Ashahi Breweries is a building pretending to be a beer glass with an adjacent big golden object.
Japanese schoole-girls shoal.
Street-market and garages.
Both sides of the 250 m street from the Kaminari-mon Gate to the Hozomon Gate are lined with about 90 stores dating from Edo Period.
The oldest temple is said to have been built in 628.
The Grand Kaminari-mon Gate with large lantern is a landmark.
Tanuki statues often wear big, cone-shaped hats and carry bottles of sake in one hand, and a promissory note or empty purse in the other hand. Tanuki statues always have large bellies. The statues also usually show humorously large testicles, typically hanging down to the floor. Small tanuki statues were marketed as front yard decoration and good luck charm for bringing in prosperity.
You can find something interesting just behind a corner.
The ancient shrine was allegedly built in 730. It's believed to bring luck in buisiness, family and finding spouses.
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