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Ameyoko Shopping Street

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago

On the eastern side of Ueno Park, in the streets around the elevated tracks of the train station, you'll find the Ameyoko Shopping Street: a great place to come when you're in the market for... well, anything. Fish, veggies, shoes, leather jackets and the discrete companionship of attractive ladies are just a sample of what's for sale.

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0 | #11003 by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago

Ueno is not far from Todai, you must know the area quite well from the student days?


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0 | #11004 by  Yubi | 8 years, 8 months ago

Yup. Ameyoko street runs parallel to Todai's border, so it is only a 10-15 minutes walk from Many exits of Todai. I used to buy Thai rice there because it was way cheaper than Japanese rice. International phone cards, now giving way to Skype, used to be really cheap there.


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0 | #11005 by  Yubi | 8 years, 8 months ago

One new thing to see in Ameyoko is Chinese tourists buying loads of seafood snacks to take back to their friends.


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0 | #11006 by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago

It seems as if there's a shopping street in every corner of the Akiba district ;) It's truly a cosmopolitan location. Japan is indeed a different, more advanced world.


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0 | #11007 by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 8 months ago

one of my favourite place in tokyo to wander around.


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