Tokyo

1-Day Trip to Kagurazaka (Tokyo) Part 1

Kagurazaka is a popular town for grownups. Although it is located in the middle of Tokyo, it has a calm atmosphere and retains aspects of the Edo period (1603-1868). Kagurazaka Model Course 10:00 Iidabashi Station  Let’s start from Iidabashi station. (JR Chūō–Sōbu Line “Yellow”, Tokyo Metro [Tozai Line “Sky blue”, Yurakucho Line “Gold”, Namboku Line …

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Yanaka Ginza Shotengai

Stroll Shotengai in Tokyo

A “shotengai (商店街 [しょうてんがい])” is a street lined with various kinds of stores, which can be translated as “shopping street” or “shopping district” in English. Those shopping streets are places where you can wander around and enjoy the fusion of nostalgic stores with a long history and new stores set up by young owners. Although …

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