Showa-era appearance
Kyoshima neighborhood, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
(October 11, 2014)
October 11, 2014, Tokyo, Japan - The Tokyo Skytree, a television broadcasting tower, looms over closely-built houses in Tokyo's downtown Kyojima neighborhood. Small wood and plaster houses clustered in the densely-populated neighborhood with a maze of narrow alleys crisscrossing in every (Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/AFLO) VTY -mis-