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Ginza Tokyo

World's Top Shopping District

Tokyo's Ginza, one of the world's top three business districts, has always been home to the highest concentration of high-end and luxury brands. The streets of Ginza are filled with stores of major global luxury brands, as well as upscale local shopping centers such as Wako Department Store, Mitsukoshi Department Store and Matsuya Ginza.

Tokyo’s Ginza, which was just a swamp a few hundred years ago, has become the most prosperous place in Japan and is one of the world’s top three business districts, along with Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris and Fifth Avenue, New York.

Ginza consists of eight horizontal streets from 1-chome to 8-chome, with one Chuo-Dori (Central Avenue) running through it, forming a neatly defined neighborhood. The intersection of Chuo-dori, the Central Avenue, and Ginza 4-Chome is the center of the entire Ginza district and is often referred to as Ginza 4-Chome Intersection. Wako Department Store, Mitsukoshi Department Store, San-ai Building, and Ginza Place are like the four tigers guarding around the intersection, attracting customers from all over the world to Ginza.

To outsiders, Tokyo’s many business districts don’t look very different, but to locals, each has its own unique charm, and Ginza has always been synonymous with High-end and Luxury Commerce. Although the Ginza model may be seen by many as a departure from the future direction of the business, many Japanese people still make it a point to come to Ginza for shopping, a sentiment that has been strongly associated with the image that Ginza has built up over the decades.

Manywhere Trivia:
The Yamano Music Co. Main Shop in Ginza is the king of real estate in Japan, with land prices exceeding 550,000 USD per square meter in 2020.

Walking through the streets of Ginza, you can see the world’s most famous Luxury Brand Stores: Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada, ARMANI… …If you really can’t find one, it’s probably because land prices are too high in Ginza, which is known as “the most expensive place in Asia”.