Located in the Nakano ward, the Mushi-sha beetle shop sells beetles from 100 to 40.000 yens. The small shop is located inside an anonymous building, 5 minutes by foot from the JR Nakano station. With exited children, the shop, which is also kind of a beetle museum, is very animated and the mood oscillates between the supermarket and the schoolyard...
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Shibuya-ku is the name of the ward located in the East of Tokyo. Shibuya is the name of the a sub-area arround the JR Shibuya Station located in Shibuya-ku.
Largely a commercial and entertainment district, Shibuya has achieved great popularity among young people in the last 30 years. Shibuya is also famous for its intersection crossing, reportedly the world's busiest, which is located in front of Shibuya Station and uses a four-way stop to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection.
9 photos of Shibuya were added under the refenrence #001-000333, including photos of the famous 'Shibuya crosswalk' which has been popularized by the Sofia Coppola's film Lost in Translation.
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Manga, animes, cinema, music, sports, traditional culture, and new technologies: all these aspects of Japanese culture have their place at Japan Expo, the event for Japan lovers. During three days, activities,shows, competitions or projections take place during the most important festival dedicated to Japanese culture in Europe.
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12 photos of arcade and personal video games were added under the reference #001-000346.
Manga, animes, cinema, music, sports, traditional culture, and new technologies: all these aspects of Japanese culture have their place at Japan Expo, the event for Japan lovers. During three days, activities,shows, competitions or projections take place during the most important festival dedicated to Japanese culture in Europe.
13 photos of cosplayers were added under the reference "001-000346, including the Japan Expo 2006 Cosplay Show and Contest.
Manga, animes, cinema, music, sports, traditional culture, and new technologies: all these aspects of Japanese culture have their place at Japan Expo, the event for Japan lovers. During three days, activities,shows, competitions or projections take place during the most important festival dedicated to Japanese culture in Europe.
Dolls and figurines are also a part of Japanese culture, rom traditional Kokeshi wooden dolls to modern "Artoyz" (toys designed by artists).
Sometimes a decorative object, sometimes a promotional item, design toys are probably objects embodying best mixes and interactions between pop-culture, manga, design, art and commerce.
Manga, animes, cinema, music, sports, traditional culture, and new technologies: all these aspects of Japanese culture have their place at Japan Expo, the event for Japan lovers. During three days, activities,shows, competitions or projections take place during the most important festival dedicated to Japanese culture in Europe.
10 photos were added under the reference #001-000346
During three days, activities,shows, competitions or projections take place during the most important festival dedicated to Japanese culture in Europe.
11 photos of Manga stands and Korean manga artists pictured during the Japan Expo 2006 event were added under the reference #001-000346.
During three days, activities,shows, competitions or projections take place during the most important festival dedicated to Japanese culture in Europe.
For the first time Japan Expo hosts the Tokyo Style Collection fashion show presenting three of the most popular fashion brandnames in Japan: Alba Rosa, Joias and Gmalouse -- also world's premiere outside Japan --.
18 photos were added under the reference #001-000346.
High resolution image sample is available for preview here
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Shibuya-ku is the name of the ward located in the East of Tokyo. Shibuya is the name of the a sub-area arround the JR Shibuya Station located in Shibuya-ku.
Largely a commercial and entertainment district, Shibuya has achieved great popularity among young people in the last 30 years. Shibuya is also famous for its intersection crossing, reportedly the world's busiest, which is located in front of Shibuya Station and uses a four-way stop to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection.
7 photos of Shibuya were added under the refenrence #001-000333, including photos of the famous 'Shibuya crosswalk' which has been popularized by the Sofia Coppola's film Lost in Translation.
