Tag: Kanagawa Prefecture

  • Kofukuji Matsubara Shopping Street

    Kofukuji Matsubara Shopping Street

    Why is Yokohama’s “Kofukuji Matsubara Shopping Street” busy while shopping streets across the country are sluggish? Amazing number of visitors! What is an idea that increased 400,000 people a year? “Kofukuji Matsubara Shopping Street” is a shopping street that straddles Hodogaya Ward and Nishi Ward in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a 6-minute walk along the old Tokaido Road toward Yokohama from the nearest station, Sagami Railway Tennocho Station. There are about 70 shops such as greengrocers, fish shops, butchers, flower shops, shoe shops, dry goods shops, liquor stores, and clothing stores in a 200m square area. It’s an old-fashioned shopping street with a retro atmosphere, but it’s a […]