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- Mitsukoshi Tokyo
Japan’s original depachika dynasty — 1673 kimono-merchant roots, the lion statues of Nihonbashi. Bronze lion statues at the main entrance since 1914. Manager Hibi Osuke had them made after seeing the Trafalgar Square lions in London. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Kyūkyōdō Teramachi, Kyōto
Kyūkyōdō has traded incense, calligraphy brushes and washi paper since 1663, when it opened in Kyoto as a pharmacy. In 1877 it received the Imperial Household's own secret incense formulas from chancellor Prince Sanetomi Sanjō. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marufuji Winery (Rubaiyat) Koshu, Yamanashi
Marufuji Winery has been run by the Omura family since Jisaku Omura built a small winery in his garden in 1890, and now spans four generations of winemaking under the Rubaiyat label, a name suggested in 1956 by poet Konosuke Hinatsu after Omar Khayyam's verses on wine. The estate grows the native Koshu grape alongside Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay for its dry red, white and rosé bottlings. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marukyu Koyamaen Nishinotoin, Kyoto (mill in Uji), Japan
Marukyu Koyamaen has grown and stone-milled matcha in Uji since about 1704, supplying grades from culinary to ceremonial. Its Nishinotoin flagship in central Kyoto, a renovated machiya, includes the Motoan tea house and garden. store page → · open in the atlas → - Maruya Shoes Motomachi
Maruya Shoes has sold and repaired shoes from the same block of Kobe's Motomachi shopping street since founder Okitsugu Katayama opened it in September 1919. The shop has also collaborated on leather sneakers made from Hyogo cattle hide. store page → · open in the atlas → - Masuichi Ichimura Sake Brewery Obuse / Japan
Founded in 1755, the Masuichi-Ichimura sake brewery in the small town of Obuse crafts junmai sake using selected rice and old wooden-vat methods, its platinum-leaf sign marking the timber storefront. Bottles sell through the online shop and at the brewery's direct store, where the 'teppa' counter offers tastings and a chat with the toji. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matsuya Ginza Ginza, Tokyo / Online
Trading since 1869 and on Ginza since 1925, Matsuya is the design-minded one of the great Tokyo stores — its Design Collection floor a pilgrimage, its depachika a museum of edible craft. store page → · open in the atlas → - Miyawaki Baisenan Nakagyo, Kyoto, Japan
Miyawaki Baisenan has sold Kyoto folding fans since 1823, when a fan seller from Mino province took over an existing shop stocked by Omiya Shinbei. The current name, added by the third-generation owner in 1887, honors a rare local wood and reflects the shop's long ties to Kyoto's fan-making trade. store page → · open in the atlas → - Morihachi Ote-machi, Kanazawa
Kanazawa confectioner founded 1625, official sweets-maker to the Kaga domain's Maeda clan; known for its Choseiten sugar sweet. Its main store, in Owari-cho since founding, relocated to Ote-machi in 2011. store page → · open in the atlas → - Moritaka Hamono Yatsushiro / Japan
Moritaka Hamono is a bladesmithing house at 434 Miyaji-machi, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture — not one of the Sakai or Seki forging towns, but a continuously operating smithy the company's own English site traces to 1293, when its founder made swords for the Buddhist priesthood at Mt. store page → · open in the atlas → - Myochin Honpo Himeji, Hyogo
The Myochin family forged armor for the Himeji domain before turning to fire tongs, and in 1965 the 52nd-generation smith tuned a pair of them into the clear-ringing hibashi wind chime the workshop is now known for. Hand-forged pieces run from the signature iron chimes to titanium bells, letter openers and vases, still made at the family's Himeji forge. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakamura Hamono Nakatsu / Japan
A Nakatsu blacksmith since 1900, when founder Nakamura Eiji opened the forge, Nakamura Hamono still hand-forges kitchen knives, sickles, hoes, cleavers and pruning shears across the full smithing process. The shop beside the workshop sells the blades and also sharpens, re-handles and repairs tools. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakamura Tokichi Honten Uji / Japan
Nakamura Tokichi founded his tea firm on January 1, 1854, on Byobugaura, the river-facing ridge that gave Uji its centuries-old reputation as Japan's foremost matcha-growing district. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakazen Sake Brewery Kiso-Fukushima, Kiso-machi, Nagano, Japan
Established in 1868 in Fukushima, a former Nakasendo post town, this small brewery has kept sake production a hands-on, family affair across generations rather than scaling into mass production. Its two labels, Nakanorisan and Zenkichi, are built on the idea that sake-making starts in the rice paddy, and both are sold from the brewery's own shop and tasting room. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nanawarai Sake Brewery Kiso-Fukushima, Kiso-machi, Nagano, Japan
Founded in 1892 in the former post town of Fukushima, this brewery draws on Kiso mountain water to make a sake line built around a clean, dry profile with a full-bodied finish rather than pushing hard toward sweet or dry extremes. Alongside its junmai and ginjo sake, the family business also makes shochu, liqueurs, and pickled vegetables from local produce. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nippon Kodo Kōbe & Tokyo, Japan
Japan's largest incense manufacturer, with a history dating to 1575 when the Kōjū family began serving the Imperial Court. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nosaku Lacquer Ware Hirosaka, Kanazawa
