison Chen, Yoon Ahn, Poggy and W. David Marx recommend. Isaac Hindin-Miller asks his Best of Tokyo guests for their picks, and we mapped all 38 stores they named, one branch per brand.
Read the guide →Save extra at Don Quijote — Tokyo's favorite late-night shopping stop for snacks, beauty, and souvenirs.
13 dishes across 4 local eateries — a guided crash course in Tokyo neighborhood eating.