Reply #11: Maybe you don't want to hear [View All]

[Art_from_Ark]

I can't remember exactly when, but probably in the late '90s there was a program on one of the local Tokyo stations about the "redevelopment" of that area that would be carried out that summer. They interviewed a bunch of shotengai owners and the general tone was one of great sadness at the end of an era. If I get a chance, I'll go to Ishimon Dori and check it out, but I'm pretty sure that was the area that was discussed in the program-- Nishi Nippori, open market area.