Founded in 1780 in Kanazawa's Musashigatsutsuji district, Nosaku has sold Kaga maki-e lacquerware alongside Wajima and Yamanaka lacquer pieces across eight generations. It also runs hands-on maki-e gold-inlay workshops for visitors at its Kanazawa shops. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ogasawara Toemon Kiln Okawachiyama, Imari, Saga
Ogasawara Toemon Kiln is run by an eighth-generation potter descended from the workshop's founder, who set up independently in Okawachiyama once the Nabeshima domain kiln system was dissolved. In 1999 it became an early adopter of lead-free glazes in Japanese ceramics, a change it still cites as central to how it makes Nabeshima ware today. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ogiso Shoten Shimoda / Japan
Ogiso Shoten has cured dried fish (himono) in the port town of Shimoda since it was founded in 1900, with craftsmen still hand-splitting and drying mackerel, horse mackerel, and other local catch each morning. The shop ships its himono nationwide through its online store and keeps a full retail location for visitors. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ohi Chozaemon Kiln / Ohi Museum (大樋長左衛門窯) Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
The Ohi kiln has fired Ohi-yaki tea bowls in Kanazawa since 1666 and is now led by its 11th generation. Its compound holds a Michelin-starred museum, a Kengo Kuma-designed gallery, named tea rooms, and a garden by Hiroshi Teshigawara. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Labour and Wait Shoreditch (85 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ) / Covent Garden / Marylebone / Tokyo / Online
Independent functional-goods retailer specialising in durable kitchenware, brushes, tools, clothing and household objects. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lolotte Candle Nakazakicho, Kita Ward / Online
Lolotte Candle is a maker in Osaka known for handcrafted animal-shaped candles that can be engraved with names or dates, plus candle-making workshops with different difficulty levels and themes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marucho Japan / Online
J∞QUALITY-certified sewing house — “good people, good stitching, good product”; a Japanese garment factory stepping out from behind the labels at Pitti’s Made-in-Japan showcase. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakamura Shikki Sangyo (中村漆器産業) Kiso region (Shiojiri, Narakawa), Nagano, Japan
Based in Shiojiri, Nagano, Nakamura Shikki Sangyo sells Kiso lacquerware alongside imported lacquer pieces, folk-craft furniture, textiles and ceramics. It also runs related retail lines, including the contemporary lacquerware brand WABI×SABI. store page → · open in the atlas → - Noto Wine (能登ワイン) Anamizu, Ishikawa
On the Noto Peninsula, this Anamizu winery makes wine from grapes grown in a GIAHS-recognised agricultural landscape. Visitors can tour the vineyards and cellar and taste on site. store page → · open in the atlas →
Worth a Detour · 1
- Morita Shuzo Honmachi, Bikan Historical Quarter, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Morita Shuzo is a sake brewery operating inside the Bikan historical quarter, brewing its Mannenyuki label on Honmachi street using a fully open fermentation method the brewery says is rare today. The lineup runs from honjozo to daiginjo and unfiltered araborashi. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- L-Breath Tokyo
Nine-floor Tokyo outdoor superstore in Shinjuku — camping gear, hiking boots, and brand-specialist floors for Snow Peak and Japanese Montbell. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lad Musician Tokyo / Japan / Online
Yuki Yagi's skinny denim — the rock aesthetic, the slim silhouettes, and the Tokyo brand that brought Japanese denim to the music and fashion crossover crowd. store page → · open in the atlas → - Laforet Harajuku Harajuku, Tokyo
The epicenter of Tokyo's alternative fashion scene for over 40 years. Six floors of avant-garde Japanese brands, vintage shops, and subculture boutiques. store page → · open in the atlas → - Licht Sapporo
Licht sells handmade ceramics and craft pieces by independent artists from its shop in Sapporo's Chuo-ku district. It opened on April 14, 2019, taking its name from the German word for light. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lightning Magazine Tokyo / Japan / Online
The bible — Lightning, CLUTCH, and The Rake Japan editions. The publishing house that defines, documents, and shapes Japanese heritage fashion culture. Every issue is archival quality. store page → · open in the atlas → - Loft Tokyo
Tokyo lifestyle chain that opened in 1987 as an annex of the Seibu Shibuya department store, spun off into an independent company (The Loft Co., Ltd.) in 1996. Its yellow wordmark logo was designed by graphic designer Ikko Tanaka. store page → · open in the atlas → - LOFT Shibuya Shibuya, Tokyo
Seven floors of Japanese lifestyle goods — stationery, homeware, beauty, and quirky gadgets. Known for exclusive collaborations and limited-edition collections. store page → · open in the atlas → - Loft Shinsaibashi 16-7 Shinmachi, Chuo Ward, Osaka
Japanese variety store — stationery, cosmetics, homeware, travel goods, and seasonal items. The perfect place for souvenirs that aren't tacky. store page → · open in the atlas → - Loop & Weft Japan
Loop & Weft uses vintage loopwheel knitting machines to make Japanese henleys and other knitwear. store page → · open in the atlas → - LUCUA Osaka 3-1-3 Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka
Fashion-forward department store above Osaka Station — Japanese brands, accessories, cosmetics, and a fantastic restaurant floor. The 10th-floor food hall is exceptional. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lumiere Winery (ルミエールワイナリー) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
Founded in the Meiji era, Lumiere has made wine in the Ichinomiya vineyards of Fuefuki for more than 140 years, ageing wine in a stone fermentation tank registered as a tangible cultural property. The estate runs an online shop, a directly operated cellar store and the Zelkova restaurant among its vines. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lupicia Ginza Ginza, Tokyo
