Downtown Kyoto - Kyoto - page 151

| DEPARTMENT STORE

DAIMARU
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( 大丸 ; 211-8111; Shimogyō-ku, Shijō-dōri, Takakura Nishi iru, Tachiuri Nishi-machi 79; 10am-8pm, res-
taurants 11am-8pm; 1min walk from Shijō Station, Karasuma subway line or Karasuma Station, Hankyū line)
Daimaru gives Takashimaya a run for its money with fantastic service, a brilliant selection
of goods and a basement food floor that will make you want to move to Kyoto.

FUJII DAIMARU
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( 藤井大丸 ; 221-8181; Shimogyō-ku, Shijō-dōri Teramachi; 10.30am-8pm; 2min walk from Kawara-
machi Station, Hankyū line) This smallish department store on Shijō-dōri is very popular with
local young ladies who flock here to peruse the interesting selection of up-to-the-minute
fashions and jewellery. Older Kyotoites head to the basement food floor here to snag great
bargains on a wide selection of food, including great take-away sushi and tropical fruit.

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KYOTO MARUI
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( 丸井 ; 257-0101; Shimogyō-ku, Shijō-dōri, Kawaramachi Higashi iru, Shin-chō 68; 10.30am-8.30pm, res-
taurants to 10pm; above Kawaramachi Station, Hankyū line) This new youth-oriented department
store hails from Tokyo and brings some of that fashion sense with it. It's a good place to
see what's hot with the local fashionistas .

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NIJŪSAN-YA
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( 二十三や ; 221-2371; Shimogyō-ku, Shijō-dōri, Kawaramachi higashi iru; 10am-8pm; 1min walk
from Kawaramachi Station, Hankyū line) Boxwood combs and hair clips are one of Kyoto's most
famous traditional crafts, and they are still used in the elaborate hairstyles of the city's
geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha). This tiny hole-in-the-wall shop has a fine selection
for you to choose from (and if you don't like what's on view, you can ask if it has other
choices in stock - it usually does).

| ACCESSORIES

TANAKAYA
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( 田中彌 ; 221-1959; Shimogyō-ku, Shijō-dōri, Yanaginobanba higashi iru, Tachiurihigashi-chō 9;
10am-6pm, closed Wed; 5min walk from Shijō Station, Karasuma subway line) Tanakaya is one of the
best places in Kyoto to buy kyō-ningyō (Kyoto dolls). In addition to the full range of kyō-
ningyō, the shop sells display stands and screens, Japanese traditional shell game pieces
and miniature Gion Matsuri ( CLICK HERE ) floats. It occupies a wide stretch of Shijō-dōri
and is easy to spot by its dolls in the window.

| HANDICRAFTS