Kamata East Exit Shopping Street

Kamata East Exit Shopping Street stretches from the East Exit of JR Kamata Station to Keikyu Kamata Station and is affectionately known as “Poplar Road.” Around 250 shops line the street, including casual stores you can drop into and restaurants that preserve a retro Showa-era atmosphere. Local restaurants and izakayas, drugstores, variety shops, stationery stores, and bookstores are just some of the many types of businesses you’ll find here. Bustling as a transfer route between JR/Tokyu Kamata Station and Keikyu Kamata Station, simply passing through lets you enjoy a lively slice of modern-day Japan and its everyday energy.

In summer, the annual “Dai-Kamata Festival (Kids’ Festival)” is held. JR Kamata Station’s East Exit main street becomes a pedestrian-only zone, with all kinds of events such as street performances and wadaiko drumming, photo sessions with police motorcycles, ladder trucks, and Self-Defense Forces vehicles, and lively mikoshi carried by locals.

There are also events the whole family can enjoy, such as the “Family Festival” in May and the “Kids Festa” in November. Held three times a year, the shopping street stays lively year-round.