Premium Japanese and international tea shop with over 400 varieties. The annual 'Tea of the Year' release causes queues around the block. store page → · open in the atlas → - Maison Margiela Aoyama Aoyama, Tokyo
The enigmatic French house's Tokyo flagship with its signature deconstructed aesthetic. Known for artisanal collections, Tabi boots, and numbered product lines. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mandarake Complex Akihabara, Tokyo
Eight floors of anime, manga, collectibles, and otaku culture in Akihabara. The Japan's largest anime and manga specialty store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mandarake Osaka 3-2-19 Nipponbashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka
Anime and manga resale across multiple floors — new and used figures, doujinshi, cels and collectables. Otaku treasure hunting in Nipponbashi. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mariya Handicraft Shop Chuo-ku
A long-running Sapporo specialist for yarn, embroidery, weaving and handicraft materials.Established 1926. store page → · open in the atlas → - Markaware Tokyo, Japan
Japanese menswear label launched in 2009 by designer Shunsuke Ishikawa (who started the related MARKA line in 2003) from Nakameguro, Tokyo; sources traceable organic cotton, wool and hemp globally and has natural fabrics woven and sewn in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas → - Maruhara (Harajiroemon) Hita
Brewing under the Harajiroemon name since 1899, Maruhara presses miso and soy sauce in Hita through long, slow cellar fermentation. The maker is known for its Ayame sashimi soy sauce and for developing seasonings meant to enhance other condiments, and it runs a second shopping site at maruhara.jp. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marumi Coffee Stand Nakajima Park Nakajima Park
This Sapporo coffee stand near Nakajima Park has sold specialty beans from Kenya, Mexico, and Central America since 2006, alongside drop-style brewing gear. The company also produces its own coffee podcast and ships free within Japan on orders over ¥5,000. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marumizu-gumi Bookbinding Studio Tokyo / Japan
Marumizu-gumi is a working bookbindery in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, dedicated to traditional Japanese bookbinding, or wahon — the thread-sewn, washi-paper binding styles that predate Western case binding in Japan. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marunouchi Building Tokyo
Marunouchi Building focuses on Tokyo Station’s tower of polish, office-lunch luxury and Imperial Palace views. store page → · open in the atlas → - Maruzen Junkudo Bookstore Shinjuku, Tokyo
One of Tokyo's largest bookstores with an impressive foreign language section. Seven floors of books including academic titles, art books, magazines, and Japanese literature. The architecture section. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mataichi no Shio (またいちの塩) / Shinzaburo Shoten Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
At the Kobo Tottan works on the Itoshima coast, seawater is drawn up and circulated for ten days down bamboo-lined raised saltpans before being reduced slowly in iron kettles until crystals form. The company built out a cluster around the salt works, including the Kisetsuya retail shop, the Itaru and Sumi Cafe eateries, and a pudding shop built on its signature hana-shio flower salt. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matsubaya Honten Obuse / Japan
Matsubaya Honten is an Obuse sake brewery with roots in the Edo period and more than two centuries at its brick-chimneyed kura, where rice is steamed in a great iron kettle. Its direct online shop sells Hokushinryu junmai ginjo sake, GI Nagano-certified bottles and easy sake-kasu paste for cooking. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matsumoto Kiyoshi Asakusa Asakusa, Tokyo
Massive Japanese drugstore with cosmetics, skincare, supplements, and household goods at competitive prices. Tax-free shopping for international visitors. The Asakusa location carries limited-edition. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matsumoto Uodonya Himi, Toyama
A Himi fish wholesaler of more than a century, Matsumoto Uodonya specializes in kan-buri, the prized winter yellowtail pulled from Toyama Bay, alongside white shrimp and firefly squid. Catches are flash-frozen at minus thirty degrees and shipped nationwide, with gift sets developed alongside a Paris-trained chef. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matsuya Ganso Keiran Somen (元祖鶏卵素麺 松屋) 2-1-4 Hashimoto, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0031, Japan / Fukuoka / Japan
First Matsuya Riemon began selling keiran somen in Hakata in 1673; this Hashimoto house continues that handmade line. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matsuya Riemon Hakata, Fukuoka
Matsuya Riemon has made keiran somen since 1673, spinning sweetened egg yolk into fine golden threads counted among Japan's three great confections. The Hakata house sells the delicate sweet in boxed skeins from its Fukuoka shops. store page → · open in the atlas → - Meanswhile Tokyo / Online
Tokyo technical wear label — clothes as tools philosophy. Convertible garments, modular systems, and urban utility wear for the modern nomad. store page → · open in the atlas → - MEDAKA Box Fishing 3-2-14 Nipponbashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka
Catch your own medaka (small Japanese rice fish) to take home — a uniquely Japanese pet shop experience where you fish with a tiny net. store page → · open in the atlas → - Medetaya Kawaguchiko Fujikawaguchiko (Oishi Hana Terrace), Yamanashi
