{"id":2272,"date":"2016-10-14T03:09:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T18:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/toy-shopping-in-tokyo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:35:24","slug":"toy-shopping-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/toy-shopping-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy Shopping in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAs October slips into November, though the weather is still yet to step into its wintry chill, it is once again\u00a0time to begin thinking about Christmas presents for the kids.\u00a0While you can still order G.I. Joes and Barbies from online stores back home you may find that your child\u2019s tastes in toys have changed during their time in Japan. Finding toys\u00a0and games to suit their new tastes may be difficult, so we have\u00a0come up with a short list of toy stores in and around Tokyo that should fulfill your needs.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Toys R Us<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of course everyone knows the old American favorite, Toys R Us, and the Japanese variety\u00a0is also\u00a0an immense store stocked to the rafters of every kind of toy you can think of.<\/p>\n

Toys R Us, Babies R Us Odaiba store<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Address: Aqua City Odaiba, 1 Chome-7-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, T\u014dky\u014d-to 135-0091 (map link<\/a>)
\nTel: 03-5564-5011<\/p>\n

Toys R Us, Babies R Us Ikebukuro Sunshine City shop<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Address: Sunshine City Alpha B1, Ikekuro 1-3-1-1\u00a0Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo-to 170-0013\u00a0 (map link<\/a>)
\nTel: 03-3983-5400<\/p>\n

Website: toysrus.co.jp<\/a><\/p>\n

Kiddyland \u2013 Harajuku<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are 80 Kiddyland stores around the country, but the perhaps the jewel in their crown is their flagship store in Harajuku. With five stories of fun and games the Harajuku branch of Kiddyland, in the area for over 60 years (though with a slight location change), is perhaps the quintisential toy shop in Japan. It sells everything you would expect with the latest exclusive Hello Kitty and Rilakkuma products found nowhere else. They also occasionally hold\u00a0special events, particularly around Christmas and Halloween.<\/p>\n

Address: 6-1-9 Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite: www.kiddyland.co.jp\/en<\/a>
\nTel: 03-3409-3431
\nOpening times: Monday~Friday: 11:00-21:00, Saturday, Sunday, and holiday: 10:30-21:00<\/p>\n

Hakuhinkan – Ginza<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Perhaps the largest of all Tokyo\u2019s toyshops, Hakuhinkan is something of a central nerve of Japanese kawaii eccentricity. Were a bomb to go off you can imagine that 25% of the country\u2019s cuteness and craziness would be lost. As the headquarters for the Licca-chan Club, Japan\u2019s very own Barbie, it is worth a visit for the cultural introduction into this world alone, not to mention the two floors of restaurants and the 8th<\/sup> story theatre.<\/p>\n

Address: 8-8-11, ginza, chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8132 (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite: www.hakuhinkan.co.jp\/index.html<\/a>
\nTel: 03-3571-8007
\nOpening times: 11:00-20:00<\/p>\n

Yamashiroya \u2013 Ueno<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Yamashiroya is six floors absolutely jam packed with toys, novelties, figures, model kits, character goods, plushies and games as well as a multitude of anime and Japanese toy brands. The store is so chock-a-block with toys there isn\u2019t a whole lot of room to squeeze round the isles \u2013 not ideal if you have young children in a push chair \u2013 but it is a whole lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Address: 6 Chome-14-6 Ueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-0005 (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite: www.e-yamashiroya.com<\/a>
\nTel: 03-3831-2320
\nOpening times: 10:00-21:30<\/p>\n

Tokyu Hands \u2013 Ikebukuro and Shibuya<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tokyu hands is a wonderful catch all department store in which you can find all manner of active stuff for kids. Whether it be handicrafts, facepaints or bikes, you can find it in Tokyu Hands. There are a few dotted around the city including one in the main Tokyo Station, so check the website for details of your nearest store<\/a>. The stores in Ikebukuro and Shibuya are best known for toys.<\/p>\n

Ikebukuro<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Address: 1-28-10 Higashiikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 170-0013 (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite: ikebukuro.tokyu-hands.co.jp<\/a>
\nTel: 03-3980-6111
\nOpening times: 10:00-21:00<\/p>\n

Shibuya<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Address: JapanTimes Square 12-18 Udagawach\u014d, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-to 150-0042 (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite: www.shibuya.tokyu-hands.co.jp<\/a>
\nTel: 03-5489-5111
\nOpening times: 10:00-20:30<\/p>\n

Tokyo Character Street – Ginza<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A trip to a Japanese toy store would not be complete without picking up one of the many characters that populate our television screens. As such Tokyo Character Street in Ginza is perhaps the ultimate place to shop for TV struck kids. Located on the basement floor of the First Avenue Tokyo Station, Tokyo Character Street is an underground avenue of stores run by 15 TV companies, shop after shop of character after character. Whether it is Doaraemon dolls, cuddly Hello Kitty or Domo-kun and Doraemon dongles to hang from your Snoopy cell phone cover, here you can find it all.<\/p>\n

Address:\u00a0First Avenue, Level B1, Tokyo Station
\n1 Chome-9 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo-to 100-0005 (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite:\u00a0www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp\/street\/character<\/a>
\nOpening times:10:00-20:30<\/p>\n

Toys Terao \u2013 Asakusa<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Those play peddling behemoths are all well and good, but what about seeing a bit of history? Toys Terao\u2019s prime location of Nakamise-dori in front of sensoji temple\u00a0has enabled the family running\u00a0this tiny store to continue business for 5 generations and nearly 130 years. The small shop\u00a0is such a toy selling institution that it was profiled recently in The Japan Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Address: 1-37-1 Asakusa, Taito -ku (map link<\/a>)
\nWebsite:\u00a0www.toysterao.com<\/a>
\nTel: 03-3841-0147
\nOpening times: 9:00-19:00<\/p>\n

\n

By Mark Guthrie<\/p>\n

This post is provided for information purposes only and is not intended as an endorsement by Japan Info Swap or the H&R Group K.K..<\/p>\n

Image: flickr.com “My family<\/a>” by Andrew Mitchell<\/a>\u00a0(<\/span>CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a>) \u2013 Modified<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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