Hola.
navica Escribió:
Hola a todos, me voy el día 15 y en algun lugar que no recuerdo (mal por no apuntarlo) he leido que hay una calle o una zona tipo Kappabashi pero dee instrumentos musicales. ¿Alguien sabe de que hablo?
Gracias y saludos a todos
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Ochanomizu-Gakki-Gai (Music Instrument Store District)
Ochanomizu-Gakki-Gai
Lining along the streets are music instrument stores and music halls. Rental spaces are also available.
Access
•From Ochanomizu exit of Ochanomizu station to Surugadai-intersection, along to Meidai street.
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Ochanomizu
A walk down Meidai Dori (running perpendicular to Yasukuni Dori, to meet Ochanomizu Station at West Exit), will reveal several many-of-a-kind, guitar and rock band related instrument stores. Any instrument typical in the last 20 years or so, and especially the latest and most popular music trends dot the entirety of the 10-minute length of the street and surrounding side streets. Anywhere you go in Tokyo, you are sure to find this 'many-of-a-kind-ness,' make itself apparent. In actuality, this state of being takes root in the cultural way of thinking and is as old as time in memorial. The Japanese have a deep cultural sense of group-ness, where a higher value is placed on family and group interdependency, than individualism and self-reliance. This way of thinking is not just Japanese, but is characteristic of the majority of Eastern cultures, and affects every grain of detail in society, right down to the layout of the shops on streets.
Why the music stores sell mostly just the modern stuff is not hard to figure out. While walking along the street, before you even notice any instruments at all, you will have already noticed a few universities closer to the station: Tokyo University of Medicine and Dentistry Hospital (north of the station on Sotobori Dori), and Meiji University on (right-hand of south- bound Meidai Dori) are a couple, but there are also countless graduate schools and academic programs housed in less dynamic buildings all around the surrounding back streets.
If you're into appreciating subtle beauties in the scenery- the way the man made city falls naturally on the landscape- the Ochanomizu bridges (Ochanomizu Bashi and Hijiri Bashi) that cross the Kanda have a night-time luster all their own. Although chilly out this time of year, the crisp winter moon and noisy glitter of the greater Akihabara beyond the tall arch of the bridges all mirrored off the still-as-a-pond tea green Kanda, are a sight worth seeing if you're passing through. The 'hijiri' in Hijiri Bashi means holy, and 'bashi' is bridge. It is named 'Holy Bridge,' because at the time of its construction (1928), two places of worship stuck out that can still be found today: the Yushima Seido Shrine at its north end (also the Kanda Shrine across the street), and the St. Nikolai Russian Cathedral at its south end.
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Saludos.