Its compact downtown area, abundant choice and wide retail choice make Kobe a perfect choice for the shopper. The area in and around the old foreign settlement district (Kyu-kyoryuchi) is home to classy boutique avenues, where those in search of the latest brand-name goods will find all the best-known global names. Shopping streets and arcades between Sannomiya and Motomachi feature high-class department stores, shops under train tracks sell used and youth-oriented goods, while Harborland offers unique and diverse items and souvenirs. Bargain-hunters are spoilt for choice – head to either the Mitsui Outlet Park Marine Pia Kobe in the Tarumi district, with around 70 shops selling brand-name designer clothes and other trendy items at discount prices or the Kobe-Sanda Premium Outlets mall in northern area.