Ameyoko Market

Japan - Ginza and Ameyoko

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March 5th 2011
Breakfast in Ameyoko Sandra The Ameyoko Market This is a huge open air market located a few blocks from our hotel. The guide book lists it as "one of the great bazaars of Asia". After WWII, black market goods were sold there. Now you can get almost anything. Show up on a weekend and the crush of humanity, all there hunting for bargains, can be a little overw ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more