20060413-20060418 Japan : Location Hunt - Galaxy Express 999 Shopping Street


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Galaxy Express 999 Shopping Street
The Galaxy Express 999 Shopping Street is actually called Takinogawa-Banba Shopping Street. It is located near Takinogawa-Ichichome Station of Toden Arakawa Line. It is nick-named Galaxy Express 999 Shopping Street because the mangaka of Galaxy Express 999, Matsumoto Leiji, help the shopping street by illustrating the shopping street map. An arch was also been built in 20031019. The lamp-posts of the shopping street have the Galaxy Express 999 flag hanging on them.
Takinogawa-Banba Shopping Street's offical website : www3.kitanet.ne.jp/~banba/
The arch of the shopping street Map of the shopping street near the arch Illustrations on the arch
Illustrations on the arch The arch of the shopping street Galaxy Express 999 flag on the lamp-post
   
Galaxy Express 999 flag on the lamp-post