Directly connected to Tokyo Station, the Yaesu Shopping Mall is one of the largest underground shopping malls in Japan. It’s a good place to wander around if you need to wait out a rainy spell.
Yaesu Shopping Mall - image © Florentyna Leow
The Yaesu Shopping Mall is more like a labyrinth of passages lined with around 180 shops. Walking around below ground towards the Yaesu side of the Tokyo Station and past the Daimaru food hall will eventually lead you here.
Yaesu Shopping Mall - image © Florentyna Leow
Unless you want to visit a specific shop here, this is not the most interesting place to be window shopping.
Yaesu Shopping Mall - image © Florentyna Leow
Most shops here are a mix of popular brands (like L’Occitane, Lush, The Body Shop, and Asics), shops selling dust-collector gadgets, and smaller ladies clothing boutiques whose clothes all look like they came out of the same neutral and floral-patterned factory. It is, however, convenient if you’re killing some time before your train to the airport.
Yaesu Shopping Mall - image © Florentyna Leow
An exception here is Liquors Hasegawa, which stocks a truly remarkable variety of shochu, sake, craft beers, whiskies, and other hard liquor. If you’re looking for bottles to stash in your suitcase, this is a fantastic place to do some booze shopping - and test a few cups out, too.
Yaesu Shopping Mall - image © Florentyna Leow
The best thing about the underground mall is that it’s useful for avoiding what’s above ground - clogged pedestrian paths, multiple traffic light crossings, and perhaps some heavy snow or rain - when you want to get to certain parts of Yaesu or Nihonbashi.
Yaesu Shopping Mall - image © Florentyna Leow
To this end, there are plenty of signposts indicating where you are in relation to the roads above and where you should go to get to, for instance, Yaesu Ni-chome. Look for the blue signs on the ceiling.
English name:
Yaesu Shopping Mall
Japanese name:
八重洲地下街
English address:
2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0028
Japanese address:
〒104-0028 東京都中央区八重洲2-1
Opening hours:
10am-8pm (varies by shop)
Price:
Nearest Transport:
Train: Directly connected to Yaesu exits of Tokyo Station.
Telephone:
+81-3-3278-1157
Website:
Official website (English machine translation)
Near To Here:
Yaesu Shopping Mall is located in Tokyo's Tokyo Station and Marunouchi district. See our complete list of things to do in Tokyo Station and Marunouchi, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.
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