When I moved to Tokyo, more than 3 years ago I was really surprised that upon my walks I encountered so many shops still in business in really old buildings. Differently to Kobe, where the earthquake wiped out a lot of these old downtown houses and shops, in Tokyo they still survive. I chose the best reference pictures from the ones I took during my explorations and decided to make an illustration
![Mateusz Urbanowicz - "Tokyo Storefront" series](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/c58e7d9ef2c66ffba098f5e59ed0b0f6c2e7d0e2/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fpro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com%2F9ce3211061582fe7299ba0739525dc15%2F1265b3c730c7213ee9e1a81ea44c28d3f037b9c52febac2a0814a81b21267c6ce119d76a88c571c4_rwc_335x315x735x735x735.jpg%3Fh%3D8173081c97ca75cf6fcdeea5985efaad%26url%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9taXItczMtY2RuLWNmLmJlaGFuY2UubmV0L3Byb2plY3RzL29yaWdpbmFsL2Q1MmVlMjM4NTA5OTE1LlkzSnZjQ3d4TURJM0xEZ3dNeXcwTlN3eU56ay5qcGc%3D)