More Shitamachi Museum...

This was the candy shop. One of the docents did an excellent job of explaining the displays to me.

He encouraged me to take off my shoes and wander through the rooms and to handle the objects from the residents' daily lives as he explained their uses.

All of the rooms featured at least one shrine, but most had several.

These chests reminded me of the one Jimmy's sister Debbie gave us as a wedding gift.

Across from the candy display was the kitchen, which is clearly quite compact. It wasn't until a development boom spurred on by the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics that there was a dramatic increase in the use of electric appliances.