Bic Camera

Frommer's Review

This huge, eight-floor store near the Ginza offers not only single-lens reflex, large and medium format, and digital cameras, but also computers, DVD and MP3 players, video cameras, watches, toys, and much more. Note, however, that it caters primarily to Japanese; English-speaking sales clerks are scarce, and export models are limited. Ask for the English-language brochure, and if you're buying sensitive equipment, make sure it will work outside Japan and comes with English-language instructions. Open daily 10am to 9pm. There's a branch in Shibuya at 1-24-12 Shibuya (tel. 03/5466-1111; open daily 10am-8pm; station: Shibuya, 2 min.).

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