Japan Info Swap Blog

It sometimes can be a bit surprising  to learn that at one point in time the busiest parts of Tokyo weren’t the bustling areas of Shinjuku and Shibuya but were actually located to the East. Indeed, in old Edo (the former name for Tokyo), the Eastern area of the city held sway and  was a bustling area for artists and artisans. Perhaps the most well-known of these is Katsushika Hokusai, the famous woodblock print artist. Hokusai’s most famous …