A disappearing Tokyo
For the places that time forgot.
Tokyo is always becoming something new. Along the way, old neighbourhood institutions quietly disappear: the coffeehouses, dining rooms, sweet shops and bars that carry the textures of another age.
Shōwa Guide Tokyo is a lovingly researched record of more than 250 such places across Japan, created by Roni Xu Mori and W. David Marx.
More than a guidebook, it is a document of everyday cultural heritage — and an invitation to go exploring.