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Judo champion Tani stumps as DPJ candidate for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani works the popular Azabu Juban shopping area in central Tokyo on June 24, 2010 as she makes her debut as a candidate for the House of Councillors. Official campaigning for the poll on July 11 got under way the same day.

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Timeless shops line Tokyo's nostalgic Azabu Juban area

From traditional hand-roasted Japanese rice crackers to deep-fried bean snacks, age-old shops line the nostalgic shopping street of Azabu Juban, which boasts over 300 years of history, in Tokyo on March 16, 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Frogs at Juban Inari Jinja shrine in Tokyo

Stone frogs in different sizes at Juban Inari Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward, are seen on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pasta crackers of Kineya in Tokyo

Photo taken March 13, 2015, shows fried pasta crackers that go well with wine at Kineya in Tokyo's Azabu Juban shopping district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Colorfully packaged rice crackers at Agemochi-ya

Colorfully packaged rice crackers are on display at the Agemochi-ya rice cracker store in Tokyo's Azabu Juban shopping district on March 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Confectioner makes, sells salt rice cracker on Tokyo shopping street

A confectioner makes and sells flavored "shio-okaki" salt rice crackers in a corner of Mamegen, a shop established in 1865, on a shopping street in Tokyo's time-honored Azabu Juban district on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People frequent 'taiyaki' pancake shop on time-honored Tokyo street

There is an endless stream of people visiting Naniwaya Sohonten, one of Japan's oldest shops selling "taiyaki" fish-shaped pancakes with a filling of sweet bean paste, on a shopping street in Tokyo's Azabu Juban district on March 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shoppers at Agemochi-ya rice cracker store in Tokyo

Shoppers visit the Agemochi-ya rice cracker store in Tokyo's Azabu Juban shopping district on March 13, 2015. Crackers with a salt-lemon flavor are the most popular with customers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman playing a blindfold game (treasure mine and gold mine)

Young women are enjoying a game in a Japanese garden with stone lanterns. Their sashes are tied in loose darari-musubi style, and they are wearing bokkuri wooden clogs. The red colour of the juban (undergarment) is peeping through the hem of their kimono. They are of course posing for this photograph. The English title on the lower left reads GIRLS PLAYING. This is a typical photograph produced for foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐14‐0]

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A woman holding a small model boat

A young woman holds a wooden model ship in one hand and a branch in the other. The little ship may be a yakata-bune (banquet houseboat). The red juban (undergarment visible at the hem of her kimono and her wooden clogs catch the eye. This is a coloured photograph taken in a studio that probably provided the pail and flower pots as props.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐111‐0]

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Judo champion Tani stumps as DPJ candidate for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani works the popular Azabu Juban shopping area in central Tokyo on June 24, 2010 as she makes her debut as a candidate for the House of Councillors. Official campaigning for the poll on July 11 got under way the same day. (Kyodo)