This is Omotesando today. Omotesando is the road that stretches from Harajuku to Aoyama and is filled with a load of brand stores. Quite a few places to eat around there too.
Festivals like the Nebuta one below occasionally take place at Omotesando.
And this is what Omotesando used to look like back in 1953.
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that s a big change ^^
Look like a nice place to live back in 1953.
Things change to quickly..
lol :D so much difference~
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the road is still pretty wide - guess that hasn't changed
heck, it looks like it was 8 lanes wide in '53
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Suprisingly with only 4 cars in sight.
unemployed machinist.. yeah
Think the 1953 shot is to my liking.. not a fan of being too crowded.
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Quite a big change!!!! Wow....I think my Hometown in Wisconsin was like that. But not that much of a technology upgrade like what Japan goes through, without a doubt!
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very big difference....
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Looks like one of those fast paced development like many major Asian cities
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that is one of the things that has wowed me so much about tokyo and the such. how quickly the buildings and streets can change. Like that station you were just at recently. Lord knows that building did not look like that when they began broadcasting.
You don't see that sort of the thing from where I am from. My city prides itself on its old buildings. Downtown mainstreet consist of numerous buildings that have been there for more than a hundred years.
Anyways, I am betting it's worth while being an architect in Japan.
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I was on this street after I stopped by the Volks store in Harajuku, feel very much like Nathan Road to me lol.
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Change is inevitable as it is said. Though in this case the change is pretty large.
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It's like they really envisioned what the future would be like to leave such a wide road.
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so much difference in the number of people...
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That 1953 street looks like a Los Angeles street today.
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I want to go to Kiddy Land now... ;___;
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Wow, that's so cool. I love seeing how much places change over time. Really interesting.
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Wow... so much difference...
I guess that if you compare pics of sdome places here you can't see the changes at all...
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Huge improvement when compared to present time.
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you gotta be kidding me? woah.. it's amazing how much can change in about 50 years..
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harajuku?
need the condomania store pic at the junction LOL
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When I was in Tokyo last year, the day I picked to spend in Harajuku just happened to fall during the Super Yosakoi dance festival, with a massive parade down the Omotesando. Very cool...
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Such a wide road back in '53.
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I wonder how much change shall occur in the next 50 years. Maybe we'll all be able to witness it, Unless our life spans are cut short unexpectedly, let's hope not! :)
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I remember sleeping in a parked van here.. ^^;
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Articles like this makes me appreciate history even more.
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hopes my place change too
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the road is still pretty wide - guess that hasn't changed
heck, it looks like it was 8 lanes wide in '53