Shopping in Japan is an experience like no other. Especially if you hit the big city, Tokyo. You’ll need all the energy you can muster up, because the guys dressed up in fishnets and bunny ears shouting into megaphones, the colourful Geishas, the aural assault of pachinko parlours and general aesthetic awesomeness will bombard all your senses to the absolute maximum. (I recommend drinking cups of coffee all day long and learning some basic Japanese to get you through a day of shopping.)
Japanese girls shopping (Photo courtesy of Local Times Japan)