Taisho-roman Street
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taisho-roman Street, meaning Taisho Romance Street, is a local shopping street in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
About 30 stores and restaurants line about 200-metre (660 ft) street, which is gently winding as a characteristic of the castle town to prepare for wars. The façade of some shops dates from Taisho era (1912-1926) and some have been in business for nearly 100 years. At the northern end of the street, Kawagoe Chamber of Commerce and Industry is located. It was built in the style of Renaissance Revival style with impressive Doric columns for Bushu Bank Kawagoe Branch. The street has been used as a setting in several Japanese movies, TV dramas and commercials in nostalgic air with granite flagstones.
