Please, could you put in this thread some picures of ginza district, please...

and of course you can talk about this district, what we can find there, everything you think is interesting.

Ginza

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http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1859/cimg24310pf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

hermes
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Dior
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metro
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Mitsukoshi
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Seibu
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fujiya
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CHANEL'S BUILDING IS AMAZING, thanks a lot for all this photos, and, does anyboy have pictures of loewe's building?

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/8669/loewe1hn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Doble post, sorry:(.

I don't like Ginza, I only like Wako Departament.
But it's true that Ginza is so clean ^_^.

Sony building, in the last image, is so cool too.

wow

Totally amazing man! your pics are awesome, i like Ginza's Style, it's quite out of date but stills classy and stylish.
I would like to see pictures of the Apple Store if possible.

cool pics.

Fujiya building looks great.

yeah, but no body has put a picture of the loewe's store....

zazo, check out this link. you'll find a b/w pic of loewe ginza: http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe/

http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe/img/loewe.jpg
I don't like it.

http://static.flickr.com/40/79882122_b2f44889d4.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/11/11513088_efcf51eeec.jpg?v=0
Apple Store, images from Flickr.

CHANEL'S BUILDING IS AMAZING, thanks a lot for all this photos, and, does anyboy have pictures of loewe's building?

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/8669/loewe1hn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Loewe Ginza (biggest Loewe shop in Asia)
windows in this winter
http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe/img/loewe.jpg
http://japan.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe/img/loewe_0512_1.jpg
http://japan.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe/img/loewe_0512_2.jpg

Loewe Omotesando
http://japan.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe_one/img/loewe_one_0512_1.jpg
http://japan.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/loewe_one/img/loewe_one_0512_3.jpg

The towns around Tokyo Station are the true heart of Tokyo, Ginza also is the one. It makes the western downtowns (i.e. Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, etc.) look like some kind of tacky rubbish. I just love the feeling of Tokyo's city centre.

Beautiful!!! Ginza is Tokyo's most upscale shopping district right or is it the boutiques on Omotesando?

Beautiful!!! Ginza is Tokyo's most upscale shopping district right or is it the boutiques on Omotesando?
as for the brand-name items, Omotesando/Aoyama district wins definitely (scale and specie).

Ginza
Louis Vuitton Ginza
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo01b.jpg

Prada Ginza (balck&white marbel walls)
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo05b.jpg

Salvatore Ferragamo Ginza
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo07b.jpg

Bvlgari Ginza
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo08b.jpg

Burberry Ginza
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo09b.jpg

Omotesando/Aoyama
Louis Vuitton Omotesando
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo13b.jpg

Prada Aoyama (Prada Asian Epicenter)
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo17b.jpg

Emporio Armani Aoyama (the building was designed by Giorgio Armani himself.)
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo15b.jpg

Chanel Omotesando
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo10b.jpg

Celine Omotesando
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo16b.jpg

Beautiful!!! Ginza is Tokyo's most upscale shopping district right or is it the boutiques on Omotesando?

Wait a tick! Are you seeing there is a district that's even more upscale than Ginza!

Wait a tick! Are you seeing there is a district that's even more upscale than Ginza!

Can you not read? I'm asking if the Ginza or Omotesando is the most upscale because I don't know. They seem to have the same stores. I just want to know which one is THE designated luxury shopping area.

Just got back from tokyo, i didnt do alot of shopping because im not a brand name kinda guy.

I think Ginza is more upmarket than Omote sando. I much prefer Omote Sando and Harajuku, including Takeshita dori.

I really dont like Ginza at all. An elitist vibe soaks the streets and stores.

Indeed Omotesando/Harajuku is way better than Ginza in terms of "urban experience" and probably brand shopping (I don't care about brands though), but I guess Ginza is still the place to be for those over 40 years old when it comes to upscale shopping.

Tokyo's buildings are unbelievable! Very Good!

Tokyo looks like a city of the futuristic esthetics...
Who comes up with the artistic design for traffic lights, flower beds, street material?

who cleans the streets?

