12 best home and lifestyle stores in Tokyo

Cibone has recently found a new home in Omotesando’s Gyre building, moving from the previous shop space in Aoyama. The store carries a well-curated range of lifestyle goods from fashion, furniture and art to jewellery, watches and beauty products. The new space is still classic Cibone, with a number of renowned local and international brands on offer. 

For the kitchen, you’ll find plenty of everyday tools, including Balmuda kettles and porcelain ceramics by Yumiko Iihoshi. There’s also high quality home décor, like unique lighting fixtures and even some art pieces. There are countless pillows and throws, and the store is tastefully decorated to give you some inspiration while you walk about. Keep an eye on the website, as Cibone’s spacious store often hosts events, exhibitions and pop-up boutiques.

This homeware and lifestyle store in Setagaya offers a mix of mid-century modernist furniture, tableware, fashion and even repurposed goods. Items in the store are sourced from across Japan – each has a label detailing its prefecture of origin, along with the date it was first made. We particularly love the range of satchels and tote bags made from deadstock fabric. There are jewellery and shoe boxes covered in the same upcycled fabrics, too – they’re so stylish you won’t want to hide them in the cupboard. 

Located on the fourth floor of a nondescript building in Ebisu, this spacious store houses everything from fashion, Chemex coffee equipment and door mats, to fine jewellery, antique glassware and other little trinkets. Clothing comes in the form of closet staples like simple T-shirts and hoodies, and even a selection of shoes. The store frequently exhibits items from Japanese designers and hosts workshops including sewing exhibitions, where you can personalise items such as cooking aprons. Check the Instagram and website for the schedule.

This Shinkiba store is in a large warehouse building covered in green shrubs, and features a breezy terrace attached to the shop’s café and restaurant. 

Inside, you’ll find numerous homewares that are either antiques or antique-inspired, with a tasteful, weathered look. If you’ve got a green thumb, purchase pots and plants, or pick up some Aomori Hiba wood shavings, which you can use as a natural ‘perfume’ for your house. There’s also tableware in the form of beautifully crafted ceramics, glasses, and wooden utensils. The back room has the antique furniture and decorative dishware including vases, cups and saucers. There’s even a small gallery space used for exhibitions by local designers and artists – check the website for details.

Japanese brand Kinto now boasts a store in Los Angeles, but the flagship shop in Tokyo is located down a sleepy street in Nakameguro and carries a sleek selection of tableware, tumblers, and coffee equipment.  The store even sells its own coffee blend, which is sourced from the Single O coffee roasters in Tokyo’s Ryogoku neighbourhood.

Kinto is most popular for its travel mugs and tumblers, which come in clean, muted colours and simple designs – they make excellent, affordable gifts and souvenirs. At the sister store in Ebisu, you can even personalise your tumbler with your initials. There are also made-in-Japan ceramics, lightweight glass cups, and stylish pots and vases. The shop also hosts flower arranging classes and coffee workshops.

Situated just off the popular Nakamichi-dori shopping street, Markus is home to a fine array of Japanese objects of desire sourced from all across the country. The shop owner personally picks out everything in the shop and travels around the country visiting craftsmen and learning about their unique products. You’ll see that items are categorised by area and artisan, with a small description accompanying each one. Our favourites include the beautiful handmade fans from Kagawa, tea leaves from Shizuoka prefecture and stunning pottery and kitchenware from Okinawa. 

Kagurazaka’s trendy La Kagu ‘warehouse’ is home to the Akomeya flagship store, offering shoppers some of Japan’s most delicious and beautiful goods – especially for your kitchen.

Above all, Akomeya is a rice speciality shop and so it offers an almost overwhelming range of grains which can be purchased by weight. Avoiding carbs? Then skip to the packaged goods section offering everything from candy, miso paste and seasonings to gourmet preserves and soup stocks. The front of the store also showcases a beautiful selection of ceramics and Japanese kitchenware, all of which are labelled with a short description of the artisan and place of origin. This is heaven for home cooks and foodies, who can sit down for a healthy meal at the Akomeya Kitchen, or grab a freshly-brewed tea to go from the Chaya counter.

Looking like an outlet store, the expansive Sippo will delight bargain hunters with its wide range of reasonably priced goods. The selection may seem random but everything is either made in Japan or features Japanese aesthetics. There’s homeware, fashion, jewellery, accessories, gourmet food items and even antique furnishings. Some of the best deals can be found just outside the entrance, where the shelves stock pre-loved tableware, crockery and pottery items with prices as low as ¥100. Also, don’t disregard the display shelves and tables – chances are, they are for sale too. You could easily lose an entire day browsing, so it’s a good thing there’s an in-house café, which serves healthy and delicious teishoku (set meals), desserts and coffee.

This home and lifestyle shop in Yanaka offers a mix of beautifully crafted Japanese goods that you never knew you needed. You can hardly miss the store if you’re passing by – the storefront is overflowing with hand-woven baskets of every shape, size and colour.

A supplier of everyday goods since 1945, Matsunoya sells items ranging from brooms, dustpans, kitchen utensils, cutlery and homeware to leather goods and jewellery. This one-stop home shop sells products crafted from natural materials that are able to withstand a good amount of wear and tear. We recommend the retro zinc rice bins or the bamboo market basket, which will make grocery shopping feel a little more tropical.

If well-designed homeware is what you’re after, make a beeline for this zakka lifestyle store. Cinq carries all sorts of tableware and kitchen gear, plus fashionable clothing such as socks and knitwear. It even has its own brand of merchandise which includes metal coffee and tea canisters, cloth aprons and umbrellas. With items sourced from around Europe and Japan, the shop is perfect for a spot of interior inspiration.

Today’s Special is the brainchild of popular Tokyo lifestyle brand Cibone. It's primarily a food purveyor, but it also stocks a wide range of household goods, clothes, jewellery and healthcare products. Plus, there's a selection of small plants and other decorative goods for your home. The third-floor café, Today’s Table, sells seasonal dishes for hungry shoppers. There’s another branch of the store inside Shibuya Hikarie, just in front of Shibuya Station, as well as a brand new Shinjuku location. 

From stationery to toilet-seat covers, this is the largest household goods store in Tokyo, packed with knick-knacks for the home. Give yourself some time to make your way through the store's nine different levels, seven of which are further divided into three split-levels – in other words, you'll technically have 25 levels to browse. 

You'll find anything you can think of, from travel gear, beauty products and household goods to DIY kits, crafts, and even science supplies. The shop also hosts regular workshops where you can try your hand at crafting leather goods and jewellery. There's a café on the seventh floor in case you need a break from all that shopping.