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First Avenue Tokyo Station is a shopping strip attached to Tokyo Station via the Yaesu Underground Central Exit. It has three sections: Okashi Land, Ramen Street and Character Street. The most popular is Character Street featuring favourite characters like Hello Kitty, Studio Ghibli, Ultraman, Doraemon, and etc.
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Character Street of First Avenue.
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Erm, I don’t recognize this anime character but nevermind...
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Ultraman World. I used to like Ultraman when I was a kid.
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Rilakkuma store.
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Hello Kitty shop.
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Doraemon... everyone's dream childhood friend.
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Donguri Republic selling Ghibli characters merchandise.
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The robot from Nausica.
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Moonmin shop and Snoopy Town. Moomin actually originated from Finland but it’s popular in Japan. So is Snoopy which isn't a Japanese character.
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Jump shop.
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Dragon ball and One Piece merchandise at Jump Shop.
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and Sailormoon merchandise.
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Okashi Land is where you can get beautifully packaged confectionaries. Glicoya Kitchen is where you can buy the giant rainbow Pocky. But I would recommend to buy it at the duty free shop in the airport instead.
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There are eight ramen restaurants at Ramen Street. If you want to try something different, head to Rokurinsha which is famous for its tsukemen (dipped ramen with broth in a different bowl).
If you drop by Tokyo Station, don’t forget to visit First Avenue, even if you’re just window shopping.
First Avenue Tokyo Station
Opening hours: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
* Opening hours may differ depending on the shop. For details, please check the website.
http://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/
http://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/pdf/floorMap_foreign.pdf
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