In fact, in addition to the guide I just gave you, there is another issue that everyone is most concerned about, and that is shopping. What to buy and where to buy should be a question that most people are concerned about. Today I will tell you how to buy it.

In-park Shopping

There are many shops in Tokyo Disney Park, with a wide variety of Disney-themed products. There are 140 shops in total, and there is also a very large DisneyStore where you can buy There are many products that you can’t buy in the park. In shopping malls, you can ask for free Chinese maps at the counter. You can choose other stores according to your preferences. It is recommended to slowly select and purchase goods after the tour. After all, the main purpose of going in is to play.

Beside each project there is a small stall selling snacks or small gifts. Whether they are ornaments or dolls, they are exquisitely made and of high quality. Each one is worth buying back for your own use or as a gift. It makes sense to give it away. The most popular ones are of course Mickey dolls, Mickey headbands and the like.

Because I bought a lot of other small gifts at Hong Kong and Shanghai Disneyland, I only bought glasses this time (see the pictures below, the price is 1800 yen (about 110 yuan).

Tokyo Shopping

There are large and small drugstores everywhere on the streets of Tokyo. The products in each drugstore feel like they are piled up, and there are also people inside. Most drugstores now have UnionPay is supported for consumption. The most recommended drugstores in Tokyo are SunDrugs and Matsumoto Kiyoshi because these two are larger in size and easier to find (you can usually search them on Google Map. Every drugstore sells them) The prices of the same product vary by about 30-200 yen, and the purchase limit is also different. This is why you can often see purchasing agents comparing prices with pieces of paper in drugstores. Generally speaking, there is no way to buy everything you want at the cheapest price in one store.

It is recommended that you go to see which store has what you want when you go shopping. What is the price? Simply write down the price in your phone, organize it and then buy it in batches, because after all, you can only buy it tax-free if you buy more than 10,000 yuan. Another reason why it is recommended to buy in batches is that if you buy things in Sundrug After settling the bill, sometimes the salesperson will give you a coupon for next time. For example, Kao's Kanebo products usually have coupons, ranging from 100-600 yen.

In my experience. The price of the same product at Sundrug will generally be cheaper than Matsumoto Kiyoshi, but the various purchase restrictions and product diversity are not as good as Matsumoto Kiyoshi.

Taking a comprehensive look (the following stores go to the corresponding subway). You can use gooelmap to search for the specific address:

1. The cheapest and most popular one is Sundrug right out of the Ikebukuro subway entrance, but it also has the strictest purchase restrictions, such as DHC lipstick, which can only be purchased by one person. 1 box, kanebo's enzyme cleanser is limited to two boxes per person, the 3D facial mask can be purchased at most one box per person, and the one for relaxing feet (I forgot the name is also limited to 2 boxes). In addition, most cosmetics and the like are also limited to 3 boxes. Anyway, it’s only limited, but the price is indeed the cheapest, and you’ll get discount coupons for your next purchase, but the queue at the duty-free counter is endless all year round.

2. The price/performance ratio is slightly higher. My favorite shop is Sundrug across the road from Shibuya 109 (next to BiCcamera, it is larger than the one in Ikebukuro, and has generally rich products, and the purchase limit policy is not as strict as the one in Ikebukuro, about 5 or 6 items) With such restrictions, the price is on average 30-80 yen more expensive than in Ikebukuro stores, but if you use the coupons, it is almost the same. If you want to buy souvenirs or bring something for others, this store is quite suitable.

3. Rich in variety, Matsumoto Kiyoshi in Ikebukuro is not far from Sundrug in Ikebukuro. It seems to have 4 floors and can basically buy everything you looked up in the guide. You can also buy cosmeceuticals and some small household appliances, and there are very few purchase restrictions. There are many types of cosmetics and sufficient inventory, but the prices should be the highest. Suitable for bulk purchases (because sometimes it is not possible to buy the tax-free amount due to sundrug’s purchase limit and lack of variety.

4. Matsumoto Kiyoshi in Ueno has the most Chinese shopping guides and rich varieties. It takes about 7-8 minutes to walk from the Ueno Park subway exit facing the commercial street, about three floors up. It is estimated that there are many Chinese people in Ueno, so basically 80% of the shopping guides in this store can speak Chinese, so if you can't understand the content on the package or haven't done a lot of homework in advance, it's no problem. The shopping guides will help you one by one. Make comparisons. Drug stores such as Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shibuya have Chinese employees, but most of them are shopping guides from Shiseido. If you ask her about other brands, they will at most tell you what this one is, and you can continue to ask where or where. It is to compare with others. They will usually tell you apologetically that they are Shiseido employees and cannot discuss too much about other brands. But in this drug store, except for the salesperson, basically everyone can speak Chinese. I have seen a store with the most Chinese shopping guides. The price is cheaper than Matsumoto Kiyoshi in Ikebukuro, and the variety is about the same (no small electrical appliances are sold.

For department stores, if you want to buy cosmetics and high-end brands, I recommend Seibu Department Store in Shibuya and Ikebukuro. If you want something more upscale, go there. Omotesando and Roppongi

If you want to go in a more approachable direction, you can go to Lumine in Shinjuku, which has great clothes and food, and Sunshinecity in OIOI Ikebukuro

Shibuya is famous. There are two buildings in 109. One is 109, which specializes in Shibuya-style women's clothing, and the other is 109man, which specializes in men's clothing. But to be honest, I think the men's clothing style of 109man is too biased and a bit unpopular

The rest are I won’t go into details about some brand stores

It is worth mentioning here that before traveling, you can go online to check whether your credit card has cooperated with a large department store in Japan. If it is in a department store Use a credit card from a designated bank to get additional discounts