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fiogf49gjkf0d THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH TO SHOP.
DEPARTMENT STORES, DISCOUNT STORES, WHOLESALE DISTRICTS,
BELOW STREET SHOPPING CENTRES, AND SUPERMARKETS TOGETHER
WITH THE HANDCRAFTED SPECIALITIES OF EACH REGION.
THINGS TO BUY OF GOOD QUALITY AND REASONABLE PRICES
COMPARED TO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE CAMERAS, LENSES AND
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. SPECIALIST ITEMS INCLUDE SILK,
PEARLS, CERAMICS, BAMBOO WARE, WOODBLOCK PRINTS, PAPER
GOODS, LACQUER WORK & JAPANESE DOLLS.
DISCOUNT STORES SELL IN QUANTITY WITH PAYMENTS IN CASH
ONLY, WHILE THE SHOPS IN WHOLESALE DISTRICTS WILL OFTEN
SELL TO THE INDIVIDUAL AT WHOLESALE PRICES. APART FROM
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT A VARIETY OF STANDARD ITEMS SUCH AS
KITCHEN UTENSILS CAN BE PURCHASED. DISCOUNT SHOPS ARE
USUALLY FOUND NEAR TRAIN STATIONS.
BELOW STREET SHOPS ARE FOUND CLOSE TO TRAIN STATIONS. THE
MAIN SHOPPING AREAS IN TOKYO ARE GINZA, SHINFUKU, SHIBUYA
STREETS AND AKIHABARA STREET FOR ELECTRONICS. THERE ARE
ALSO WEEKEND FLEA MARKETS IN TOKYO.
GINZA IS THE MOST FAMOUS SHOPPING AREA IN TOKYO.
IN KYOTO THE MAIN SHOPPING AREAS ARE SHIJO STREET,
TERAMACHI, SHINKYOGOKU AND KIYOMIZUZAKA STREETS AND ON THE
SECOND FLOOR OF KYOTO STATION. UNDERGROUND ARCADES ARE
FOUND IN THE PORTO AVANTI SHOPPING COMPLEX. STATIONARY AND
TOY STORES USUALLY STOCK A LARGE SELECTION OF STYLISH GIFTS
WITH A JAPANESE CHARACTER. THE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF OSAKA,
SCINNOMYIA AND MOTAMACHI ARE THE SHOPPING DISTRICTS.
OUTSIDE THE MAIN CITIES THE KAMAKURA REGION PRODUCES
KAMAKURA BORI. THIS IS THE ANCIENT CRAFT OF LACQUERED WOOD
CARVING. TRAYS, CAKE BOXES AND HAND MIRRORS ARE MADE. IN
THE NIKKO REGION NIKKO BORE WOOD CARVING PRODUCES CARVINGS
OF FLOWERS. MINITURE TEA CEREMONY UTENSILS MADE FROM WOOD
CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED. MASHIKO, ONE HOUR FROM TOKYO ON
ROUTE TO NIKKO PRODUCES COUNTRY SYLE POTTERY.
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