The Japan Timesのインスタグラム(thejapantimes) - 1月20日 12時43分

Japan has more than 12,000 shōtengai scattered throughout the country. Although there is no official definition of what constitutes a shōtengai, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency describes it as a shopping district or center with 30 or more shops and restaurants located closely together. It is believed that the existing shōtengai business model started in the 1920s or ’30s and flourished in postwar Japan. Shops in shōtengai nationwide were increasingly forced to close because the owners had no family to pass them down to or, more recently, they couldn’t compete with internet shopping. Click the link in our bio to read the full story, and meet the residents and shop owners of Japan's shōtengai. (Andrew Lee and Masami Ito photos)
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