Ginza - Gallery

Gallery

  • Mitsukoshi department store at Ginza.

  • Kabuki-za theater

  • Sony Building and intersection at dusk

  • Yūrakuchō Center Building (Yūrakuchō Mullion) at the Sukiyabashi intersection

  • Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store in Ginza

  • Sukiyabashi Crossing at night

  • Ginza in the early 1900s, photographed by William H. Rau

  • Hokōsha Tengoku (歩行者天国), or Hokoten for short, means "pedestrian paradise". The term is used to refer to streets that are closed off to vehicle traffic. Each Saturday and Sunday, from 12:00 noon until 5:00pm, various streets in Ginza are closed off - allowing people to walk along the streets.

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