Comments Where should I shop in Tokyo?

The best place to head is Akihabara, a suburb of also known as the "anime capital of the world." There you can find not only the main stores for large figure characters like AmiAmi, Kotobukiya, and GAMERS, there are also a ton of second-hand stores with tons of amazing prize figures or cheaper scales.
I would recommend Lashinbang as a must. The Akihabara Lashinbang has tons of amazing goods and figures for amazing prices. It is one of my favorite stores to go to whenever I head to Tokyo.
I would also highly recommend Volks Hobby Paradise. Their store has a total of 7 floors, 4-5 of which are dedicated exclusively to figures. Everything there is new though, so maybe more expensive than a place like Lashinbang, but their selection is positively ginormous.
The AmiAmi main store is also a great place to check, as their pre-owned bin can have some great finds, as well as their shelves being lined with all kinds of new figures.
Other than that, just walking around Akihabara you will find many other figure stores that you may think are worth your while. All in all, head to Akihabara!

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I've heard thrift stores and used stores are a good way to get merch, personally I would pick this method seeing the prices in japan are really expensive regardless of the souvenir xD but I would spend more if it's like limited like a cafe or exhibition/limited store merch

I saw lots of acrylic stands of bushiroad games/anime at gamers akihabara (from my time watching the happy around program that housed episodes of reiwa no di gi charat within it lol), maybe check that place out! they have newer di gi charat goods!

I've seen a few Japanese YouTubers recommend A Stop. It's wall to wall display cases and every shelf is rented by a different person who is looking to sell their old figures and anime collectibles. By definition it's a mixed bag, but you can find some good discounts and rare figures there. Their website has an English page as well, if you'd like to see some of the things they're selling. I'll warn you that navigating it can be a little annoying though. It's organized by shelf and you have to click each shelf to see what's in it

Other than a must like Radio Kaikan and mandarake, for stuff thats not “popular” right “now”theres a lot secondhand store/discounted shop for cheaper items like bookoff/hobbyoff, lashinbang etc (theres a lot small shops of these all around tokyo). Check shibuya parco 5th floor for nintendo store, poke center, capcom store, shounen jump, etc Tokyo Otaku Mode used to open store there too(idk now coz it could just be event pop up store), theres usualy some kind of random IP event popup store there too. Kotobukiya store (akihabara) if you like TALES series, monsterhunter(they usually have them on their store), SMT/persona(maybe not these days idk) and others. Ikebukuro area also has a pokecenter, evangelion store, other hobby store(more female audience IP hence called otome road) also maybe the big Nakano broadway mandarake for 2nd Hand items of anything hobby/toy related. Could take days just looking at hobby stores around tokyo lol. I never actively looking for yakuza merch, so i might be wrong but probably harder to find. For SMT i think a lot shops have them like animate etc, bayonetta merch sometimes on nintendo store but could be not unlike their main IP like Mario, zelda, animal crossing etc Which always on stock

I honestly just go to Akiba for CDs so honestly I recommend Ikebukuro and Nakano broadway. I only went to Animate and K-books in Ikebukuro, Animate is always for new stuff but you can get gift plushes for retail there (nearly impossible to find for retail on even Japanese websites) and K-books was small but had a good Jojo collection which I'm assuming you're looking for considering avatar/collection. Nakano broadway is all good safe for some store with crazy prices but that's still fun too. Make sure to get the famous 8 layer ice cream from Daily Chico while you're there assuming soft serve is a dietary option for you.

good article!! I am wondering the same thing, currently my list to check out is surugu-ya and mandarake and Radio Kaikan and the Animate store :D