Ameyoko Arcade

The city of Tokyo throbs with attractive shopping malls, fashionable boutiques and chic departmental stores. They add all the more to the lively spirit of the city. It also enhances the city's significance as one of the major shopping destinations in the world. Located nearby Okachimachi Station in the Ueno area, the Ameyoko Arcade is a busy shopping area featuring small shops and restaurants, and offering goods at affordable prices.

The vibrant arcade features approximately 500 shops selling fruits and vegetables and even fish. It is thronged by people and shops. The fish market featuring sea urchin, tuna, octopus, shellfish and salmon, reflects the fascination and predilection of the Japanese towards fish and other seafood items. Frogs and turtles, and bits and pieces of pigs, chicken and cow are also sold out here. Shops like Murachin, Nozawaya and Arai located in the basement of the building. They sell fresh vegetables. Apart from these, the arcade also consists of jewelry shops, cosmetics, shoes, bags, perfumes, sports goods, watches, t-shirts, dried food and spices like chilli and pepper powders. Aromatic herbs, sauce pouches, cumin seeds and cinnamon are available in this arcade. You can get some quality pens at discount offers and have the scope to bargain. Other than special Japanese pens, the stores keep imported pens too. The major pen shops here are Marui, Asahi Shokai, Daiya, Tachibana and Shizuya Shoka.

The Ameyoko Arcade is open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. It is located parallel to the JR Yamanote Line. It was originally a black market area. The bright and colorful shops will certainly lure the shopper in you. The arcade also features a candy store - Niki where you will get edible souvenir stuff. One such popular one is the Kiss Mint gum. Quite a number of 100 Yen Shops are also to be noticed in this area. If you are not in a mood or need to purchase anything, you can just relax and relish some snacks or light food items at the various restaurants and cafes located here. Enjoy a sumptuous sushi platter in one of these food outlets. Here you will also get to see a varied range of pachinko game parlors. The vendors and the shop sellers are amazingly amicable and pleasing in their ways while dealing with the customers.

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