Many people walked the shopping street in Nishikoyama

entrance of shopping avenue in Nishikoyama
Nishikoyama Shopping Street
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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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Sep 2019 IN THE CITY TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

No

11192

Shooting Date

Oct 2018

Posted On

September 13, 2019

Modified On

October 30, 2023

Place

Nishikoyama, Tokyo

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

SONNAR T* FE 55MM F1.8 ZA

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