Attached to Bunkamura’s art and culture complex, department store Tokyu Honten in Shibuya is all about a more luxurious shopping experience.
Tokyu Honten - image © Florentyna Leow
Tokyu Honten, the head branch of the Tokyu department store, is all about understated luxury. It caters largely to the more affluent, mature crowd. Women’s clothes are, for instance, distinctly more expensive and well-made. Upscale supermarket Seijo Ishii and food deli Dean & Deluca have branches there too. Think Japanese versions of Waitrose and M&S and you’ll be on the mark. This is the kind of place to shop at if you want to splash out a little.
Even if you’re not really looking for a luxury shopping experience, the pet shop on the rooftop is fun to visit, and in the summer there’s a beer garden. Kinokuniya Bookstore also has a branch in Tokyu Honten, albeit without any of the English-language books that the Shinjuku branches stock.
The best part about Tokyu Honten is that it’s attached to the super Bunkamura complex, which hosts the excellent Bunkamura Museum of Art and its companion theatre and concert hall. Tokyu Honten is worth a visit if you already happen to be heading to Bunkamura for an exhibition.
English name:
Tokyu Honten
Japanese name:
東急百貨店本店
English address:
2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0043
Japanese address:
〒150-0043 東京都渋谷区道玄坂2-24-1
Opening hours:
B1 and 1F: 10am-8pm
2F-6F, 8F and rooftop: 10am-7pm
7F: 10am-9pm
8F beauty salon: 10am-9pm
8F restaurant: 11am-10:30pm
Price:
Nearest Transport:
Train: 5-minute walk from Hachiko exit of Shibuya Station.
Telephone:
+81-3-3477-3111
Website:
Official website (English of the machine translation)
Near To Here:
Tokyu Honten is located in Tokyo's Shibuya district. See our complete list of things to do in Shibuya, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.
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