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Noren

The entrance curtain (noren) to a shop in Uji, near Kyoto. These hanging curtains at the entrance to an establishment were originally contrived as sunshades, but became signs for the wares within..

Kobe, Japan

Author: Michael Freeman

©Michael Freeman

File state: Final

Photo size: 17.1 Mpixels (48.8 MB uncompressed) - 5045x3380 pixels (16.8x11.3 in / 42.7x28.6 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Japan, Kyoto, Uji, entrance, curtain, noren, tradition, graphic, doorway, sunshade, logo, advertising, shopsign, pd

Published in: TEA DRINKING, TEA CULTURE, KYOTO, Things Japanese

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