Showa-era appearance
Tachikawa neighborhood, Sumida-ku
(April 10, 2003)
April 10, 2003, Tokyo, Japan - An overgrown tree leans over the wooden wall with peeling paint in Tokyo's downtown Sumida ward which retains pre-WWII relics with many small businesses and crowded residential areas with clusters of tiny wooden houses. (Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/AFLO) VTY -mis-