Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Popular for shops, small offices

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Popular for shops, small offices

A cafe in a former school building operated by the Ikejiri Institute of Design in a residential area of Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area is popular with residents as shown in this photo taken on June 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Fort-like expressway junction

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Fort-like expressway junction

Photo taken on June 14, 2015, shows the coliseum-shaped spiraling Ohashi Junction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Loopwheel knitting machine demonstrated

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Loopwheel knitting machine demonstrated

A loopwheel knitting machine is shown for a demonstration at one of the shops of the Ikejiri Institute of Design in Tokyo on June 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Popular for shops, small offices

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Popular for shops, small offices

A cafe in a former school building operated by the Ikejiri Institute of Design in a residential area of Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area is popular with residents as shown in this photo taken on June 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Sky garden atop expressway junction

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Sky garden atop expressway junction

Photo taken on June 7, 2015, shows the Meguro Sky Garden on the roof of the fort-like Ohashi Junction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo. The garden is connected to a 42-story condominium complex (back). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Rare "natto" vending machine at work

Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Rare "natto" vending machine at work

A rare vending machine for "natto" fermented soybeans is seen at the Ikejiri Ohashi branch of the "Natto Kobo Sendai" shop in Tokyo in this photo taken on June 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo