Yoshida-ya is an old sake store, originally built in 1910. Today, it is an annex of the Shitamachi museum in Ueno, Tokyo. It can be visited in Ueno-sakuragi, a neighborhood nearby the JR Yamanote line Uguisudani Station.

This beautiful building is a rare survivor in Tokyo, representative for the sake stores at the end of the Edo period and beginning of the Meiji period.

Old Yoshida Sake Store, Yanaka, Tokyo

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