🛍️ Ueno, Tokyo | Ueno Ameyoko Shopping Street 🎌 A bustling, “Showa retro” food and shopping paradise!

#AbsolutelyFreeTrip 🛍️Tokyo, Ueno | Ueno Ameyoko Shopping Street 🎌A bustling, “Showa Retro” food and shopping paradise! A short walk from Ueno Station, the lively Ameyoko Shopping Street stretches under the overpass. Its official name is “Ameya Yokocho (Ameyoko)” and it is a historic street that started as a black market after the war. Now it is one of Tokyo’s most famous shopping streets, visited by more than 100,000 people a day 🌟 Everything is available here, from fresh food to imported sweets, apparel, cosmetics, watches, and miscellaneous goods, and just walking around makes you feel excited ✨ The lively voices of the store clerks and the exchanges over bargains make you feel like you’ve wandered into a bazaar in a foreign country 🎉 Eating gourmet food while walking around is one of the joys of Ameyoko. There is a wide variety of food, from fresh tuna bowls, grilled xiaolongbao, skewers, tapioca, and Korean food 🍢🍣 You can eat your way around like it's a food stall, or have a drink at a standing bar, making it a great place for adults to play 🍺 The end-of-year tradition of the Ameyoko Big Sale is particularly impressive. The streets are filled with shoppers looking for king crab and herring roe! The festival-like bustle is also loved as a winter tradition in Tokyo ⛄ 📍Access: A short walk from JR and subway Ueno Station and Okachimachi Station 🕰Opening hours: Varies by store (most are 10:00-19:00) ⸻ #Ameyoko #Ueno sightseeing #Ameya Yokocho #Eating and walking gourmet #Tokyo downtown #Shopping paradise #Showa retro #Tokyo trip #Absolutely free trip #Solo trip #Couple trip #Domestic trip #Tokyo stroll