Nakamise

Tour of Asakusa

By CJ • August 29, 2010

Tokyo can be crudely described as a metropolis of soaring and undulating concrete collectively illuminated by a glow of garish neon. Yet bordering the Sumida River in the east is the Asakusa district, which adheres to many of those characteristics but also retains certain cultural elements of life back in the Edo Period (1615 – 1868).

Sunday afternoon at the Nakamise shopping arcade in Asakusa

By CJ • May 31, 2010

Sunday afternoon at the Nakamise shopping arcade in Asakusa.

Nakamise shopping arade in Asakusa

By CJ • February 28, 2010

Shoppers shuffle through the Nakamise shopping arcade in Tokyo’s Asakusa district.