shotengai!

the shopping street shotengai

Tokyo is all about the shopping arcades right outside the train stations. each one has it's own local flavor and my local one is no different. it's actually one of the longest ones in Tokyo and it's called the 'PALM' shotengai. I have no idea where they came up with the name but it's pretty funny. It probably goes on for over 400M and stretches out on some side streets as well with well over 100 stores. The nice thing is that the entire street is covered so it is not as cold in the winter, cooler in the summer and doesn't matter if it rains. Not a sexy area but can get all your day to day things!