Togoshi Ginza

What should we do with our last bonus day in Tokyo? We know! Go to one more shotengai!

This one is called Togoshi Ginza and was about a 20-minute train ride from our hotel. We went on our own. Akiko had taken time off work for the days we were scheduled to be in Tokyo, but she's gone back to work now.

This shotengai is noted for being one of the longest in the country, and its road uses some of the bricks from the original Ginza district of Tokyo.

We had a leisurely stroll along the street from one end to the other.Read more