Tôkyô City
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Sugamo 巣鴨
Toshima-ku

Sugamo is an area in the ward of Toshima and is well known for Jizô-dôri, a popular shopping street for the older generation. It lies at the crossing point of the JR Yamanote line (JR = Japan Railways), and National Route 17. Sugamo is also famous for the Sugamo prison, built in 1920 for political prisoners and after 1945 commissioned by the US army to house war criminals. The prison was demolished in 1971.

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main street Nakasendô / national road No. 17
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national road No. 17  (2)
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地蔵通り jizō-dōri
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shopping street Sugamo-jizô-dôri-shôtengai
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (2)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (3)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (4)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (5)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (6)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (7)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (8)
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shopping street jizô-dôri - shoe shop / geta  (9)
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shopping street jizô-dôri  (10)
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shopping street jizô-dôri - fried sweet potatoes = yaki-imo
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shopping street jizô-dôri - mendicant + believer
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elder woman in temple
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temple hall - Sugamo-dera temple
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praying elder woman
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tram / streetcar: Toden Arakawa Line
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streetcar: Minowabashi - Waseda  (2)
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streetcar: 12 km long route  (3)
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