First Avenue Tokyo Station is a three-floor commercial and retail establishment featuring some 100 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.
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.
Appearance of First Avenue Tokyo Station
Opened in 2008, the area features 15 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 feature merchandise based on characters known around the world or here in Japan, 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.
Business hours: 10:00 to 20:30
* The Rilakkuma store is open from 10:00 to 21:00.
Location: North Street on the first basement floor
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JUMP SHOP
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SNOOPY TOWN mini
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TOMICA SHOP
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TV station shops
Opened in 2008, the Plaza features 29 stores offering traditional Tokyo gourmet gifts, including kaminari-okoshi (millet and rice cakes), imo-yokan (sweet potato jelly), ningyo-yaki (baked confections), senbei (Japanese crackers) and tsukudani (seafood, meat, or vegetables simmered in soy sauce and mirin), and popular sweets like roll cakes and rusks.
Business hours: 9:00 to 20:30 (9:00 to 20:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
Location: First floor
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Kaminari-okoshi
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Ningyo-yaki
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Shio-senbei
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Roll cake
Opened in 2009, this area features ramen (Chinese noodle) stores operated by four 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 Setagaya specializing in shio ramen (noodles in salt-based soup); Nidaime Keisuke Ebisoba-gaiden, known for its iseebi soba (lobster ramen) and other nouveaux shrimp-based noodles; and Ramen Mutsumiya, renowned for its popular miso ramen (noodles in miso-based soup).
Tokyo Ramen Street will be expanded in 2011 into an eight-store thoroughfare with four additional restaurants.
Business hours: 11:00 to 22:30 (Last order: 22:00)
* Business hours vary from store to store.
Location: South Street on the first basement floor
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"Rokurinsha Tokyo"
Tsukemen -
"Hirugao"
Shio ramen -
"Nidaime Keisuke Ebisoba-gaiden"
Iseebi soba -
"Mutsumiya"
miso ramen
Opened in 2008, this area features Japanese restaurants with seafood-focused menus that also serve a wide range of Japanese sake. The prevailing atmosphere here recalls tapas restaurants.
Business hours: 11:00 to 22:00
* Business hours vary from store to store.
Location: Second floor
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Kidori
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Dosanko Jaya
First Avenue Tokyo Station also offers other restaurants ranging from Japanese casual eateries, like Tachigui Zushi (a sushi stand) and Tachigui Soba (a noodle stand), to a grilled eel restaurant, and to an Italian bar and restaurant where one can sit in a tranquil atmosphere to enjoy a meal. Other stores include a gift shop with products from across the country, boutiques, and variety stores.
Business hours vary from store to store.
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Echigo Soba
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Miyagawa
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Kimuraya
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Tokyo Gift Center
