Walking distance from Ueno Park, Yanaka feels worlds away from the skyscrapers and neon signs that have come to characterize Tokyo. Part of the larger Jansen district, Yanaka was spared from the allied bombings of WWII and the earthquake of 1923, which destroyed the majority of the city. As a result, the neighborhood averted the modernization that took over the rest of the city. Walking down the narrow streets lined with wooden low-rise buildings, temples (there are over 60 Buddhist ones in Yana...
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