Yanaka Images 16 images Created 22 Aug 2016
Many visitors to Tokyo do not realize that beyond the city's shiny architecture there are neighborhoods unchanged from a century ago. Yanaka is one of these neighborhoods, lovingly referred to by the Japanese as shitamachi or downtown. Like most shitamachi neighborhoods, Yamaka is a low-rise, almost rural place that makes Tokyo lovable and livable, taking us back to another slower and friendlier era.
