Yanaka Ginza — Attraction in Tokyo

Quaint Showa era shopping street district, not to be missed with its special nostalgic feel and excellent food and drink options! Also, retro shopping with some great deals. Totally a tourist area but holds onto its charm! I came late ish on a Wednesday after 2 or 3 pm. So, most places were already closed. Maybe, Wednesday most places are closed on this street too? As well, many shops are open during the morning hours. The alcohol shop where you can bring other food to sample their wares was open. I was searching for food to bring back. But, the meat supplier that usually sells tonkatsu sandwiches and other delights was closed(located down from the main street and off to the right with blue banners). So, I happened upon a nice little hand poured coffee shop off in an alleyway with excellent sandwiches, I wanted them all! But settled in the locally sourced corn beef and a fresh squeezed lemonade. Excellent AC with unique comfortable wooden furniture that give that unique one off Showa kissaten feel. It started to get busier as I left. There was plenty of patio space for...

We found before the entrance to the shopping street a fantastic Taiwanese Restaurant which I couldn't find in Adelaide Australia so we jumped on it to have all our favorite dishes and drinks. Some shops were not opened but those opened are good enough. We shopped for some souvenirs and street snacks, coffees too at leisurely pace which we enjoyed tremendously. The prices are average but the service was good. In fact the owner of the beer tab in the middle if the street marked up and showed me a map in Japanese on the shortest way to Nezu Shrine some 900m away. That's the kind of friendliness and services which tourist would come back for more. I also found the distance from train station very pleasant and would be ideal even for more seniors. The only grip I have is that there's not enough signage to guide me to those alley where the Edo era residences still remains. I don't think I have managed to uncover more than a couple jumping from...

Very rude staff at the fried food/yakitori store (the one with the no picture signs). I was carrying a toddler and had my baby in a pram. I was talking with the other people in line and everyone seemed to be having a nice time. The right side of the counter was not accessible for a pram, I had just seen someone order from the left side. So I asked politely in Japanese to order from the left side because of my pram. The middle-aged male staff member replied in a coarse tone with ‘もういい‘, basically ‘I’ve had enough’, so I left. It seems that other reviewers (Japanese and Foreign) have had problems with this store and a male staff member in particular. Just saying, ‘we can’t do that’ would have been enough. It really made me feel unwelcome that he was so rude after I asked 1 question. The rest of the street is fine,...