Harajuku fashion - Takeshita-dori
Takeshita-dori (Takeshita Street) runs past Harajuku Station and through Meiji-dori, and is a crossroads for street-style culture. Along the pedestrian-only road, shops specialize in unique clothing, such as punk fashion or costumes. Though the market may be more crowded on the weekends, it is still well worth visiting for the people watching alone.
Luxury items - Omotesando center
Omotesando in Harajuku is peppered with high-end stores that target fashionable urbanites. The broad, tree-lined avenue, located south of Takeshita-dōri, is known as Tokyo’s Champs-Elysées. Although it isn’t a typical market, this area of Tokyo is a great place to go shopping. Many of the high-end international stores here sprung up after the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, and a wealthy clientele can be seen browsing the famous cafés, boutiques, and restaurants.
Snacks and souvenirs - Nakamise market
Tokyo’s most visited tourist destination, the area attracts both Japanese and foreign tourists all year around. A shopping street that has been providing temple visitors with a variety of traditional, local snacks and tourist souvenirs for centuries. Nakamise market is a 250-meter shopping street where visitors can buy everything from snacks to souvenirs. Refresh yourself with a green-tea mochi before perusing beautiful kimonos or picking up some traditional ceramic bowls. Definitely a must for tourists who want to see where traditional Japanese culture meets modern-day styles.
Electronic devices and manga stuff - Akihabara
Akihabara also called Akiba after a former local shrine, is a district in central Tokyo that is famous for its many electronics shops. In more recent years, Akihabara has gained recognition as the center of Japan's otaku culture, and many shops and establishments devoted to anime and manga are now dispersed among the electronic stores in the district.
Fresh seafood - Tsukiji fish market
If you want to witness Tokyo’s busiest and biggest fish market, Tsukiji Fish Market, in action, then you’ll have to get up early. Registration starts at 4.30am at the information center at Kachidoki Gate. Many visitors follow up with a sushi breakfast at one of the many sushi counters, such as Sushi Dai, which serves some of the freshest fish in the city. In the outer market, visitors will find stalls selling foods and special ingredients, such as wasabi.
Antique and Specialty Daikan-mochi - Setagaya Boroichi
Dating back some 430 years, Boro-Ichi Street Market is the best place in Tokyo to shop for antique kimonos, toys, and clocks, as well as a variety of other items. In its early beginnings in the 1570s, Boro-Ichi was established as a ‘free market’ where taxes were removed to boost the economy. Now it has grown into a biannual two-day event set on the 15 and 16 December and January each year, attracting over 700 sellers.
Daikan-mochi is a local specialty that you can only get at this market. It’s rice cake consists of red bean paste, soybean flour and radish paste There is a dine-in area close to the stalls where you will find free hot tea. Local people believe Daikan-mochi is lucky, it is so popular that you’ll probably have to wait in line to get it.