Yokohama—theater district

“Beyond the bridge is Isezahicho, a half mile of theaters, side-shows, merry-go-rounds, catchpenny games, candy shops, restaurants, second-hand clothes bazaars, labyrinths of curio, toy, china, and wooden-ware shops. Hundreds of perambulating restaurateurs trundle their little kitchens along, or sqing them on a pole over their shoulders.”

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, Jinrikisha Days in Japan, (New York, 1891) p. 15