The washi-craft line of long-established papermaker Onao, turning Japanese paper into seasonal decorations, lucky charms, stationery and Mount Fuji motifs. Its Kawaguchiko branch sits inside the Fuji Oishi Hana Terrace complex on the lake's north shore. store page → · open in the atlas → - Meigetsudo Honsha Baiten (明月堂 本社売店) 2-11-23 Higashi-Naka, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0892, Japan / Fukuoka / Japan
Meigetsudo was founded in Tenjin in 1929 by Akiimaru Yūichirō; Hakata Torimon was created in 1993 after the house lost the castella trade to Nagasaki makers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Meoto ZenZai 1-2-10 Namba, Chuo Ward, Osaka
Tiny shop serving 'meoto zenzai' — sweet red bean soup with mochi, served in pairs for couples. A warm, comforting Osaka dessert tradition. store page → · open in the atlas → - Merry Weather Daikanyama, Tokyo
Tiny, tightly curated general store with a mix of vintage and new goods. Leather accessories, hardware, grooming products, and Japanese-made household items. store page → · open in the atlas → - Michi-no-Eki Toyotomi (道の駅とよとみ) Toyotomi, Chuo, Yamanashi
This roadside market in the Toyotomi district of Chuo gathers the Kofu basin's farm output, led by the prized 'Gold Rush' sweet corn harvested in summer and Fuji-zakura pork raised in the prefecture. Alongside the produce stands sit local processed goods, seasonal fruit and a restaurant cooking the same regional ingredients. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mihara Yasuhiro Tokyo / Online
Sneaker architect turned fashion designer — deconstructed soles, patchwork uppers, and footwear that challenges every convention. Maison Mihara Yasuhiro is the future of Japanese sneakers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mikazuki Shoten Naoshima / Japan
Mikazuki Shoten is a takeout coffee stand on Naoshima, opened in April 2017 near the Benesse Art Site, pouring morning and evening house blends Asami and Yumi. It also sells original apparel made with regional artisans. store page → · open in the atlas → - MIMURI Ukishima-dori, Naha
A textile designer's studio-shop selling bags, clothing, and accessories patterned with Okinawan plants, animals, produce, and scenery. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mineya Minsa Weaving Workshop Shinkawa Wakugawara, Ishigaki City, Okinawa
This workshop in Ishigaki City hand-weaves Yaeyama Hanaori Minsa and Yaeyama Jofu cloth, the two textile traditions native to the Yaeyama Islands, turning them into ties, bags and business-card cases. Visitors can watch the looms in the attached craft museum or book a weaving or plant-dyeing session before browsing the shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mingei Iyokasuri Kaikan (民芸伊予かすり会館) Matsuyama / Japan
Art Labo Kasuri (Mingei Iyo-kasuri Kaikan) in Matsuyama keeps alive the indigo ikat technique devised around 1802 by weaver Kanaya Kana. Visitors can watch weaving demonstrations, try a natural indigo dyeing experience, and shop aizome handkerchiefs, bags and Ehime specialty treats. store page → · open in the atlas → - Minobu Yuba no Sato Minobu / Japan
Minobu Yuba no Sato makes and sells yuba, the delicate tofu skin whose local tradition traces back seven centuries to Mount Minobu, from its shop in Minobu, Yamanashi. Visitors can buy fresh and dried yuba products, try a yuba-making experience, or dine at its restaurant, and orders ship through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Minobusan Miyagekan Minobu / Japan
Minobusan Miyagekan is a shop on the temple approach to Kuon-ji at Mount Minobu, selling prayer beads, Buddhist altar goods, and bracelet rosaries to pilgrims and visitors. Long a storefront business, it now also offers its beads and a custom tassel-color service through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Minoh Beer Warehouse 1-29-34 Kita, Minoh City, Osaka
Award-winning Japanese craft brewery — their W-IPA won World's Best Imperial IPA in 2013, as recorded by World Beer Awards. The taproom serves fresh pours and the adjacent shop sells bottles and merch. store page → · open in the atlas → - Minoru Enchaho Kagoshima City
Minoru Enchaho sells Chiran-grown sencha and gyokuro from its Kagoshima shop, packaged as loose leaf or 5g tea bags, plus tiered gift sets. The shop earned recognition at the 2024 Tea Grand Prix AWARD. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mitsukoshi Ginza Ginza, Tokyo
A byword for tradition and refinement since 1673. Curated kimono, international luxury houses, and one of Tokyo's finest gourmet food halls. store page → · open in the atlas → - Miyagi Kashiten 727-1 Ishigaki, Ishigaki City, Okinawa
Marking its 100th anniversary in 2023, this confectioner created the original salt chinsuko, working Ishigaki's natural sea salt into the shortbread-like Okinawan cookie, and now makes more than thirty types of sweets from Yaeyama ingredients. Its shop sits in Ishigaki City, with a second counter inside the domestic terminal of Ishigaki Airport. store page → · open in the atlas → - Miyakojima no Yukishio (Paradise Plan) Miyakojima / Japan
The maker of Yukishio, a mineral-rich salt drawn from Miyakojima's undersea water and sold as powder, granules and salt-based sweets and skincare. Products are available at the Yukishio Museum shop, brand stores and an online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Miyama Tofu Shop (深山豆富店) Shirakawa Go / Japan
Miyama Tofu Shop hand-makes tofu and the local suttate dip in the Shirakawa-go gassho-style village, selling stone-pressed ishidofu prized for holding its shape even when tied with rope. The shop sells directly to visitors and ships nationwide through its dedicated online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mizubasho Sapporo
Handmade leather-bag specialist in Sapporo's Tanukikoji shopping street, part of a small Hokkaido group with sister shops in Otaru and Hakodate; works Hokkaido deerskin, cordovan and vegetable-tanned leather into bags and small goods made by local craftsmen. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mochibun Sohonten Nagoya / Japan
