Inside the Harmonica, Kichijoji march 2017

Dusk, Monday 13th March.

Harmonica Yokocho is an old style alleyway market located in Kichijoji.

It's a maze of narrow streets and alleys packed with tiny shops , bars , restaurants and stalls.

Walking around it feels like either you have  stepped back in time a little to the "real" Tokyo of the past or into a future reminiscent of " Blade Runner"  

Kamakura March 2017

 An afternoon trip to  Kamakura Sunday 12th March 2017. 

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The colourful Komachi-dori, a street lined with food stalls , restaurants and souvenir shops leads from the square outside Kamakura Station towards Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, the main shinto shrine of Kamakura. It's busy with Japanese and foreign tourists enjoying street snacks and shopping in the Sunday afternoon sunshine. 

The Shrine entrance is marked with a large Torii gate after which there is a wide avenue lined with food stalls and trees .

 

 After exploring the shrine it was back to Komachi-dori to sample some street snacks 

 Finally a ride on the wonderful private Enoden railway ( Enoshima Electric Railway ) from Kamakura Station to Inamuragasaki Station which is just a couple of minutes walk from the beach.