Tokyo Character Street
Tokyo Station, Tokyo
- Daily
- 10:00 to 20:30
Main hours. Some shops keep their own hours.
Source: tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp, checked 7 Oct 2026.
Tokyo Character Street is an underground arcade of more than 30 official character shops inside Tokyo Station: Ghibli, Pokémon, Sanrio, NHK mascots, all of it. With kids it's a destination. Without kids it's dangerously good gift shopping.
Insider tip
It's inside the First Avenue mall on the Yaesu side. Follow the signs from the Yaesu exits. Tokyo Ramen Street is on the same basement level.
What's on near Tokyo Character Street
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tokyo Character Street, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Yaesu Yoichi (Yaesu night market)
八重洲夜市
Time 17:00 to 21:00 (20:00 on the last day) in 2026
An end-of-summer night market facing Tokyo Station, with sake and snack stalls, maker stalls and free live music over ten evenings.
Water Margin (Suikoden): the Outlaws of the Marsh in Chinese and Japanese art
水滸伝
Time Fridays to 20:00; closed Mondays (open 12 Oct, 2 Nov) and 13 Oct Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Chinese art from the Northern Song to the Qing and Japanese works inspired by the Water Margin, with all 74 known prints of Kuniyoshi's 108 heroes series.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nikolai Astrup: The Creative Garden
ニコライ・アストルップ 創造する庭
Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
An exhibition of the Norwegian painter and printmaker Nikolai Astrup in the brick-walled gallery inside Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Yamaga Seika: 140th Anniversary of the Textile Artist
生誕140年 染織家 山鹿清華
Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Marking 140 years since the birth of the textile artist Yamaga Seika, in the brick-walled gallery inside Tokyo Station.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Hata Teruo: The Sacred and the Profane (provisional title)
秦テルヲ 聖と俗（仮称）
Time Fridays to 20:00; closed Mondays Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi North Exit), in the station
Retrospective of the wandering painter Hata Teruo (1887 to 1945), including the Yoshiwara handscroll long thought lost in the 1923 earthquake, shown in Tokyo for the first time.
gamemall104, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
T3 Photo Festival Tokyo 2026 Exhibition
On now, until 26 Oct · Tokyo Midtown Yaesu and venues round Yaesu, Nihonbashi and Kyobashi
A 24-day international photography festival with exhibitions round Tokyo Station, information centres at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu and Tofrom Yaesu, and an opening day on 3 October.
Map · Source: T3 Photo Festival Tokyo · T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO 2026
Yaesu Public Jam (Nihonbashi Public Jazz pre-event) Performance
Fri 30 Oct · Tokyo Midtown Yaesu
A session with a DJ and jazz players on the second floor of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, ahead of the Nihonbashi Public Jazz music festival.
Map · Source: Tokyo Midtown Yaesu (Mitsui Fudosan) · NIHONBASHI PUBLIC JAZZ プレイベント「YAESU PUBLIC JAM」
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Good to know
- What is the address of Tokyo Character Street?
- 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都千代田区丸の内1丁目9-1).
- What are the opening hours of Tokyo Character Street?
- Daily 10:00 to 20:30. Main hours. Some shops keep their own hours.
- How do I get to Tokyo Character Street?
- The nearest station is Tokyo Station (Yaesu side). Tokyo Character Street is in Tokyo Station, Tokyo.
- How much does Tokyo Character Street cost?
- Tokyo Character Street is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tokyo Character Street?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Tokyo Character Street?
- Any, it is indoors.
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