Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu – Chiba – over 250 stores and it’s better than Gotemba Premium Outlets

From Tokyo, the best way to get to Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu, all the way in Chiba, is taking the expressway bus. The expressway bus stop is found just outside Tokyo Station at Yaesu Midtown if you exit the station via the Yaesu exits. Although you can travel to the outlets via a convoluted combination of connecting trains at Chiba Station and then Sodegaura Station and bus (which can take close to 2 hours in total time), the expressway bus only takes 45 minutes. But on weekdays, this expressway bus runs very infrequently. It only runs up to midday from Tokyo and only runs from the outlets starting at 4:30 pm. (There is no option to come back home earlier.)

Highlights	See over 250 stores including well-known Western brands such as Coach, Gucci, Armani and Hugo Boss, as well as Nike, Adidas and Balenciaga. Plus a bunch of Japanese brands like Beams and United Arrows and merchandise stores for Disney and Pokemon.
Cost	1,400 yen for each trip (total of 2,800 yen for a round trip). There is also a round trip deal at the bus station where you can also get 2,500 yen coupons if traveling on a weekday.
Location	Japan, 292-0009 Chiba, Kisarazu, Kanedahigashi, 3 Chome-1-1
Website	https://mitsui-shopping-park.com/mop/kisarazu/english/

You can catch the expressway bus by taking the Yaesu exit and taking the elevator to floor B1 of the Yaesu Midtown building. The bus stop is literally found underground in this complex.

We caught the bus on a Wednesday at 9:55 am (there is a bus at 9:05 am as well, but the outlets don’t open doors until 10:00 am). The bus was packed! So much so that people had to sit on the middle aisle seats. It made me worry about the potential trip back being packed and that the earliest we could leave would be 4:30 pm. On weekdays, the expressway bus leaves at 4:30 pm at the earliest and it doesn’t help if you have plans afterwards.

Inside the Expressway Bus from Yaesu Midtown Bus Stop to Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu

A huge shopping experience for shopaholics

We started by heading to the Tourist booth in the food hall, where presenting our passport netted us some coupons we could use at some of the stores. The food hall is huge and offer quite a decent variety of options. Also, there is a Panda Express, straight from the US, near the food hall.

One side of the large food hall in the centre of the outlet

We visited the Pokemon Centre Outlet, which had less merchandise than the usual Pokemon Center stores. The advantage of visiting this outlet store is that some of the merchandise is slightly cheaper than buying at the actual store, but not huge discounts. (We bought a few things that seemed cool and worth getting as gift.)

The Pokemon Center at the outlet has merchandise on sale at slightly lower prices

We did a lot of walking and shopping. I feel the shops people visit are based on their own preferences, but you are bound to find something. I had some disappointments with the Armani Outlet, which only had mostly boring stock with a lot of Armani logo on T-shirts and jumpers and not a lot of unique, interesting stuff for men.

We tried Panda Express for the first time anyway. We ordered their Big Plate for 1,490 yen which came with half fried noodles and half fried rice with three main dishes. We went with their Orange Chicken, Mongolian Pork and Honey Walnut Shrimp. The shrimp had a surcharge of 220 yen (and also any beef dishes). Panda Express’ food was nice. I could understand the appeal and why it was popular in the United States, but coming from Australia where Cantonese food is already at a high quality, it was pretty standard. We also got the soft drink option, which came with free refills.

Some of the outlet stores and the Ferris Wheel in the background

I shopped at most of the stores I wanted to visit and finished by around 2:00 pm. I could have shopped more, but we had plans for the evening and a toddler, so we decided it was best to head back.

By that time, I decided it was time to call shop and head back without taking the expressway bus. We caught a local bus to Sodegaura Station. From Sodegaura Station, we took the local train to Chiba Station and at Chiba Station we could take some of the Tokyo lines back to where we needed to go. All up, we spent about more than 1 hour and half on the trip back.

We also went to the Mitsui Outlets in Sendai and previous the Gotemba Outlets near Mt Fuji and easily this outlet, Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu, is superior because of the range of stores, food options and just layout.

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