(Dai Tokyo Asakusa meisho) Nakamise shōten-gai

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Title

(Dai Tokyo Asakusa meisho) Nakamise shōten-gai
Nakamise Shopping Street, Tokyo

Subject

streetscape
shop
clothing
crowds
electricity

Publisher

n

Card date

c. 1940

District

Taitō-ku

Subdistrict

Asakusa

Caption

Japanese (trans.) Nakamise/ Shōten-gai: Along the appraoch of over 70-ma from Kaminari-mon to the front entrance of Kannon-dō, there are various so-called nakamise shops, existing amongst the hustle and bustle of men and women visiting the temple day and night.

Image type

Drawing, tinted

Posted

no

IIIF Manifest

Citation

“(Dai Tokyo Asakusa meisho) Nakamise shōten-gai,” Tokyo Urban Culture, accessed April 16, 2026, https://tokyo-urban-culture.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/527.