{"id":10203,"date":"2025-05-27T22:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2025-05-27T22:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:14:19","slug":"japan-tokyos-pre-war-buildings-in-yanaka-ginza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=10203","title":{"rendered":"Japan – Tokyo’s pre-war buildings in Yanaka Ginza"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had not realised that before Hiroshima bombing in World War II, the US carpet bombed a large area of Tokyo and thus there are very few areas of pre-war authentic buildings. One of them we found in the suburb of Yanaka <\/p>\n

The streetscape is now mainly converted to tourism with its many shops, coffee outlets and small bars<\/p>\n

All photos on this blog post taken with Samsung phone.<\/p>\n

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This shop was closed at the time of this pic, but later was open and very busy but photos not allowed then<\/p>\n

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Not sure which part of this image refers to vegan ramen<\/p>\n

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A small quaint bar<\/p>\n

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the adjacent cemetery and temples<\/p>\n

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