First Avenue Tokyo Station is a three-floor commercial and retail establishment featuring some 120 stores and restaurants on the first basement floor and first floor (connected directly to the
Yaesu exits of Tokyo Station) as well as on the second floor.
Featuring stores operated directly by three of Japan's leading confectionary manufacturers, Tokyo Okashi Land is Japan's first confectionary-themed retail zone.
Tokyo Character Street features various character-specific stores for well-known Japanese anime and other characters. Gift Plaza offers traditional Japanese confections in Tokyo and popular
sweets. Tokyo Ramen Street offers some of the best-known ramen (Chinese noodle) shops in Tokyo. Gourmet Plaza features various other restaurants.
Hours: Varies by store
Restaurants: Varies by restaurant
Closed: No closing days
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Tokyo Okashi Land
Shops: 9:00 to 21:00
Tokyo Okashi Land, Japan's first confectionary-themed retail zone, comprises stores operated directly by three of Japan's top confectionary makers.
The three stores-Glico Ya Kitchen (operated by Ezaki Glico), Morinaga no Okashi na Okashiyasan (operated by Morinaga Seika), and Calbee Plus (operated by Calbee)-offer fresh-made products
prepared in their in-store kitchens, regional products from all over Japan, and other products available only from these stores.
Tokyo Character Street
Shops: 10:00 to 23:00
Opened in July 2011, the area features around 20 stores themed according to well-known Japanese characters. Jump Shop, for example, carries merchandise based on popular characters from Weekly
Shonen Jump, the boy’s magazine, including One Piece and Dragon Ball. Other stores also feature merchandise based on characters known around the world, including Ultraman, Snoopy, and
Rilakkuma.
The area also features stores run by major Japanese TV stations, which carry merchandise based on station-specific dramas, movies, and variety shows.
Tokyo Ramen Street
Restaurants: 7:30 to 22:30
Opened in April 2011, this area features ramen (Chinese noodle) stores operated by eight renowned names in Tokyo ramen: Rokurinsha Tokyo, a restaurant where there is always a line, known for tsukemen (noodles with dipping sauce); Hirugao, a branch of the very popular ramen restaurant Setagaya specializing in shio ramen (noodles in salt-based soup); Kani-senmon Keisuke Kita no Sho, created by a ramen innovator; Ramen Mutsumiya, renowned for its popular miso ramen (noodles in miso-based soup); Tokyo Station Ikaruga, one of Tokyo's most famous ramen restaurants, whose First Avenue location represents its second restaurant after the flagship restaurant; Ramen Honda, a new and popular up-and-coming eatery that also consistently draws lines; Junk-Garage, which established the genre of maze soba (noodles topped with a dollop of thick, tasty sauce); and Menya Shichisai/Tokyo Miso Ramen Edoama, a famous soy sauce ramen restaurant that extracts delightful flavor from its noodles.
Tokyo Me+
Shops: 9:00 to 20:30
The area features around 30 stores offering traditional Tokyo gourmet gifts, including kaminari-okoshi (millet and rice cakes), imo-yokan (sweet potato jelly), senbei (Japanese crackers) and tsukudani (seafood, meat, or vegetables simmered in soy sauce and mirin), and popular sweets like roll cakes and rusks.