The photo shows the entrance of Shiba Shopping Mall from Route 1, about 3 minutes’ walk from Tamachi Station. You must have thought this is not so much a shopping mall as an alley . That is true, but this mall has importance compared with its size.
The area “Shiba” already existed in Edo era, and is the origin of many names for modern Tokyo. “Shiba-Ura” is a district across railways, the name of which means “Beach of Shiba”. “Toshiba”, a famous Japanese electric and electronic company, took its name from “Shiba”(to put it accurately , “Toshiba” is the abbreviation of “Tokyo Shibaura electric company”). The name for the area of Tokyo Tower is “Shiba”. Shiba has many descendants .
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