musashi koyama may have one of the most famous “shotengaiâ€, or shopping streets, in the opinion of foreigners living in japan. located in the heart of tokyo on the tokyu meguro line and just two stop away from meguro station, musashi koyama is one of these small “villages†in tokyo that need to be visited at least once in your life if you want to have a better idea of how people shop and live in tokyo.
Mount Mitake, opened in 1956, this 1km long covered shotengai will offer everything you need to cover your basic needs including the ‘100 yen’ shops, restaurants, pharmacies, pachinko parlors, hair salons, food stores, book stores as well as some more traditional ones selling green tea and kimono. of course there are no shopping streets in japan without a wide selection of bars and other dinner restaurants
and has you may have guessed musashi koyama and its shotengai is no exception! next to the main shopping street and close to the train station entrance you will find a bunch of these places that are only really turn to life after the sun has set.
musashi koyama may have one of the most famous “shotengaiâ€, or shopping streets, in the opinion of foreigners living in japan. located in the heart of tokyo on the tokyu meguro line and just two stop away from meguro station, musashi koyama is one of these small “villages†in tokyo that need to be visited at least once in your life if you want to have a better idea of how people shop and live in tokyo.
Mount Mitake, opened in 1956, this 1km long covered shotengai will offer everything you need to cover your basic needs including the ‘100 yen’ shops, restaurants, pharmacies, pachinko parlors, hair salons, food stores, book stores as well as some more traditional ones selling green tea and kimono. of course there are no shopping streets in japan without a wide selection of bars and other dinner restaurants
and has you may have guessed musashi koyama and its shotengai is no exception! next to the main shopping street and close to the train station entrance you will find a bunch of these places that are only really turn to life after the sun has set.