The Honmachi shopping arcade is a place in Niigata City that retains a 'market' atmosphere, which is now all too rare.

The "Fresh Honcho" area, around the 12th and 13th streets, is one of the most retro areas in the city. It is a fun area to wander around and you can often see people walking around taking photos. It is also an interesting area where various collaborative events with local students and film shootings take place.

It occurred to me, "What kind of shops do they have?" so I made a brief photo list.

Yamamoto Watch Shop

Watanabe Bookshop

Inagaki Animal Hospital

Confectionery Friends

Nagakita Electric

house in the middle of the Edo period where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

See Fang Wen Fang Shop

Shinkawaya (liquor shop)

Onodaira tea store

Saito Drapery Shop

Niigata Honmachi 13 Post Office

Ogawaya

Supermarkets Hoxey Mart.

The Daiso Niigata Shimohonmachi shop

Fureai Hall Najirane

Ikeda Merillas Store

just-cut (baseball)

Sheep shop (laundrette, clothesline).

Kobayashi Tobacco Shop

Live Design (first-class architectural office)

Washio Fresh Fish Store

Zenbo Bakery

Okazuya (delicatessen)

Rahmen Fujita

Ueshima Coffee

Yamada Marine Products Store

Wada Yabuya

Hirata Osteopathic Clinic

Takano Gas Shimohonmachi

Komori Tofu Shop

ramen

Cupid Shimohonmachi

Misakiya Fresh Fish Store

Shellfish (renovation and real estate)

Miscellaneous impressions from the walk, etc.

We have just listed the shops that were open on the day of the interview. From the bottom (Shimo, towards the Sea of Japan) to the top (Kami, towards the Sea of Japan). Sea of Japan direction) to the top (Kami. I wandered around for about 30 minutes from the bottom (Shimo, towards the Sea of Japan) to the top (Kami, towards Hakusan Shrine) and found more shops than I expected. I had an image of a 'market' ahead of me, so I was somewhat surprised to find a body-shop, an architectural office and even a 100 yen shop. It's a bit far from the Uehonmachi and Furumachi areas, so it's a shopping street with a unique atmosphere and atmosphere. I enjoyed communicating with the locals and I will try to cut out various angles of this area and write an article about it!

Shimomotomachi Shopping Street