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05.Towards.Pontocho * Here we are headed towards Pontocho, a typical area along the canal on the east side of the center. * 2916 x 1944 * (1.3MB)

06.Pontocho * Along the channel in Pontocho. The name Pontochō is said to be a mix of the English word point or the Portuguese word ponto (also meaning point) and the Japanese word meaning town, street, or road. This narrow alley is the stone paved street closest and running parallel west to the Kamogawa river. Pontochō area is known as the traditional location of the start of kabuki, but it was actually the biggest red-lght district during the Tokugawa shogunate. It also became home to tea-houses, and geisha entertainment. Today's Pontocho contains many old buildings, and is home to expensive restaurants, bars and hostess clubs - the cheaper and modern alternative to geisha entertainment. * 3888 x 2592 * (2.31MB)

07.Pontocho.surreal * Messing up with Photoshop... * 2268 x 1680 * (1.15MB)
 
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09.Pontocho.3.layers * This should be an expensive restaurant (or, I believe, three of them) on the right side of the alley... * 1245 x 1867 * (524KB)

10.Pontocho.Maiko * ... and what seem to be a geisha house on the left. * 1727 x 1296 * (574KB)

11.Pontocho * 2916 x 1944 * (1.64MB)
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