Victoria Main Shop — Local services in Tokyo

During the winter this shop is filled with skiing equipment and accessories. Very good variety of latest equipment. If you want older stuff, sometimes they may have old stock not on display, show them a photo and they will try to help you. The problem is limited English. They also wax and tune. Each floor specialises in different things. The other nearby Victoria shops carry other items, so it is not a repeat. It can get warm in the shop, so...

Huge range of goods on sale, for different types of outdoor activities. Ski apparel range and quality not as good as other places, even though they stock quite a fair bit. Hiking range not too bad, prices probably in the upper mid range. Hiking shoes weren't too bad; i bought a pair here. It's a good place to visit if you want a one-stop shop for different outdoor stuff that you want to buy at the same time, without going to...

If you have to buy hiking/ trekking shoes, I highly recommend this shop and specifically Ichimura. He is extremely competent and speaks fluent English. I've been buying hiking shoes since 10+ years, but thanks to Ichimura I now for the first time know exactly what the differences between shoes are and which shoe is best for me. Could not recommend him more, really...