TOKYO -- Nostalgia, you could say, is a current that hums under the static of modern society. But what does it mean to feel nostalgia in Japan, which has a heightened reverence for the traditional (and even the arcane)?
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Three Tokyo destinations where the past is delightfully present
Yanaka, Sugamo and Ome districts may not be hip but brim with nostalgia-laden charm
An old-style movie signboard graces the platform of Ome Station. Such playful nods to the Showa era (1926-89) can be seen throughout this town just inside the fringes of western Tokyo. (All photos by Stephen Mansfield)
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