3) Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu

You’ll find Tokyo’s savviest shoppers hopping on a bus to this gargantuan outlet park, where nearly 250 brands span this outdoor complex. Tax free shopping and a line-up of international stores including Gucci, Vivienne Westwood, adidas and All Saints make it the ideal place to grab an investment piece, with local heroes like Mitsumine and Onitsuka Tiger also represented.

There’s fun for the whole family with Pokemon, Disney and Kate Spade New York Kids on the docket, alongside other stores. Buses run regularly from key Tokyo locations such as Shinjuku and Shibuya stations, as well as from Yokohama if you’re further afield with journeys taking between 40 to 90 minutes depending on where you board.

Cathay members can enjoy an earn rate of JPY100 = 1 when presenting their Cathay membership card and shopping receipts at the Mitsui Outlet Park Tourist Information Centre, across any of Japan’s Mitsui outlets. And from 17 June, members will also be able to enjoy a tripled earn rate until 31 August, 2024.

Members shopping at the Mitsui Outlet Park Taiwan and Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Taichung between 1 June 2024 and 30 April 2025 can enjoy an earn rate of TW30 = 1. Overseas travellers from Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia shopping at these Taiwan destinations can also enjoy a doubled earn rate until 30 April, 2025.