Street traffic near the main Mitsui Bank in Tokyo. The Main Mitsui Bank building was constructed by the American James Stewart & Co and finished in 1902, although it had to be rebuilt in 1929 after the Great Earthquake due to…
A man on a bicycle carries a towering load of dishes and food containers, quite probably soba as it was one of the most popular delivery meals. The practice of Demae (food delivery) is thought to have origniated in the mid-Edo period (1700s) and was…