Awai Shrine

粟井神社のアジサイ (4K) Hydrangea in Awai shrine

香川県観音寺市にある粟井神社のアジサイです。
Hydrangea of Awai shrine in Kanonji city, Kagawa prefecture.

山田町 (Yamada-machi) - July 2011

Yamada-Machi in Iwate prefecture, Tohoku Region. This is the Temple and the neighborhood where I stayed 10 days during my first volunteer project in the Tsunami affected area. I worked in a kindergarten about 10 minutes away from here by car... One of the most impressive experiences I've ever lived started here. I miss the people I met in Yamada and I hope their hearts keep strong :) Best wishes from Costa Rica!! :D

Japan Trip 2013 Tokyo Akihabara Station Electric Town 12

Ishimaru Denki has been changed to EDION.

Akihabara
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akihabara (Japanese: 秋葉原), also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Japanese: 秋葉原電気街 Hepburn: Akihabara Denki Gai), is a district of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to Akiba (アキバ) in Japan. While there is an official locality named Akibahara, which is also 秋葉原 in kanji, nearby (as part of Taitō-ku), the area known to most people as Akihabara (including the railway station of the same name) also include Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku.

Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, games and otaku goods, including new and used items. New items are mostly to be found on the main street, Chūōdōri, with many kinds of used items found in the back streets of Soto Kanda 3-chōme. New parts for PC-building are readily available from a variety of stores. Tools, electrical parts, wires, microsized cameras and similar items are found in the cramped passageways of Soto Kanda 1-chōme (near the station). Foreign tourists tend to visit the big name shops like Laox or other speciality shops near the station, though there is more variety and lower prices at locales a little further away. Akihabara gained some fame through being home to one of the first stores devoted to personal robots and robotics.

The area was just out of Sujikai-gomon city gate (present Mansei bridge) which was one of the city gates (Mitsuke) of old Edo (Tokyo). It was the gateway from inner Edo to northern and northwestern Japan and Kan'ei-ji temple in Ueno. Many dealers, craftsmen and relatively lower class samurai lived there.

Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅 Akihabara-eki) is a railway station located in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the center of the famous Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods.
Lines
JR East:
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Yamanote Line
Chūō-Sōbu Line

Tokyo Metro:
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company:
Tsukuba Express