Hotels By City: Cheap Hotels, Hotel Guides & Hotel Blogs

One of the best shopping walks in Tokyo starts with the hubbub of Harajuku.  Famous for its wild fashions and bustling street life, Harajuku is a great place to find simple, affordable treasures.  Cool secondhand shops, accessories stalls, and any sort of goth/schoolgirl/Vegas showgirl costume you might have in mind can be found there.There are a few good restaurants in Harajuku, but we usually prefer to eat in Omostesando, which is also a ...

Tokyo Shopping - Hundred Yen Shops

Sprinkled here and there (building codes seem to involve structure more than content or activity in Japan) and very commonly around Tokyo, wonderful 100 yen shops – sometimes 99 yen, maybe a competing firm – offer resident and visitor a wild array of basic items. Almost everything is for sale for the basic fee plus a small consumption tax, which means these are the dollar ...