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Ginza, Tokyo: the clock tower, the department stores and a main street without cars
Ginza is eight blocks of central Tokyo lined with department stores and specialty shops. How the clock tower, the car-free weekends and the Kabukiza theater came about. -
Ginza and Shimbashi: a silver mint, brick streets and Japan's first railway
Ginza takes its name from a silver mint of the Edo period. In 1872 it was rebuilt in brick, and Japan's first railway opened next door at Shimbashi.