Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Ginza

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Ginza

銀座
alternative words: Ginza district
keywords: district , tokyo
related topics: Tokyo Prefecture
related web sites: http://www.ginza.co.jp , http://www.printemps-ginza.co.jp
explanation: A district in Chuo ward in the southeast of Tokyo railroad station. During Edo period, Edo shogunate had established a mint for casting silver coins (Ginza means "silver mint"). It has then been transformed to the oldest shopping area of Tokyo. Japanese Kabuki theater (Kabuki-za) has been settled there too.


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