Here and There Japan

This is a well-established chain of shops. It's been in Japan for a long time. These are current photos. The mascot for the shop i...

These are samples of questions or tasks used in an eye test here in Japan. Usually, there are rows of circles with a piece missing in ea...

The hardware shop on the right is being prepared for demolition. The shop on the right is a drugstore. The red lettering says kusuri in hi...

See all of those metal shutters? When the shop was open, the shutters were opened for business. These ladies walked into my picture. They a...

Cornerstone covered in tiles. Click on the picture to enlarge. This is an awning to shade the shop's windows. It is opened and closed...

I bought three custard taiyaki at the new shop and asked if I could take a picture through the window. They were making some. The worker on...

A new shop opened in our neighborhood on the 29th. It makes and sells taiyaki . A pancake-like snack shaped like a fish. This shop sells t...

There are pharmacies in hospitals and in neighborhood shops. There are also shops that sell traditional medicine. These bottles of ginger o...

This shop has been closed for a long time. This is the same shop at a distance.

This month was supposed to be the rainy season. There wasn't much rain in Tokyo in June 2007, but this shop was prepared. Some shops pu...

This drugstore has a lot of stuff outside. They put it out every morning and then pile it inside at night. There are many different items b...

After the ceremony, Papa and I went to a cake shop. The shopkeeper gave us cups of tea and samples of cake. The design at the bottom of the...

Big Sister and I went out to buy sekihan , red rice, this afternoon. The white rice turns red after it is cooked with azuki beans. She too...

There are cases of hot drinks on the counter of this convenience store. Customers can choose what they want and then take it to the registe...

Some coffee shops and restaurants served special things for Valentine's Day. This coffee shop had some special "drinks which mak...