Shimokitazawa
下北沢
A hub of Tokyo’s vintage fashion and independent culture, with secondhand clothing shops, small theaters, live music venues and soup curry restaurants tucked into its lanes.
Shimokitazawa is in Setagaya Ward and has the most bohemian character of any neighborhood in Tokyo. It is known as a “mecca of vintage.” Around the station, hundreds of secondhand clothing and retro shops are scattered through the narrow lanes, selling everything from affordable items sold by weight to carefully selected American vintage. The neighborhood is also home to small theaters and live music venues, where many bands and actors got their start. Since the Odakyu Line was placed underground, the former railway land has become Shimokita Line Street, a low-rise shopping area with facilities such as Reload and BONUS TRACK, along with cafés. Soup curry and small coffee shops are the local food recommendations. Most shops open after noon, and the live music venues are lively in the evening. It is about 5 minutes from Shimokitazawa Station on the Keio Inokashira Line or the Odakyu Line, or from Shibuya.
Opening hours
Shops about 12:00–20:00
Nearby sights
- Shibuya Crossing & Shibuya Sky
- Meiji Jingu
- Nakameguro & Meguro River
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observatory
- Takeshita Street, Harajuku
- Omoide Yokocho
- Kabukicho, Shinjuku
- Shinjuku Gyoen