Mochibun has made Nagoya uiro for more than 360 years, offering seasonal flavors from mango and white peach to matcha and warabi-textured versions. The confections are available at its Nagoya shops and through a full online store with monthly limited Tsukizuna uiro. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mokugeisha Bikan Historical Quarter, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Mokugeisha has sold handmade glass and ceramic tableware from the same shopfront in the Bikan district for more than 35 years, stocking pieces the owners select for everyday use rather than display. Dishes, glassware, and vases fill the small store along the canal-side lanes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Momijido Miyajima, Hiroshima
Momijido is the Miyajima confectioner credited with creating Age-momiji, a deep-fried momiji manju on a stick served hot from its Omotesando shops. The company makes classic baked maple-leaf cakes alongside the fried version and its momiji-shaped nut snacks. store page → · open in the atlas → - Momotaro Kojima, Japan
Okayama denim legend. Hand-dyed with natural indigo, battle stripes on back pocket. Exceptional 15.7oz selvedge denim. store page → · open in the atlas → - Momotaro Jeans Kojima, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Momotaro Jeans is the flagship denim brand of Kojima's Japan Blue Co., known for its deep-indigo Gold and Copper label fabrics dyed through repeated natural and synthetic indigo baths. The line ranges from standard five-pocket cuts to naturally dyed, hand-woven limited runs sewn in the Kojima workshops. store page → · open in the atlas → - Monde Shuzo (モンデ酒造) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
Monde Shuzo has bottled wine in Fuefuki's Isawa hot-spring town since 1952, a ten-minute walk from Isawa-Onsen Station. Visitors taste for free at the winery counter and buy direct on site or through the company's online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Monkey Time Tokyo, Japan
monkey time BEAUTY&YOUTH - a contemporary sub-label of Tokyo retailer United Arrows, mixing streetwear and traditional menswear; known for collaborations with Champion, Lee and The North Face. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mont St. Clair Jiyugaoka, Tokyo
Hironobu Tsujiguchi's French pâtisserie, widely considered one of Tokyo's finest, with exquisite entremets, macarons, and seasonal creations. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mont-Bell Osaka, Japan
Osaka-founded outdoor brand focused on lightweight, functional mountain gear, including down insulation, shells, packs and camping equipment developed for practical performance. store page → · open in the atlas → - Montbell Osaka / Online
Osaka-founded outdoor gear maker, started 1975 by mountaineer Isamu Tatsuno (second Japanese to summit the Eiger's north face, 1969) with climbing partners Fumiaki Masaki and Sachiko Masuo. store page → · open in the atlas → - Moonshine 2-4-8 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo Ward, Osaka
Underground hip-hop bar — craft cocktails, vinyl DJs, and a crowd of local creatives. The energy picks up after midnight when the dance floor fills. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mori Hakataori Umi Town, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka
Mori Hakataori has woven Hakata-ori since 1896, working from Umi Town on the edge of Fukuoka to produce obi and pile-woven silk goods. Its Oriaguri direct shop and factory tour sit at the main mill. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mori Naraduketen Nara / Japan
Founded in 1869, Mori Naraduketen makes naraduke, the sake-lees pickles native to Nara, through a long multi-stage fermentation. Its shop stands on the grounds of Todaiji Temple, directly in front of the South Gate. store page → · open in the atlas → - MORIHICO. Maruyama
MORIHICO. began as a single Sapporo café thirty years ago and has since added a stay-and-coffee inn, a French restaurant, and an espresso offshoot. In July 2026 it opened its first overseas branch in Taiwan's Nantou County. store page → · open in the atlas → - Morishita Shoten Sohonpo (森下商店総本舗) Koyasan, Koya-cho, Ito District, Wakayama, Japan
Founded in 1950, this family workshop still makes its raw goma-dofu with Guatemalan white sesame, Koyasan spring water, and Yoshino kudzu starch, following the method it opened with. The shop sells directly from its Koyasan premises, closed Mondays, with a small dine-in counter attached. store page → · open in the atlas → - Morita Washi Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto, Japan
Morita Washi wholesales handmade paper from mills across Japan out of its Shijo-Karasuma shop, stocking everything from plain kozo sheets to yuzen-patterned chiyogami. Staff cut paper to size at the counter, and the shop stocks stationery and small goods made from the same stock for browsing customers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Morozoff Chuo-ku
Morozoff began as a chocolate shop in Kobe in 1931, founded by a family of Russian confectioners who had settled in the city. It has since grown into one of Japan's best-known Western-style sweets makers, still tracing its identity back to that original Kobe shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Motono Hakimono Kogyo Hita
Motono Hakimono Kogyo is a family workshop producing Hita geta, part of one of Japan's three major geta-making traditions, from the cedar of the surrounding forests. The maker shapes and finishes the wooden soles in-house before fitting them with fabric thongs. store page → · open in the atlas → - Motoyama Lacquerware Shiojiri / Japan
