Edit – im not saying eithers better, just noticed a similarity in the layout
StoryTimeJr on
Was just there. The tourism problem is insane. That street will have a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of 5,000 tourists by 9 am. Also, half the stores along that street are now Matcha ice cream shops because they’re catering to all the tourists.
It sucks.
mossimossimossi on
Should be noted that this is a highly stylized / filtered photo or is juat one section of the town, as Google Maps show a much brighter town environment.
newzombiesold on
Should have used dirt road it would have look better
HyenDry on
I’m moving here
wrxninja on
If you look closely, there’s a Ninja hiding in plain sight.
Oldbay_BarbedWire on
Looks like the town in “13 Assassins”
Equal-Negotiation651 on
I feel like I’ve seen this street in a movie.
dr_xenon on
That bonsai tree in the background is huge.
hadoopken on
but nothing is open?
thai_sticky on
I think I drank sake with a Japanese opera singer on this street 35 years ago. Those were the days…
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Where is this
Beautiful neighborhood.
I’ve realized I find darker colored architecture more pleasing to me for some reason
I have either been here or somewhere nearly the same. Its nice.
For some reason I doubt this is “preserved” and is in fact “aesthetically similar” to the Edo period. But I may be wrong
So peaceful and timeless amazing how well this place preserves the beauty and soul of the past.
Beautiful neighborhood..and right next to the mountains?? Count me in! 👍👌
Go home, Japan, youre drunk
I feel like if I live here I’ll see shadowy figures on the rooftops occasionally
Stunning
Edo period is rather big time frame. More than 250 years
Shou Sugi Ban (Yakisugi) sidings as the norm?
Japans version of York
https://preview.redd.it/zk7ubb1tr4hg1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53fe3e5088907e04f1071f5747471bac8ef8bfbe
Edit – im not saying eithers better, just noticed a similarity in the layout
Was just there. The tourism problem is insane. That street will have a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of 5,000 tourists by 9 am. Also, half the stores along that street are now Matcha ice cream shops because they’re catering to all the tourists.
It sucks.
Should be noted that this is a highly stylized / filtered photo or is juat one section of the town, as Google Maps show a much brighter town environment.
Should have used dirt road it would have look better
I’m moving here
If you look closely, there’s a Ninja hiding in plain sight.
Looks like the town in “13 Assassins”
I feel like I’ve seen this street in a movie.
That bonsai tree in the background is huge.
but nothing is open?
I think I drank sake with a Japanese opera singer on this street 35 years ago. Those were the days…
That tree in the background is very old though