Good Ole Shopping Street in City in Japan’s Ibaraki Pref. Evokes Showa Era Nostalgia, Was One of the Busiest in Its Prime

By Gaku Terakura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
17:42 JST,
January 17, 2026
INASHIKI, Ibaraki — There is a shopping street that greatly retains the atmosphere of the Showa era (1926-89) in the center of Inashiki, Ibaraki Prefecture. Located on the south side of Kasumigaura, the country’s second largest lake, Edosaki Shotengai (Edosaki shopping street) was in its prime durin...
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