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Reading along in this fairly uninspired Meiji weird tales novel, I find my naive protag heading down Kagurazaka in the direction of Ushigome, and must at once go get the map to find out where Kagurazaka is. I knew I'd been there in my Tokyo exploring days back in (sob) 1992, but I couldn't put my finger on the place. Down from Iidabashi, oh right, high class corner of the mercantile world, oh right. Google Streetview isn't very helpful, but yeah, I remember the narrow back streets and discreet monied-looking restaurants behind walls. The intervening 18 years seems to have gaijin-friendlied the place a bit; then I just felt out of place.
Here, for future reading reference, are the city wards in Meiji, just to have them handy. All the clothes vocabulary I shall just have to fake.
(Yanno, when I went to Japan, I sort of thought I'd wind up like this woman. Can't think what went wrong.)
Here, for future reading reference, are the city wards in Meiji, just to have them handy. All the clothes vocabulary I shall just have to fake.
(Yanno, when I went to Japan, I sort of thought I'd wind up like this woman. Can't think what went wrong.)
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Although from that link it seems from her background she was well connected so she had the unfair - if not several - advantage(s).
There have been many instances where I have said ... oohh that could have been me, but for the paths and side roads I took.
*hug*