Can be Ginza considerated the real Tokyo downtown (as part of chuo-ku) while shinjuku is more like an uptown?

I'd say Chiyoda-ku and everything within 2-3 km of it (for a total area of 40 km2 or so) is "downtown" and hard to separate. All the places of interest are there and follow one another in a circle: Asakusa -> Ueno -> U-Tokyo -> Shiodome -> Ginza -> Marunouchi -> Akasaka -> Roppongi -> Aoyama -> Ebizu -> Shibuya -> Omotesando/Harajuku -> Shinjuku -> Ikebukuro.

Ikebukuro is a bit more distanced to the others - maybe this could be classified as "uptown". Anyway, the classifications uptown and downtown really only make sense in Manhattan where they originated.. In the other cities, things are layed out differently.

Yes, in fact I agree with you!..thanks for your opinion

Ginza is incredible indeed. it's really dense but clean and vibrant.

there are many small Fox shrines at narrow street of Ginza
http://www.ginza.jp/movie/wmv/KOJI.wmv
Fox shrine...
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/oinari.shtml

Nowadays, Ginza is somehow overcome by Omotesando, but anyway

world's biggest Bvlgari store (Ginza Bvlgari Tower) opens at Ginza 2nd street crossing next year
http://job.yomiuri.co.jp/photo/jo_ne_06031307.jpg
Bvlgari Ginza Central Street.(current store)
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo08b.jpg

Chanel, Cartier, Luis Vuitton, and Tiffany alreday lie on the crossing.

Tiffany Ginza
http://coming3ta.up.seesaa.net/image/2005_12090003.JPG

Chanel Ginza (world's biggest Chanel store, open in 2004), designed by Peter Marino, who is well-known as the architect of Barneys New York in the 5th Avenue.
http://coming3ta.up.seesaa.net/image/2005_12090001.JPG
http://www.masslogue.com/archives/img/chanel_ginza2.jpg

Luis Vuitton Ginza, designed by Jun Aoki.
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo01b.jpg
and
Luis Vuitton Ginza Namiki Ave. (also by Jun Aoki)
http://www.masslogue.com/archives/img/lvg2.jpg

Cartier Ginza , desgned by Jean-Michel Wilmotte
http://homepage1.nifty.com/orionblue/photo/car.jpg
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Cartier Ginza 2nd Street. (world's biggest Cartier store)
http://www.yomiko.co.jp/ability/town/city/15/img/photo03b.jpg

Mikimoto Ginza2, designed by Toyoo Ito
http://www.masslogue.com/archives/img/mikimoto4.jpg


BTW, Christian Dior Ginza and Hermes Ginza are a bit far away from the crossing.
but the designs are rather good.

Christian Dior Ginza (Asia's biggest Dior store), designed by Ms. Kumiko Inui.
http://www.masslogue.com/archives/img/dior_ginza1.jpg

Hermes Ginza, designed by Renzo Piano.
http://www.masslogue.com/archives/img/hermes.jpg

Gucci Ginza reconstruction store site
http://www.ginza-taya.co.jp/blog/taya/archives/20050930%20004.jpg

Woow!! I love Japan until the hidest corner of the country.
Ginza is very nice, looks like a mix of European styles and japanese.

nihon ga taihen suki desu yo.

Can someone post a picture of the famed $10/cup coffee prices in Ginza?

I'd say Chiyoda-ku and everything within 2-3 km of it (for a total area of 40 km2 or so) is "downtown" and hard to separate. All the places of interest are there and follow one another in a circle: Asakusa -> Ueno -> U-Tokyo -> Shiodome -> Ginza -> Marunouchi -> Akasaka -> Roppongi -> Aoyama -> Ebizu -> Shibuya -> Omotesando/Harajuku -> Shinjuku -> Ikebukuro.

