Views of Ginza, The Most Luxury Shopping District in Tokyo

Ginza is known as a shopping district for famous brands and department stores. In addition, the area is one of the most expensive land for decades, it carries an image of “high-class” and everyone recognizes the iconic view of the intersection with a clock tower (the photo on the upper left).

Ginza has a lot of art galleries, good restaurants, and shops offerng the latest trend, and therefore it is a great place for stroll and window-shopping. Recently some renowned brands such as Dior and Hermes started to built artistically designed buildings, which is attracting more attention.

The place name "Ginza"means “The Institute of Silver”. Actually there was a mint for silver coins during the Samurai era. Many archaic words are not used with their original meanings anyone but remain as place names. Ginza in Tokyo would be the most famous one with a such archaic name. Today, 

people at GInza tend to spend lots of money at luxury shops and restaurants, unlike people in old times who minted money there. Perhaps this place has some power to attract money since old times?