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Intro


Welcome to Main Street, Azabu

A Story of Globalization through

The Story of a Street in Tokyo

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Intro


Welcome to Main Street, Azabu

A Story of Globalization through

The Story of a Street in Tokyo

 

The Azabu High Street is a memoir about a street — a very ordinary but at the same time a very captivating street in the heart of Tokyo, where the author, an American ex-pat executive, lived for five years, from 2005 to 2010. The series of chapters takes the reader on an intimate journey through the street’s businesses and the lives of their owners who were struggling to keep tradition alive in the early years of this century, under pressure from the global economic crisis and their own cultural inertia.... Read more.

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Photography courtesy of the author.  

 
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Visiting the Street


The Azabu Juban Shoten Gai,

in the heart of downtown Tokyo,

captivates visitors and residents,

both Japanese and foreign alike, 

with its specialties and its stories,

its history

and its mysteries.

Visiting the Street


The Azabu Juban Shoten Gai,

in the heart of downtown Tokyo,

captivates visitors and residents,

both Japanese and foreign alike, 

with its specialties and its stories,

its history

and its mysteries.

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Townsend and Henry


The 19th century diplomat Townsend Harris

and his Dutch interpreter Henry Heusken

lived in a temple in Azabu Juban

after negotiating the trade treaty

that opened up Japan to the world...

Townsend and Henry


The 19th century diplomat Townsend Harris

and his Dutch interpreter Henry Heusken

lived in a temple in Azabu Juban

after negotiating the trade treaty

that opened up Japan to the world...

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Shopowners


The shopowners and the residents

of the Azabu Juban Shoten Gai

form the colorful cast of characters of this

narrative of tradition and change, of cultural

integrity versus the forces of globalization. 

Shopowners


The shopowners and the residents

of the Azabu Juban Shoten Gai

form the colorful cast of characters of this

narrative of tradition and change, of cultural

integrity versus the forces of globalization.