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Hijiri-bashi Bridge over the Kanda River. The train on the far side of the bridge runs on the Eidan Marunouchi subway line. The buildings in the distance are part of Akihabara Electric Town.
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Colorful washi paper stored
in drawers. The shop receives many orders from abroad.
At Yamagata-ya Kami-ten.
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Binding books, the old Japanese way. The photo shows two steps in the process — stitching the pages together with thread (foreground), and folding in the cover edges (rear). At Shibamoto Japanese Book Binders.
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The Kanda Jimbocho district is also frequented by university and preparatory school students.
Photo taken in front of Liberty Tower at Meiji University.
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Buckwheat noodles served with sesame sauce at a well-known noodle shop called Matsu-ya.
In this part of the Kanda Suda-cho district, a fair number of stores are old and made of wood.
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Statue of a fox at Ota-hime
Inari Shrine safeguarding the northern flank of Edo Castle.
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The Radorio Café built in 1949, is known as a favorite haunt of famous authors.
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Isseido Shoten is typical of the more imposing second-hand book stores in Jimbocho.
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Kenju Shorin, an old book store, in the twilight.
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