Motoyama Shikkiten produces Kiso lacquerware in Shiojiri's Kiso-Hirasawa district, working the craft from raw material through final coating for tableware, furniture, and commercial fixtures such as soba-restaurant tools. The shop operates an attached Urushi Craft Museum and takes custom orders plus lacquerware repair and restoration. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mouriya Sannomiya
Mouriya has served Kobe beef teppanyaki in Sannomiya for more than 140 years, sourcing only A5-grade certified Kobe beef for its signature courses. The honten and several sister locations across the city let chefs grill each course at the counter in front of diners. store page → · open in the atlas → - mu Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
Independent vintage store focused on originality and one-of-a-kind items. A mix of remade upcycled clothing, unique denim, and artistic vintage. store page → · open in the atlas → - Muji Tokyo
No-brand quality goods — Ryohin Keikaku’s 1980 anti-brand that became design philosophy worldwide. store page → · open in the atlas → - Muller of Yoshiokubo Tokyo, Japan
Women's line launched in 2006 by Tokyo designer Yoshio Kubo, who trained at Philadelphia University and under New York couturier Robert Danes; 'Muller' is an Aragonese word for woman, and dresses anchor each collection. store page → · open in the atlas → - Murata Kamaboko Chinto, Hagi
Murata has made fish cake in Hagi since 1961 using the yaki-nuki baking-through method that draws on the port's Sea of Japan catch. Its lineup includes the conger-eel Murashiro, the Hagi-o block, and Hagi-komachi chikuwa, sold as singles and in gift sets. store page → · open in the atlas → - N.Hoolywood Tokyo / Online
Daisuke Obana's military and vintage-inspired label — Japanese reinterpretation of American workwear, military surplus, and Hollywood costume design. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nabeshima Kosen Kiln Imari, Saga
Nabeshima Kosen Kiln works in celadon, white porcelain and the layered overglaze enamels of iro-Nabeshima from a workshop in Imari, tracing its output to the presentation wares once reserved for the shogunate. The kiln's own site lays out this Nabeshima-clan lineage rather than relying on a tourism-board summary. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nagatani-en Marubashira, Iga
Nagatani-en has fired Iga-yaki pottery at its Marubashira kiln since 1832, using local clay drawn from a four-million-year-old lakebed prized for its heat resistance. The kiln is best known for the Kamado-san donabe, a direct-fire clay rice pot built under the workshop's principle that its makers should also be the product's daily users. store page → · open in the atlas → - Naha City First Makishi Public Market Makishi, Naha
A municipal market hall with independent fishmongers, butchers, pickle sellers, produce stalls, and shops carrying Okinawan ingredients and souvenirs. The market reopened in a rebuilt three-story building in March 2023. Established 1950. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakagawa Jinenbo Kiln Karatsu, Saga, Japan
Founded by Kenichi Nakagawa (potter name Jinenbo), who built the kiln in Genkai, Saga in 1982, this workshop fires Chosen Karatsu ware by hand from local clay. His son Kyohei Nakagawa has run the kiln since 2012. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Aoyama, Tokyo
Contemporary craft shop reviving traditional Japanese techniques for modern life. Nara fukin (cotton cloths), hand towels, and household items that improve with use. Simple, functional beauty. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakagawa Seikaten Namerikawa / Japan
A century-old neighbourhood greengrocer in Namerikawa, Nakagawa Seikaten sells seasonal vegetables and fruit alongside daily staples and homemade delicatessen items. It also makes its own vegetable dressings and lays out seasonal fare from spring bamboo shoots to New Year's black beans. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakamoto Meigyokudo (中本名玉堂) Koyasan, Koya-cho, Ito District, Wakayama, Japan
Recognized as an official supplier to Kongobuji, the head temple of Shingon Buddhism, this shop has sold juzu prayer beads and Buddhist altar fittings from the same Koyasan address for several centuries. It also stocks goma-dofu and other temple-town souvenirs and runs an attached dining room. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakamura Ningyo Kaigeido (中村人形 傀藝堂) 1-10-46 Sakurazaka, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0024, Japan / Fukuoka / Japan
The Sakurazaka gallery Kaigeido opened to exhibit and sell the Hakata ningyo of Nakamura Shinkyō and Nakamura Hiromine, a multi-generation Hakata doll house founded 1917. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakamura Sake Shop 2-1-8 Nipponbashi, Chuo Ward, Osaka
Sake retail shop with tasting corner — buy bottles from across Japan or sample seasonal selections. The owner will match sake to your taste preferences. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakatsu Irotoridori Nakatsu / Japan
A short walk from Nakatsu station, Irotoridori is a Nakatsu-style karaage takeout shop whose owner sources Kyushu chicken and marinates it in a house kiwami tare. Its award-winning seseri and signature V-chicken are sold at the counter and shipped through an online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakatsu Kanei Nakatsu / Japan
A small confectioner in a Nakatsu residential neighbourhood, Kanei makes nama-choco busse, walnut monaka and rare-cheese mizu-manju with restrained sweetness. Seasonal cakes and tarts are served in its cafe space, and its sweets ship nationwide via an online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakatsu Karaage Genkiya Nakatsu / Japan
Genkiya fries Nakatsu-style karaage from domestic young chicken marinated in a soy-based secret tare with more than ten spices, built to taste good even once cooled. Its Nakatsu shop and mail-order site sell fresh and frozen karaage and chicken nanban nationwide. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakaya Taito-ku, Tokyo / Japan
