Ginza

Originally the site of a silver coin mint ("ginza" in Japanese), the Ginza today is an upmarket shopping, dining and entertainment district in central Tokyo, with many elegant department stores, restaurants and cafes. After being largely distroyed by a fire in 1872, it was redesigned by Thomas Waters, a British architect, according to a western pattern. Since then it has been Tokyo's modern, western-oriented centre. The Ginza contains some interesting architecture and outlets for virtually every leading brand name in fashion and cosmetics.


01 Coach fashion store	02 Pedestrians crossing street	03 Tree lined pavement	04 Pedestrian area and 0101 store	05 Yurakucho Itocia office tower


06 Printemps department store at night	07 Curved skyscraper at night	08 Bulgari store at night	09 Matsuya Ginza department store	10 San Ai building on Chuo avenue at night	11 San Ai building on Chuo avenue at night


12 Doutor cafe on Chuo avenue at night	13 Wako department store at night	14 Wako department store at night	15 World town building at night

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