【Tokyo Walking Tour】Oyama Happy Road is one of Tokyo’s oldest and longest shotengai (shopping arcade) in Tokyo. It first appeared after WWII, when the street was lined with stalls offering food and essentials.
Originally called “Oyama Ginza,” the shopping arcade as we see it today was established after 1977. It was around the same time when it was renamed “Happy Road.”
One of the charm points of Oyama Happy Road is that many of the small businesses here are family-owned. Sometimes you will see two or three generations working together. The withered signboards and the older folks reading newspapers while waiting for customers are just some of the charming points of this area.
The locals are often amused about what kind of random shops tend to pop up between the traditional stores. The old and new co-exist peacefully in Oyama Happy Road.
If you want to have an authentic local shopping experience in Toyko head to Oyama. You won’t be dissapointed!
Website ‘Happy Road’: https://haro.or.jp/
【東京下町商店街】池袋駅から東武東上線に乗って5分の大山駅。その南口から川越街道方面に560ｍもの長さで続くアーケードが「ハッピーロード大山商店街」です。アーケードには、飲食店を始め、生活雑貨、ファッション、各種サービスなどおよそ220の店舗が軒を連ね、1日の来街者数は多い時でなんと約3万人。駅からすぐアーケードが伸びているので、天気を気にすることなく買い物を楽しむことができます。
一方、大山駅から山手通りまで広がる商店街は遊座大山商店街です。気取らない下町文化の熱気を感じます。駅前は大手チェーン店が多いですが、山手通りに向かうに連れ、昔ながらのお店が増えてきます。ボリュームたっぷりの街中華、お花屋さん、タバコ屋さん、電気屋さん、自転車屋さんなどが並んでいます。車がほとんど入ってこないので、ゆったりと散策が楽しめます。
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Oyama, Tokyo (November 2022) – https://www.lifeworldtokyo.com