Since the Edo period, the area next to the Sumida river was known as Shitamachi (meaning “low city"), and was a place inhabited by merchants and craftsmen. Even today, the area has a cozy atmosphere, with many places such as the one photographed here. Streets lined by small shops, decorated with potted flowers, seemingly unchanged for the last hundred years…

Japanese railway crossing near Kanegafuchi Station, Sumida, Tokyo

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