Downtown

Down Town

Explanation

In Kumamoto, there is big down town. There is called ‘Shimo-tori’ and ‘Kami-tori’. There is big shopping arcade. There is the biggest scale in western part of Japan. There bustle with as many people as Nagoya, Osaka (Kita, Minami) and Fukuoka (Nakasu). Kami-tori is composed of Kami-tori arcade and Namikizaka. And Shimo-tori is composed of Shintenngai, Nibangai, Sanbangai and Yonbangai. Today’s arcade of Kami-tori is third generation arcade. This arcade is followed the design of the Orsay Museum in Paris. And today’s arcade of Shimo-tori is second generation arcade. This arcade can open and close. It opens all at once in three minutes by electric switches. Kami-tori is the first Japanese place where introduced Edy (Electronic money system) into in wide area. And, in Shimo-tori, you can use Edy at 175 shops. Especially, the fashion that sent from there is tip of trend. By the way, Kumamoto is the first place in Kyusyu where McDonald’s opened and two of only place where ‘McFLURRY’ sold by test. One more place was Tokyo. Like this, Kumamoto is on top of trend and Kami-tori and Shimo-tori are on top of trend too. This is why students of KGU are fashionable. As other extend shop streets, there are Namikizaka, Uenoura-tori, Okus-tori, Sakuraicho-tori, Kusabacho-tori, Kagomati-tori, Sakae-tori, Ginnan-tori, Washingtong-tori, Shower-tori, Sunload-Shinshigai and so on. There are a lot of fashionable shops in there. Kumamoto’s downtown is great. If you know good place or recommended place, please tell me!!

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