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Japanese medallion?
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2013/2/17 16:01
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by Luke (guest)
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Re: Japanese medallion?
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2013/2/17 17:41
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It says "Asakusa," and has the picture of the Kaminari-mon (gate) in front of the famous Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.
On the back side it has the layout of all the different gates, temple and shrine on the Senjo-ji premises.
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by AK (guest)
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Re: Japanese medallion?
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2013/2/18 09:05
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It has no writing other than "Senso" as AK mentioned above. It only reads me to think that this is not a commemorative medallion, though the writing (the font) seems to be old. Maybe a part of keychain from the post-WW2 period?
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by jomonstrider (guest)
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2013/2/18 11:53
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It is just a souvenir medallion. Many tourist attraction venues sell these. My kids still have one from Aso in Kyushu.
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by amazinga (guest)
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Re: Japanese medallion?
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2013/2/18 15:59
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I'm unsure, just an idea...
There is clearly 六区(Rokku; the 6th area) on the map.
The Rokku that is redeveloping now was deserted recently, as Shinjuku-Shibuya area become busy?
And 花やしき(Hana-yashiki) is written by hiragana, it's renamed from Kanji on 1947?
So I think maybe it's made on 1950-1970's.
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by ajapaneseboy
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