Tokyo, Japan, Aug 2013

Street shopping at Asakusa shrine at Taito, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan. Tokyo (東京 Tōkyō) "Eastern Capital" is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo which means "estuary".

Street shopping at Asakusa shrine at Taito, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan. Tokyo (東京 Tōkyō) "Eastern Capital" is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo which means "estuary".

Street shopping at Asakusa shrine at Taito, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan. Tokyo (東京 Tōkyō) "Eastern Capital" is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo which means "estuary".