Hidden in the streets of Ueno’s Ameyoko Shopping District, Tokyo’s original black market is a street food paradise! 🍢🔥 From ...

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Ueno Ameyoko Shopping Street is one of Tokyo’s most legendary food markets, packed with mouthwatering Japanese street food! From fresh sushi and sizzling yakitori to rare market finds, I’m taking you ...

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Instead, save your yen for the nearby Ameyoko shotengai, or shopping street, which grew out of a post-World War II black market. Today it’s a dense and intoxicating maze of open-air izakaya ...

Because it was selling imported goods, it began to be called Ameyoko, which is a combination of ”Ameya-yokocho” (candy store lane) and ”Amerika-yokocho” (America lane). Even today, there is an ...

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Easily accessed from Ueno or Asakusa Station, Kappabashi (Kitchen Town) feels like a theme park of all things kitchen. Even those not looking to buy can enjoy window shopping in Kappabashi, where ...