November

With Thanksgiving behind us, we are officially into the Christmas season. For most of us in the Capital with children, it is time to get busy shopping for presents. While there are still plenty of online options, there is something much more satisfying about going to a good toy store and picking the best gifts for your little ones. Also, the kids get suspicious of all the delivery boxes that inevitably pile up. So, we’ve compiled a list of toy stores to help you go through your shopping lists before the big day on December 25th. Toys R Us – Multiple locations Toys R Us is sadly gone in its birthplace of the USA, but it lives on just fine here in Japan. We all know what kind of toy store this is since most of us have probably been to one. The Japanese Toys R Us are still as crammed with toys as the old American counterparts, but I’m pretty sure they don’t make birthday announcements over the intercom like they used to in the US.  Toys R Us, Babies R Us Odaiba store Address: Aqua City Odaiba, 1 Chome-7-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to 135-0091 (map link) Tel: 03-5564-5011 Toys…