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Kabuki-za completed

TOKYO, Japan - The rebuilt Kabuki-za theater stands completed in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza area on Feb. 26, 2013. At right is a countdown board for the theater's opening performance in April.

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Kabuki-za completed

TOKYO, Japan - The rebuilt Kabuki-za theater stands completed in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza area on Feb. 26, 2013. In the background is Kabuki-za Tower building.

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(1)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (C) presents two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play, to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro (L) and Ichikawa Danjuro (R) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district.

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(2)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play. Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama presented the stamps Jan. 22 to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro and Ichikawa Danjuro at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district. (Kyodo)

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Liquor shop in Tokyo's Ginza offers selection of rare regional rice wines

Reiichi Fujita, a Japanese rice wine steward, picks a recommendation from a selection of over 200 brands of sake offered at his shop, "Ginza Sake Gallery Kojiya Sanshiro Shuho Honten," in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district on March 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Art gallery housed in 83-year-old building in Tokyo's Ginza

This 83-year-old building in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district, photographed on April 14, 2015, houses the Ginza Retro Gallery Musee. The owner had initially bought the land and planned to tear down the building, constructed in 1932, but later decided to renovate and preserve it for use as an art gallery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cafe visited by John Lennon in 1979 still stands in Tokyo's Ginza

Flor de Cafe Ginza Kinohana in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district, where former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono visited in 1979 just four days after it opened, is still in business as seen on April 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plain "takoyaki" fast food popular at Ginza shop in Tokyo

Plain "takoyaki" octopus balls without the usual topping of sauce, green laver and dried bonito shavings, as shown in this photo taken on April 17, 2015, are a popular choice among customers at Ginza Fukuyoshi, a shop in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district that sells the famous street snack from western Japan. The dish is named "Sonomanma," literally "as it is." ==Kyodo

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Muroran Higashi Ginza Shopping Street

Ginza shopping street in the center of Muroran City, Hokkaido.

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(1)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (C) presents two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play, to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro (L) and Ichikawa Danjuro (R) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district. (Kyodo)