Nakaya was founded in 1999 by Toshiya Nakata, president of Platinum Pen Co., Ltd., who set out to preserve a craft Platinum's own mass production had left behind: hand-lacquered urushi fountain pens turned and finished one at a time. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nakazakicho Nakazakicho, Kita Ward, Osaka
Osaka's hipster neighbourhood — Showa-era wooden houses converted into vintage shops, galleries, cafes, and craft workshops. The city's most walkable and charming district. store page → · open in the atlas → - Namiyoshian Osaka / Japan / Online
Namiyoshian is a long-established Osaka wagashi house whose Okunamba flagship pairs a sweets counter and bakery with a first-floor cafe and third-floor gallery. Alongside the shops in Fukushima and around Osaka, the site runs an online store selling fresh nama-gashi, baked sweets and gift assortments. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nanamica Tokyo, Japan
The North Face Purple Label creator — Japanese technical casual wear that blends outdoor functionality with city-ready aesthetics. Gore-Tex, Coolmax, and impeccable taste. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nanga Shiga / Online
Japanese down-gear maker founded in 1941 as Yokota Sewing in Shiga Prefecture; began making sleeping bags for a major outdoor brand in 1988, adopted the Nanga name in 1995, and launched its Aurora down jacket in 2003. store page → · open in the atlas → - Natal Design Osaka / Online
Tokyo apparel label founded in 1999 by graphic designer Tsukada Koji, starting with printed T-shirts before growing into festival-inspired camp gear, including down jackets co-developed with sleeping-bag maker Nanga. store page → · open in the atlas → - natural69 Hasami (Muraki), Nagasaki, Japan
Run by Matsuo Shoten, established 1954, natural69 designs Hasami and Arita porcelain built around simple, hard-wearing everyday shapes, including its patterned swatch series. The brand sells directly through its own online store and stocks well-priced tableware intended for years of daily use. store page → · open in the atlas → - Needles Tokyo, Japan
Japanese label founded by Keizo Shimizu, known for Rebuild flannel shirts, butterfly branding and velour track pieces alongside workwear-influenced collections. store page → · open in the atlas → - Needles Rebuild 7 Cuts Tokyo / Japan
The seven-panel jean — seven different vintage Levi's panels sewn into one pair, the Needles flagship, and the Tokyo brand that treats denim reconstruction as high fashion. store page → · open in the atlas → - Neighborhood Tokyo / Online
Shinsuke Takizawa's motorcycle and military-inspired label — Japanese streetwear royalty since 1994. Leather jackets, denim, and hardware that define Tokyo cool. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nepenthes Tokyo, Japan
Keizo Shimizu’s Tokyo universe — Needles butterflies, Engineered Garments and South2 West8 under one visionary roof. store page → · open in the atlas → - NEWoMan Shinjuku Shinjuku, Tokyo
Ultra-modern luxury department store targeting working women with sophisticated taste. Curated edit of international and Japanese fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nigel Cabourn The Army Gym Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Nigel Cabourn THE ARMY GYM TOKYO FLAGSHIP STORE is the brand’s current Tokyo flagship in Aobadai, carrying the men’s Authentic, Main, Lybro and collaboration lines. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nijo Fish Market Chuo-ku, Sapporo
A central fish market containing seafood companies and retail fish shops selling crab, scallops, fresh fish, and other Hokkaido products. store page → · open in the atlas → - Niki Sake Brewery Takayama, Gifu
Founded in the Genroku era, this Takayama brewery produces the Hyoshitsu and Tamanoi sake labels using Hida rice and mountain water. The kura and shop stand in the old town, one of six historic breweries clustered within a short walk. store page → · open in the atlas → - Niku no Hashimoto Otsu, Kikuchi District, Kumamoto
Niku no Hashimoto specializes in basashi, thin-sliced raw horse meat served with ginger and soy, from its shop in Otsu town northeast of Kumamoto City. Its cured and processed horse meat products have won a Monde Selection gold award in 2023 (the shop's awards list) and medals at Germany's DLG competition, and the shop belongs to the prefecture's horse meat safety council. store page → · open in the atlas → - Niku no Suzukiya Minamishinano / Japan
For more than sixty years, Niku no Suzukiya has been the butcher of the remote Toyama district in Iida, Nagano, famous for its miso-and-garlic marinated 'Toyama Jingisu' mutton and wild game. From its village shop and HACCP-certified workshop it ships mutton, boar, venison, bear, and other rare meats across Japan through its online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nishikido Hiroshima
Nishikido opened in Hiroshima City in 1951, six years after the atomic bombing, and later developed Nama-momiji, a soft mochi-skinned version of the maple-leaf cake that became a national seller. The maker offers fillings from red bean to chocolate and matcha along with allergen-friendly options, and its sweets were served at the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nishimura Orimono ORIBA (西村織物 ORIBA) 7-3-5 Murasaki, Chikushino-shi, Fukuoka 818-0061, Japan / Chikushino / Japan
Nishimura Orimono is a working Hakata-ori weaver; Gihei Nishimura opened the weaving factory in 1861 after studying under the Shirouzu family (one of the Edo twelve licensed houses); ORIBA at the factory entrance sells obi and accessories. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nishino Urushi Kobo Kiso-Hirasawa, Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan
