Ueno Street

There are two theories on the etymology of Ameya. The first is that the name came from ameya (飴屋, "candy shop"), because of all the candy stores that lined the street in the early post-war era when sugar was hard to come by. Even now, there are stores selling candy there. The second theory is that it refers to アメリカ (America); there used to be stores selling surplus American army goods just after World War II. In either case, it is now commonly referred to simply as ameyoko #japan #familytrip #tokyo