Kuramae, Taito-ku, Tokyo.
It is located in the Asakusa area, one of Japan's most prominent tourist destinations.
This place is also known as the "Brooklyn of Tokyo. It is a center of crafts, especially leather goods.
It is said that craft products manufactured in Kuramae accounted for about half of the domestic market share at its peak.
Since then, there was a period of sluggish demand, but here they are attracting attention from both domestic and international tourists.
Japan was no exception as the COVID-19 disaster has intensified the global trend back to homegrown production.
In addition, the recent increase in the number of foreign visitors to Japan, combined with the fact that "made in Japan" products are beginning to be reevaluated, is also thought to be a contributing factor.
Kuramae has long been a center for leather specialists, and is also attracting younger craftspeople.
Against this backdrop, the area has recently been attracting attention as one of the hidden tourist spots where old and new cultures merge, with stores, cafes, and fashionable interior goods stores opening in old buildings.
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