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Words-and-Pictures:
Ginza
(as seen on September 5th, 2001,
on the Old Tokaido stage of the Aki
Meguri)
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Ginza is located near the start of the Old Tokaido, well within
Tokyo's metropolitan area. It Is between Nihombashi, the beginning
of the Old Road, and Shinagawa, the First Station and the location of a
barrier separating old Edo from the rest of Japan. You can read
more about my visit to Ginza in my Logbook. You may
also choose to start reading about my Tokaido
journey at the beginning, or start at the top of my Aki
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A monument to the first kabuki theater in Tokyo.
On this site in 1624, a tower was constructed to support a drummer (as
is still used before sumo matches and during Bon odori today) to attract
viewers to the show.
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A traveling musician: This man is playing an
electric keyboard in a little cart--pulled behind a bicycle!
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This little doll is a come-on for a shop that rents
traditional clothing. She's wearing a yukata, a light
summer robe often worn to summer events such as fireworks displays.
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Over the Warner Brothers' store, one of my all-time
favorites is running on the big screen: the "wabbit season/duck
season" scene from the cartoon "Rabbit Seasoning."
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