Nishino Urushi Kobo is the workshop of lacquerer Nishino Takaaki, who trained under the late Sugishita Shigeru, was certified a Kiso lacquerware Traditional Craftsman in 2013, and opened independently in Kiso-Hirasawa in 2019. He hand-finishes chopsticks and small wares in sumi-jiro and shunkei-nuri lacquer techniques. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nishiyama Hasami (Mimatago), Nagasaki, Japan
Founded in Hasami's Mimatago district in 1865, Nishiyama makes porcelain tableware that has ranged from everyday dishes to Japan Airlines business-class service ware and pieces for Mitsukoshi and Printemps Ginza. The family company pairs long-established forming and glazing techniques with contemporary design collaborations. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nitanda Shoyu Nakatsu / Japan
A Nakatsu soy-sauce brewery of about a century, Kurakobo Nitanda naturally brews shoyu and miso and builds dressings, ponzu, sauces and noodles on that base with local yuzu and kabosu. The family still bottles and labels by hand and delivers to neighbourhood customers door to door. store page → · open in the atlas → - nonnative Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo menswear label founded 1999, creatively directed since 2001 by designer Takayuki Fujii; blends workwear and outdoor references with refined materials, from its flagship shop in Meguro-ku's Nakameguro district. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nousaku Takaoka / Japan
Nousaku has cast tin, bronze, and brass tableware, bells, and vases at its Takaoka foundry since 1916, work recognized by MoMA's design store and multiple Good Design Awards in Japan. The company runs factory tours and a workshop program from its Toyama headquarters alongside its retailer network. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nozawa Onsen Distillery Nozawa Onsen / Japan / Online
In the heart of Nozawa Onsen in Nagano, this distillery makes small-batch craft gin and whisky, including its Nozawa, Classic Dry and Shiso gins. Bottles, tasting sets and merchandise are sold through its online store, with a store locator for stockists. store page → · open in the atlas → - Number (N)ine Tokyo, Japan
Takahiro Miyashita’s grunge cathedral — Kurt-and-Neil romanticism that defined 2000s Tokyo fashion. store page → · open in the atlas → - Number Sugar Daikanyama, Tokyo
Artisan caramel candy shop with 12 numbered flavors. The perfect Tokyo souvenir — beautifully packaged and utterly delicious. store page → · open in the atlas → - O's Farm Shodoshima / Japan
O's Farm hand-picks roughly 400 olive trees across four traditional Shodoshima varieties plus newer cultivars like Leccino and Picual, pressing the fruit within 24 hours of harvest to protect freshness. The small-batch olive oils are sold through the farm's online shop from its Kagawa address. store page → · open in the atlas → - O-kita Nouen (大北農園) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
O-kita Nouen grows peaches and grapes across the Ichinomiya slopes of Fuefuki, a family orchard that ships white peaches, golden peaches and gift boxes nationwide in season. Fruit is sold direct through the farm's own online store and roadside stand. store page → · open in the atlas → - Obayashi Toshijuen Nara / Japan / Online
This Nara doll workshop carves traditional Nara ittobori figures, including hina and May dolls, Noh-themed pieces and zodiac animals. The hand-carved pieces are sold through the studio's online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Obusedo Obuse / Japan
Obusedo makes chestnut confections in Obuse, the town famed for chestnuts, using house-cooked kuri-an in everything from traditional kuri-kanoko and yokan to Mont Blanc and baked sweets. Its shops and eateries cluster in a restored quarter of old warehouses, drawing crowds each autumn for the seasonal Suzaku chestnut dessert. store page → · open in the atlas → - Odaiba Tokyo
Odaiba focuses on Tokyo Bay’s entertainment island, Ferris-wheel retail, Gundam statue and waterfront malls. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ofuku Mochi Honke Futamiura, Ise
Ofuku Mochi Honke has hand-pressed red bean mochi in Futamiura since the Edo period, more than 270 years ago, when the shop supplied pilgrims walking to Ise Grand Shrine near the Meoto Iwa rocks. It remains the town's original confectioner, still selling its namesake ofuku mochi alongside sesame-wrapped mokari mochi. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ogihara Yohoen (荻原養蜂園) Kyu-Karuizawa Main Street, Karuizawa
Ogihara Yohoen keeps bees across the Shinshu region and sells its raw honey direct from a shop on Kyu-Karuizawa's main street, run by a beekeeper known locally as the 'bee-mustache uncle.' The shop lists its apiary sources and harvest details alongside the honey itself. store page → · open in the atlas → - Oh My Glasses Tokyo Ginza, Tokyo
Curated Japanese-made eyewear with meticulous craftsmanship. Offers face-shape analysis and complimentary eye exams by professional staff. store page → · open in the atlas → - Okayama Denim Okayama / Japan / Online
Direct from the source — Okayama-based, exclusive collaborations, and the online shop that connects the denim mills directly to international consumers. Known for hard-to-find Japanese exclusives. store page → · open in the atlas → - Oke-Craft (オケクラフト) Oketo / Japan
From the small Hokkaido town of Oketo, Oke-Craft gathers turned wooden tableware and cutlery made by two dozen independent workshops under a regional craft brand born in 1983. Bowls, plates, cups, and utensils are sold at the Forest Craft Center shop and through the official online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Old Joe Brand Japan
Old Joe studies vintage garments through fabric, fading, hardware and proportion, then reworks those observations into new clothing. Seasonal collections span denim, tailoring, knitwear and accessories with detailed product notes. store page → · open in the atlas →