Showa era Tokyo shops and businesses

Showa era old shops and businesses are regular sights on these pages, so this is a series of Tokyo favourites I’ve taken over the years. Sadly several no longer exist, but at the same time many still do, and as such they often feature on my photowalks tours, making them feel like old acquaintances in a weird kind of way.

In that sense it was an especially enjoyable set to put together, and a few photos in particular brought back some nice recollections. Yet much more significantly, such places also possess a collective memory of sorts, as they contain all manner of stories, along with a sense of the past that is very noticeably disappearing.