Autumn Ginza, an annual autumn event that offers a number of enjoyable activities, will be held once again this year. This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the construction of Ginza Bricktown, which was built in 1873. Ginza has overcome a number of difficulties, from the Great Fire of ...

The first street to the west off Chuo-dori from Ginza 8-Chome is called Komparu-dori. In the Edo period, this street was home to the estate of the Komparu school of Noh theater. The name was retained after the Meiji period in the Komparu Festival and the Komparu geisha, and exists today in the ...

Turning areas into vehicle-free promenade in Tokyo first began in August 1970 in the areas of Ginza, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Asakusa. In Ginza, the area on Chuo-dori Street between the Ginza-dori Entrance intersection at Ginza 1-chome and the Ginza 8-chome intersection has been closed to traffic on...

Announcement about GARONOYAKAI 2023 Ginza Galleries will hold GARONOYAKAI on Friday, May 26, 2023. Ginza Galleries’ GARONOYAKAI event that began in 2004 is an annual art event held in galleries from 1-chome to 8-chome in Ginza. Participating galleries will be open on this day until 9:00 p.m. an...

The history of Teppozu Inari-jinja Shrine is said to stretch all the way back to the early Heian Period (794-1185) as a shrine founded by the residents of Sakurada Village, located deep in the Hibiya Inlet, to pray for bountiful harvests. From the end of the Muromachi Period (1336-1573), the s...