Nice shopping street, although the stores are kinda repetitive when you walk the whole stretch, e.g. drug stores, restaurants, donki, capsule stores, pet stores, cafes. But a very convenient place to go and do your shopping. We did find a great cafe, if you want good coffee, great ambiance, go to Mermaid Cafe. Mega Donki was our most visited shop, but also the tons of drugstores for your medicine and beauty product needs.

A long covered Shopping street, a few blocks long, about 5 or 6. It was still quite cold sub zero in February. Plenty of restaurants, some cafes, specialty shops, amine and pharmacy, like Sapporo Drug Store that offer tax free purchase above JPY 5,000. You should be able to find something.

Everything you're looking for is here. I am not sure if you need to visit this in the morning or night time after your day tours. The shopping area is very long, so you need time to navigate it end to end.

Good place to spend a couple of hours but it may not be for everybody. As we were at the area in the late afternoon there was not much crowd. Suspect the place should get more lively in the evening. The good thing about the place is that the entire walkway is well lighted, wide and covered, so one is well protected from the elements, regardless of sun, rain or snow. Seems strange it’s call a shopping street as the choice and variety of shops seems limited, mainly find a concentration of cafes, food outlets and restaurants. The other type of shop that is high in numbers are pharmacies. If one is there to shop for typical fashion or accessories, then you may be in for some disappointment as there are not many retail shops selling fashion or shoes. The closest alternative are the pre-loved stores which do carry a decent collection of clothes and shoes. If want to shop for fashion, it’s probably better to explore individual shops scattered around the area or head for the underground mall connected to the place. To sum up, the place should be good if one needs a bite or drink to re-charge but if looking for bargain fashion and accessories, one is going to be disappointed.

Many kombinis and drug stores along this stretch. Will get my breakfast and coffees from the marts or kombinis…and sometime beer or snacks for supper on the way back. Some drug stores open till nearly midnight and we got some skincare on the night before we flew back.

We spent about two hours on the shopping street walking around and looking in shops and we walked by the area several times. The street has many affordable options for clothing and food and some surprises like shop that sold older American jerseys from the NFL. There are lots of convenience stores and pharmacies along the way and there is also a Mega Don Quijote. When we were here we also picked up some unique Japanese candies. The Tanuki Koji metro station is in the middle of it and the shopping street is inbetween the Susukino and Odori Park areas. Near the east entrance is Nijo Market and some nice antique and retro stores.