Tokyo Neighborhoods Vlog 🇯🇵 Grandma's Harajuku, Ameyoko Shopping Street Food, Ueno, Japan Vlog 2025

Want to explore another side of Tokyo? This week we discover Tokyo's retro neighborhoods: Sugamo and Ueno Okachimachi.

Popularly known as the '#harajuku for Grandmas,' Sugamo is an old town Japanese neighborhood favored by Tokyo's senior citizens. At its heart, the charming Sugamo Jizo-Dori Shopping Street is filled with businesses where seniors love to shop, eat and spend their afternoons.

Afterwards, we take the train to Ueno #okachimachi to visit the Ueno #ameyoko Shopping Street. Frequented by bargain hunters since its days as a black market during World War II, this busy neighborhood is filled with Japanese street food and a surprising amount of Japanese menswear shops.

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Here's our list of what to do and where to eat next time you're in these Tokyo neighobrhoods.

Things to Do and Where to Eat in Sugamo Tokyo:
Sugamo Jizodori Shopping Street 巣鴨地蔵通商店街
Sugamo Tokiwa Shokudo Main Store 巣鴨ときわ食堂 本店

Things to Do and Where to Eat in Ueno Okachimachi, Tokyo:
Nakata Shōten Ameyoko Shop 中田商店 アメ横店
Ueno Ameyoko Shopping Street 上野アメ横商店街
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Tokyo Tower Park Walk
03:05 Sugamo Tokyo
03:42 Sugamo Jizo-Dori Shopping Street
06:42 Best Aji Fry in Tokyo
08:00 Harajuku for Grandmas
10:40 Sugamo Food
12:38 Ameyoko Shopping Street Food
14:05 Japanese Military Surplus Shop
15:48 Japanese Menswear Shopping
18:11 Ameyoko Shopping
20:56 Tokyo Sushi Dinner
22:12 Montbell Tokyo Shopping