Tokyu Hands Shinjuku

Tokyu hands became my favourite store in Japan, after discovering it I started looking for them in each city I went to. This particular one is in the Takashimaya store and it did take me a while to find it.
It’s over several floors and has pretty much everything you could think of. I did notice that every store is different and sells some items the same but also different. The travel section in this particular store is awesome.
If you show your passport you get a card which gives you 5% off everything.
The tourist/​souvenir section in this particular store was great too, I bought lots of socks here for gifts.

A chain of really big department stores where you will be able to find just about anything you want or need and also some things you did not even know you needed.
They have a wide selection of for example skincare and body care products, hobby materials, stationery and much, much more.
As a tourist this is a great place to get a bit of everything in case you’re in a rush and don’t have time to experience all the different shops Tokyo have to offer.
As a first time visitor to Japan I would recommend giving it a visit — it is still nice to browse all the floors and you will get to see a lot of strange products you didn’t even know there existed a purpose for.

Super crowded. But I guess that’s Shinjuku. The Tokyu Hands is in the big Takashimaya department store building and can be challenging to find your way there. Just follow the signs and look for green anything. If you see green elevators, you’ve found it.
The store is so much more crowded than the Shibuya and Tokyo station locations. The sales people are also way more aggressive.
I prefer to go to the other locations next time so that I won’t be trampled by a sea of people.

Tokyo Hands is the BEST STORE EVER. This location is merged with the Takashima Department store, so be sure to look at the map for what is exactly on each floor.
The Tokyu Hands floors are incredible — each is focused on something different. My favorite floor is the health & beauty floor with face massagers, foot acupressure gadgets, posture seats, other reflexology goods, etc. There is also a floor with just home goods (with A+ pillows, seriously). If you are looking for life-​changing Japanese gadgets and goods — and let’s be honest, who isn’t — this is where you go.
Note there is also 5% off with passport. There is also tax-​free, refund on the first floor.

I like the kitchen supply area. If you like bento boxes and supplies they have a great assortment of stuff!

I love this store! It has EVERYTHING you could ever imagine. If you’re not familiar with Tokyu Hands, for people from the US, it would be a comparable to Target. They have home goods, stationary, beauty supplies, clothing, etc. all at great prices. I pretty much walked along every floor just looking at everything since there was so much cool stuff all over the place. There are 7 – 8 floors of just goodies everywhere. You could easily spend a couple hours looking at everything. I was completely fine with that!
I ended up buying some beauty products, small gifts, and a bunch of Christmas/​Holiday cards. I went around Christmas so they also had some ornaments and decorations on the Stationary floor. The staff was friendly and helpful. They were full of smiles and tried to help even though there was a slight language barrier.
Tokyu Hands is located in the right next to or can be accessed from inside the Takashimaya store. Or if you can find the Times Square area, then you’ll be able to find Tokyu Hands. It is walking distance from the Shinjuku Station… probably only a few minutes walk or so.
You definitely should check out Tokyu Hands… who knows, you might find a gift or two for some people or a bunch of stuff for yourself!

The Tokyu Hands store in Shibuya is still the one closest to my heart, but that’s because I have a special affinity for that part of town. The Shinjuku branch is also pretty big and there’s lots to look at here.
As I mentioned in my other review, this place is where you find all sorts of household and other random shit at a somewhat reasonable price. Doesn’t matter if you’re looking for rice bowls, a back scratcher, shower curtain or even a road bike — you can pretty much find it here. I was able to load up on a few sushi themed pens, erasers and also got one of the most hideous looking (but funny) stress balls that I ever saw — god bless the creative minds in Japan.
The store is big but doesn’t have as many floors as the Shibuya store. However, if you really wanted to shop here carefully — be ready to spend a hell of a lot of time. There’s just so much to look at here and this place is truly a mecca for people like love all things Japan and random knickknacks.

This store has many more goods that everyone imagines, especially goods that is very very useful, but it takes troubles to find in other stores.
This sells new and old goods, but they are always useful and sometimes funny.
So those who don’t want to be out of time had better go here, because they can buy many goods that will be supply of topics for talk.
This store is near Shinjuku station, and you will find Japanese «Times Square».
I remember the first time I came here very clearly.
I first came here more than ten years ago, and I was interested in many funny goods or new, modish goods.
This has endlessly supplied topics for talking, that is, many interesting goods, and it will always be.