Streets preserved as they were during the Edo period can be visited in several areas in Japan, but there are very few streets from the beginning of the Meiji period, when the first Western style buildings appeared in Japan…

A street with well preserved Meiji era house was rebuilt inside the Edo Tokyo Open Air Museum, in the Koganei Park, Tokyo. The buildings in the forefront are covered with copper plates, a fire protection method frequently used during that time, and in the bacckground there are Edo style stores and a public bath…

Edo Tokyo Open Air Museum, Tokyo

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