Yamashiroya

A short walk from JR Ueno Station in Tokyo (on the Yamanote subway line), is a store well known to all fans of Japanese popular culture, called Yamashiroya.

This large store consists in 6 floors of toys and many products, some well known to the public, others dedicated to the otaku (those hardcore fans). There are a lot of goodies from video games, manga or anime such as:

• Naruto and One Piece
• Studio Ghibli films
• Monster Hunter and Gundam (two very famous series in Japan)
• Hello Kitty
• etc.

There are also other products to buy from the shelves of Yamashiroya: board games and puzzles, stickers, iPhone cases, idol cards, full collections of manga...