Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade

Sapporo

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Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade

Having celebrated its 135th anniversary in 2008, Sapporo Tanukikoji is one of the oldest shopping streets in Hokkaido. Tanukikoji, also known as “Raccoon Street”, is a shopping arcade packed with fashion and restaurants as well as shops selling many local handcrafted souvenirs.

Shopping

Sapporo provides a great number of stores, offering everything from fashion boutiques with well-known Western brands to traditional cotton or silk kimonos. Not only the city offers a number of large underground malls such as the popular Tanuki Koji Shopping Arcade, but also department stores like Parco with ten floors of shopping—and don't forget the small local shops selling souvenirs. Other popular products in Hokkaido besides kimonos are wood carvings, produced often by the Ainus, available in the boutiques of Sapporo as well as in the gift shops of hotels and museums.