ช็อปปิ้ง Gotemba premium outlet สินค้าแบรนด์เนม

There are many shops here in this premium outlet. Good to plan which shops you want to go & zero in. Food & cafes are readily available everywhere. Prices are really good if you’re okay with out-of-season items. The Onitsuka Tiger shoes are selling at really good prices but limited sizes. Overall, a place totally worth visiting. As for accessibility, I think driving is better so that you are not at the mercy of the bus timing.

Went there with the family on 2 Jan 2020 after spending the morning sightseeing in the Mt Fuji surroundings via a private charter. Got to Gotemba Premium Outlets at around 1 pm and the traffic was a nightmare. We walked the last 1 km which was a great suggestion by our driver who spent the next 1 hour getting through the traffic and parking the car. There was great bargain on designer labels such as Prada and Gucci (approx 40% off retail) and service was excellent. Discount of brands such as Nike, Lacoste, etc., wasn’t that impressive however (approx 20%).

We went to this outlet from Kawaguchiko by bus. It took over an hour and we changed to free shuttle from Gotemba Station. There were clear signs at the station and shuttles leave every 15 minutes. It’s a great outlet with lots of high end stores – Burberry, Gucci, Prada, Tag Heuer,etc. It also has Sanrio store and Pokémon store. The stores offer good discounts with tax free purchases so it’s great. We caught a bus back to Tokyo at night. It is around 1 hour 45 min to Tokyo by bus. The outlet has a great view of Mt Fuji.

If you’re out for discounted branded luxury goods, there are a lot of choices. For foreign tourists, do bring passports as there are 10% tax rebate which are sorted here, not at the airport, which is rather convenient. We took the Shinkansen bullet train to Gotemba, but took a coach on the return trip to Tokyo city, which was convenient as it was easier to just load shopping bags in the coach available at premium outlet itself. Our coach brought us straight from premium outlet to Tokyo Station. There’s a nice clean prayer room for Muslims, but no warm water for ablutions. So during wintertime, ablution was rather inconvenient.

I did not expect the area of the Gotemba Premium Outlets to be this big, with expansion ongoing. Loved that they have prams for rent for families with kiddos (my nephew needed one!) A very good range of brands to shop at and quite some food choices too. I went straight for Shake Shack!