Shotengai: Exploring the Nostalgic Pulse of Japan’s Local Shopping Streets blog.gaijinpot.com

Tatsu lived in Jujo for 31 years, just five minutes’ walk from Jujo Ginza.
In a similar way, when I explore old Japanese streets, I tend to view their faded facades through a halcyon haze.
In Tokyo’s long-established Yanaka Ginza shotengai, a butcher yelled at me when I snapped a photo of his store, even though I stood 20 meters away.
Tatsu’s most treasured thoughts of Jujo Ginza are not of its architecture but of playing with his childhood friends until they were scolded and shooed away by the shopkeepers.
Explore Japan’s scenic shotengaiHere are all the shotengai areas listed in this article from north to south in Japan.