The most convenient store in Tokyo.

I really love my Panton light from Denmark. I can drink three glasses of whisky while looking at it. :-p To install it in my kitchen, I needed to remove the old one, and get new connector, connector cover and a light bulb. We can find a light bulb in any store, but a ceiling attachment cover is not easy to find around here.

Then I went to Tokyu Hands. Tokyu Hands is very useful store. How I can explain. They sell things you can find at regular shops, things at "Do-It-Yourself" shops, things at "hobby shops", and they also have things which only wholesalers sell. They have anything that a person might need, even if it is something rare.

I went to the lighting floor. They have many types of lighting like a regular shop. And they have frameworks, fabric, a string for pendant lights, and top for string code, connecters, various colours of light bulb, they have a light for ship and vessel. Yes someone will has their own boat.

I went down to get dental floss, they have huge variety of toothbrushes and toothpaste. And also tools like dental mirror and dental scaler which we usually see at the dentist. And I tried to hard to give up this MIRUHA (see teeth) kun!! Because I know I will be bored soon.

The very important point is some Tokyu Hands staff are professionals with some of its products. I heard Tokyu Hands cares more about their staff member's careers than their ages. So experts will advise you when you ask questions. Actually when I asked about my light bulb, the man who helped me looked old, maybe he already retired once. When we try "do it yourself", it is very useful ( necessary ) to get a advice from such professionals.

If you are living in an apartment, except for elevator and automatic door, I suppose it is hard to find what they don't have. When you need a small metal part for your broken necklace, when you need an acrylic board for your art object, when you need a silver ring hand made kit, when you need nimmt for your weekend party. When you need a piece of tiling which has a close colour to the broken one in your shower room. When you need a very special key for a lock, Or just fake key cylinder for your "instant" security. Please go to Tokyo Hands.

You may enjoy virtual tour here and here. You can see recent paper ad here. They have shops around Japan, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Machida, Futako Tamagawa, Kita Senjyu, Yokohama, Kawasaki around Tokyo

Comments

[Mari]

Hi There
Than you for many comments to my post. I could understand how this shop is loved by people. Actualy we cannot help liking the shop when we visited once.

[クレア (Claire)]

I really like Tokyu Hands, although there are not so many locations in the Kansai area (I found one in Osaka and one in Kobe). I could spend a long time and a lot of money there. It is somewhat like Loft, but bigger and with a lot more interesting things. I agree with Martin.

[Martin]

Can't agree more, Tokyu Hands is an absolute adventure if you're a sucker for the unusual, it's like finding little nuggets of gold on the shelfs.

[Cath]

Aaahhh... I loved Tokyu Hands! I shopped for a long time when I was there (same place as Takashimaya). I still have some coupons which expire this month. Aaww.. I miss Japan!

[Roger]

As an artist and a curious person, I found Tokyu Hands one of the most fun and interesting stores in Tokyo. I was inspired and bought many items to use in my art. I don't usually like spending much time shopping or browsing stores, but I spent several hours in Tokyu Hands.

Totemo omoshirokatta desu!