Ginza, the largest luxury commercial area in Japan, had many alleys until the Showa 30s.
There are quite a few wooden houses on the back street, and wooden houses must be built at least 50 cm away from the border under civil law, so there is inevitably a gap of more than 1 m. There were many residents, so in fact, a private road, that is, an alley, was built more than that of the convenience of life.
However, since it is a land that was said to be "Soil Issho Kin Issho", the wooden houses were more and more destroyed or burned down by fire (at this time there were many fires). Building has been built.
Non-combustible buildings are built in contact with buildings, so the alleys, which are private roads, were absorbed by new buildings and disappeared.
At that time, the private road was the property of the landowner, and the people who passed there seemed to be inevitable if the landowner built a building and could not pass the alley, so if you built a building, it was natural to build a building on the site.
At present, it is said that even private roads, people who use them on a daily basis have the right to pass, and private roads cannot be closed without permission. To put it difficult, there is a precedent that the right to pass on a private road can be obtained at the time of acquisition, and that right (passing ground role) can compete with the landowner without registration. In other words, even landlords can't close or crush private roads without permission.
Well, such a difficult story is that there are still back streets where old wooden buildings still remain, and alleys left in consideration of convenience even when it becomes a building, and there are hidden luxury bars in it, and there are izakayas for office workers.
This time, let's introduce one of them, the alley of Ginza 8-chome.
There is an alley that runs from Kinharu Street to Namiki-dori St. on Ginza 8-chome, sandwiched between Hanatsubaki Street and Gomon Street, which is a luxury social hall. There is an alley that was called "Success alley" by senior officials and elite office workers.
In the past, it used to continue from Ginza Street, but because the space between Ginza Street and Kinharu Street is too narrow and dangerous, now a locked door is installed and cannot pass.
So now, the entrance near the famous sushi restaurant "Kubei" on Kinharu Street is the starting point (marked by my French), passing through the alley lined with bars, and then passing through the alley with "Porsche Building" on the left, it will be Namiki-dori St., ahead of which will be a large road rather than an alley.
If you go straight through Sotobori-dori St. and JR elevated tracks and cross Hibiya Street, you will eventually reach Kasumigaseki and hit National Diet Building. (Approx. 15 to 20 minutes)
It was located in Ginza 8-chome, and if you go straight on the path that became wider and wider, it would have been called the "good alley" because it hit National Diet Building, the pinnacle of Japanese politics.
Well, in fact, it was also called "Obi Yokocho" because drunks often do tubs in dim alleys ... (laughs).
