Shopping Kansai

Cynthia Drescher: BEST STORE EVER. Downstairs is travel section (w/ Kansai special items!) & upstairs is best paper goods and, occasionally, vintage airline ephemera. Beauty section has tons of Korean & JP products.

JHA 3: Best men's department in South Japan!

Eefee T.: Large store for gifts. Tax refund for tourists requires a minimum spend of ¥5000 (before tax). Tax refund is in basement and closes 8.30pm sharp.

Vincent Tan: Namba Marui is a department store aimed at fashionable types

Vincent Tan: Yodobashi Umeda is a huge electronics superstore

Kelli T.: 現在、改装工事中のため南側の仮店舗に移転しています。

SonyMobileWTA Manager: American Mura has its own atmosphere. Young Japanese are living the American dream by buying well known brands and showing off their best style skills.

Vincent Tan: Shinsaibashi suji mall is a very long street shopping arcade http://www.shinsaibashi.or.jp/

Vincent Tan: Nishiki market has been selling food and produce for 4 centuries. http://www.kyoto-nishiki.or.jp/

Vincent Tan: Aritsugu is a famous knife shop that has been in business for 4 centuries. http://www.aritsugu.jp/

Vincent Tan: Sennichimae Doguya-suji sells all manner of cooking equipment and accessories http://www.doguyasuji.or.jp/

Vincent Tan: Den Den Town is Osaka's answer to Akihabara http://www.denden-town.or.jp/

Vincent Tan: Tenjinbashi-suji might be the longest shopping mall in Japan. Mostly local shops. http://www.tenjin123.com/

Vincent Tan: Takashimaya has a large presence in the middle of town http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/

Vincent Tan: Big shopping mall with an amazing rooftop garden http://www.nambaparks.com/

Wileen Sito: All Japanese popular fashion brands are here ~ rosebullet, lowrys farm, nice claup, earth music & ecology, olive des olive, liz lisa, etc

Vincent Tan: Department store dedicated to men's fashions http://www.hankyu-dept.co.jp/mens/

Vincent Tan: Takashimaya has an outpost in Kyoto http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/

Vincent Tan: Daimaru has an outpost in Kyoto http://www.daimaru.co.jp/kyoto/

Vincent Tan: Teramachi St mall is a shopping arcade with a younger crowd http://www.kyoto-teramachi.or.jp/

Vincent Tan: Shinkyogoku is another pedestrian street arcade http://www.shinkyogoku.or.jp/

Vincent Tan: Big underground shopping mall

Vincent Tan: Shinsaibashi branch of the Japanese denim label http://www.evisu.jp/

Vincent Tan: Osaka store of Comme des Garcons http://www.comme-des-garcons.com/

Vincent Tan: Whity is a huge underground shopping mall around Umeda Station

Vincent Tan: Another underground shopping mall in between the Umeda Stations http://www.diamor.jp/lang/en/

Vincent Tan: Yodobashi Camera Kyoto is a giant electronics store.

Aidu F: Get your passport ready. Tax free shopping street. A long one. From shoes to apparels to beauty products. Walking all the way will lead you to Takashimaya.

Kevin Erguiza: Really good prices for food products. No wonder locals flock here.

Vincent Tan: Specialises in tools and implements for hotpot