Ikebukuro is a bit more distanced to the others - maybe this could be classified as "uptown". Anyway, the classifications uptown and downtown really only make sense in Manhattan where they originated.. In the other cities, things are layed out differently.
I can't agree with you more. :)

Germany's Leica Camera opens world's first company special store in Ginza on April 22.
http://lenon.cocolog-tcom.com/./photos/uncategorized/dscf0922.jpg

(Leica store is next to Kodak store in Ginza.)

and limited edition model of open commemoration
Leica M3J (only in Japan) 6,000 US$
http://it.nikkei.co.jp/photo/da/MMITda002006042006_1_0_da.jpg

Wow!!!! Ginza is absolutely impressive and spectacular.

I love Ginza! and Akihabara

Tokyo looks like a city of the futuristic esthetics...
Who comes up with the artistic design for traffic lights, flower beds, street material?

who cleans the streets?
Robots,may be :)

i think u have forgotten in that pictures LOEWE, ARMANI, VALENTINO, CARRERA Y CARRERA....

Actually, there are so many speciality shops of European and American famous brands in Ginza. Especially, in Ginza Namiki Avenue.
(Roberta , Max & Mara , Aigner, Bally , Wolford , Tanino Crisci , Coach , Lanvin, Loewe , Foxey, Van Cleef and Arpels, Vendome , Loro Piana ,.....)
Dunhill Ginza
http://homepage1.nifty.com/eagle_dan/gnz455.jpg
Ginza is sometimes compared to Fifth Avenue. (Barney New York is now in Ginza, and Saks Fifth Avenue is to open in 2008.)

Dolce & Gabbana Ginza opened this month.
(rendering of Dolce & Gabbana Ginza)
http://kstyle.s57.xrea.com/img/newginza5.jpg

Giorgio Armani opens its biggest store in Ginza in 2007. (13 floors!!)
constrcution site
http://kstyle.s57.xrea.com/img/gag.jpg

At the same time, nowadays such prestigious boutiques have been poping up one after another in Marunouchi and Akasaka.
There are no department stores in Marunouchi and Akasaka, but both areas (as well as Omotesando) begins to overwhelm Ginza somewhat.


Just walk on Marunouchi Naka Street and look at the shops along the street. Marunouchi Naka Street is not so far away from Ginza. (maybe 5 minutes walk or so)
Marunouchi Naka Street
http://sozai-polaris.sub.jp/sozai_yakei_xmas/maru/DSC04712.jpg
http://sozai-polaris.sub.jp/sozai_yakei_xmas/maru/PICT0158.jpg

CABANE de ZUCCA
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/01.jpg
Motion Element Marunouchi
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/06.jpg
FACIAL INDEX NEW YORK
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/07.jpg
TUMI
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/08.jpg
TOMORROWLAND　MARUNOUCHI
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/10_1.jpg
Brooks Brothers　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/11.jpg
EPOCA
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/12.jpg
Kate spade
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/13_1.jpg
NATURAL BEAUTY STYLE
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/16.jpg
HITMAN ＆ Co．
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/17.jpg
EMPORIO ARMANI Marunouchi
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/20.jpg
GIANFRANCO FERRE Marunouchi
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/21.jpg
HERMES MARUNOUCHI
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/22_1.jpg
CANALI
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/23.jpg
Folli Follie Marunouchi　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/24.jpg
Baccarat MARUNOUCHI　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/25_1.jpg
PICCHIOTTI
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/26.jpg
GEORG JENSEN　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/27.jpg
a. testoni Marunouchi
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/28.jpg
COMME des GARCONS　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/29.jpg
alain mikli　(store building designed by Philippe Starck )
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/30_1.jpg
PLEATS PLEASE　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/31.jpg
TRUSSARDI MARUNOUCHI　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/34.jpg
PAULE KA　
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/35.jpg
ESTNATION
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/36_2.jpg
PRADA Marunouchi
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/marunouchi/image/37_1.jpg
Mulberry
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/tokyo/image/2_12.jpg
Hermers Marunouchi
http://www.mariot-club.com/report/tokyo/image/2_3.jpg
and
THE HOUSE OF WEDGWOOD, ROYAL COPENHAGEN　Marunouchi,....

Asia's first restaurant by UK's Conran Restaurant Limited (Sir. Terence Conran) opens in Ginza next year.
http://kstyle.s57.xrea.com/img/g_project.jpg