Showa Era Still Exists In Ohimachi, Tokyo.

I had been working for Nikon at Ohimachi plants in Tokyo. I left the company about ten years ago. Even I live in Utsunomiya now, I sometimes meet friends who are still working there. The other day, I met Mr. Abe, one of my friends who worked for Nikon at Ohimachi. There were many small drinking bars and old “yakitori shops” in the east area of JR Ohimachi station.
Mr. Abe is also a software engineer who is a specialist in the image analysis field. We were doing research of artificial intelligence together at the same department of the camera division in Nikon.
People drink “sake” or rice wine and eat “yakitori” or grilled bird, Japanese type of skewered chicken while standing.
Recently, this type of shops have disappeared and been taken the place of by new modern restaurants.
We were walking here and there in every street near Ohimachi station in search for the places best reminded us of Showa era.