Sakana-cho

Sakana is the Japanese word for fish. I figure that there used to be a lot of fish mongers in this area...
Today was a crappy, rainy day, so I decided to escape the weather and have a cup of coffee before riding home and getting soaked. I took this with my cell phone and since the darned thing doesn't speak English I didn't realize that I had it on a small size setting. Shucks!

How was the weather in your neck of the woods?

in the outdoors

Japan has an odd habit of covering their walkways with roofing to protect people from the elements. This curious habit has evolved into building covered roads and arcades.
This is a shot of Sakanacho 肴町- the fishmonger area.
Although it is now a shopping area with dozens of stores and restaurants this is still an active roadway. The road is cloased off during the day and people hang out around the boulevard. At night young people use the open space to play music, practice tricks on their skateboards and their BMX bicycles.