
ABOUT AMEYOKO
AMEYA YOKOCHO in Ueno, Tokyo. Known as "AMEYOKO".
From JR Ueno Station to Okachimachi Station,
About 400 stores gather around the guard of about 450 meters,
A shopping street that represents Tokyo.
Not available at department stores and chain stores,
There are many individual shops that handle foodstuffs and clothing.
The unique atmosphere peculiar to AMEYOKO became popular,
and many people visited every day regardless of domestic and foreign countries.
The number is about 100,000 on weekdays and more than 500,000 during the year-end and New Year holidays.

"AMEYOKO" was born after the end of World War II. The black market is said to have started around Ueno Station, which was the hub of logistics.
The origin of the name "AMEYOKO" has various theories, Since the end of the war, there were many shops that handled “Ame”(candy), which was valuable even though supplies were scarce.
The theory that came to be called "AMEYA YOKOCHO", Since daily necessities were in circulation by the US military, The theory that came to be called "AMEYA YOKOCHO" is known.
After the war, most of the shopping streets in Tokyo
Due to the establishment of chain stores, shopping malls,
etc. due to the improvement of the city and the economic recession,
The individualization of the shopping district is progressing.
At present, the shopping streets where individual shops are lined up to this point
and keep the appearance of the good old days,
It is no exaggeration to say that only AMEYOKO is in Tokyo.


You can
shop, taste, just walk,
or go for a drink.
RECOMMEND ARTICLES
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Apr 01, 2023
EVENT
Ameyoko Sakura Festival
"Ameyoko Sakura Festival" From March 18th (Sat) to April 8th (Sat), the “Ameyoko Sakura Festival” will be held at the Ameyoko Shopping Street in Ueno, Tokyo. The event, which will be held for the first time this time, mainly aims to support young people by distributing digital coupons that can be used for shopping at Ameyoko. Also, media art exhibition "BOT-ON" will be held by young artists "mischievous creative group URO". Digital coupon It is an electronic coupon that can
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Mar 31, 2023
EVENT
Brand from Canada【TAIKAN】POPUP OPEN
The street brand "TAIKAN" from Vancouver, Canada will hold its first POPUP at the new spot "Coffee by Jalana" in Ameyoko. It is a valuable event where you can get your hands on SS products that have just launched. In this POP UP, many unique items such as bags and apparel are available, including the latest collection. There are few opportunities to actually pick up items of the same brand that does not have stores in Japan. What is TAIKAN… Quoted from official Instagram
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Mar 15, 2023
EVENT
【Art exhibition held】Media art that brings a refreshing experience to the new era「BOT-ON」
A media art exhibition "BOT-ON" is being held at Ueno Ameyoko Plaza for a week from 3/11 (Sat) to 3/19 (Sun). , Passers-by stop involuntarily The same exhibition using a vacant store in Ueno Ameyoko Plaza. The illuminated restrooms create a strange atmosphere among apparel stores and restaurants. It faces the main street of Ameyoko, and passers-by seem to stop involuntarily. There are also foreign tourists who take photos out of curiosity. (*The toilet uses unused items, so there is n
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Feb 22, 2023
EVENT
【Good Valley Market】POPUP vol.2
"Good Valley Market (@goodvalleymarket)", which runs a second-hand clothing store quietly in a house in Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, will hold its second POPUP at Coffee by Jalana. This time, we will also hold a limited event for collaboration sweats and custom order prints. At "Good Valley Market", we sell used items selected from the shop's own point of view, regardless of age, with a focus on US items. From sweatshirts with unusual tags to blank body selections carefully se
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Jan 23, 2023
GOURMET
AMEYOKO Ramen
If you want to eat delicious ramen in Ameyoko, we would like you to refer to this ramen special feature. 5 carefully selected stores from famous stores to individual stores The Ueno area is said to be a fierce battleground for ramen. There are many famous stores. This time we will focus on the shops in Ameyoko. The editors who work in the Ameyoko area carefully select and introduce the ramens that we think are really delicious. "Chuka Taiko "「Ramen」 long-established Chinese sob
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Dec 29, 2022
SHOP
【Japan’s first knife specialty store】MARUKIN-SHOTEN
Opened in 1949, Japan's first knife specialty store "Marukin Shoten" History of the shop In 1949, not long after the war, the first owner opened a store at the current location in Ameyoko. In the 1960s it became a cutlery specialty store of Solingen, Germany, a city famous for cutlery. In 1970, the current president was inspired by American knives, and started to handle outdoor knives purchased locally. At that time, there weren't a lot of the sales of knives in Japan. Under such c
THE WAY to AMEYOKO
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JR
JR Ueno Station “Central Exit”:1 minute walk
JR Okachimachi Station “North Exit”:1 minute walk
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Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / Ginza Line Ueno Station “Exit 5B”:2 minute walk
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Nakaokachimachi Station “A2 / A5 / A7 Exit”:2 minute walk
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Uenohirokoji Station “A2 / A5 / A7 Exit”:2 minute walk
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Toei Oedo Line
Toei Oedo Line Ueno Okachimachi Station “Exit A7”:2 minute walk