Many people walked the shopping street in Nishikoyama

entrance of shopping avenue in Nishikoyama — Nishikoyama Shopping Street

Leaving the deserted Koyama Hachiman Shrine behind, I headed for Nishikoyama Station. Nishikoyama Station is located in a residential area, and there are several shopping streets around the station. I was standing at the entrance of one of them. Many of the shopping streets in Japan have recently gone out of business. They say this is because they have lost their customers to the suburban shopping malls that have emerged since the repeal of the Large-Scale Shopping Mall Law. The shopping district in front of Nishi-Koyama Station, however, is an exception. Even in the age of 2018, it is still full of vitality.

The stores lining the shopping street are all open, and many shoppers are still strolling the streets. This is just my personal opinion, but I don't enjoy walking through large shopping malls run by major corporations because they are just lined with the same kind of stores that can be found anywhere. It is much more enjoyable to walk along a local shopping street where you have no idea what kind of stores are there.

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