NAKAMISE SHOPPING STREET TOKYO
Allée commerçante appelée Nakamise-dōri (仲見世通り). Elle regroupe environs 90 échoppes aux vendeuses souriantes.
Elle est situé devant le temple Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji). C'est un temple bouddhiste situé sur le quartier d'Asakusa dans l'arrondissement de Taitō à Tōkyō. C'est le plus vieux temple de Tokyo au Japon et un des plus significatifs, il est dédié à la déesse bodhisattva Kannon.
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The Nakamise-dōri (仲見世通り) is a street on the approach to the temple.
It is said to have come about in the early 18th century, when neighbors of Sensō-ji were granted permission to set up shops on the approach to the temple. However, in May 1885 the government of Tokyo ordered all shop owners to leave. In December of that same year the area was reconstructed in Western-style brick. During the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake many of the shops were destroyed, then rebuilt in 1925 using concrete, only to be destroyed again during the bombings of World War II. The length of the street is approximately 250 meters and contains around 89 shops.