From Then to Now, the Nibangai Shopping Arcade

Around the time of when the Bairindo building was first opened

Kashiwa Nibangai: In front of the Shimada Tokei Watch Shop

At this point in time, it was called the "Keihoku Street Shopping Arcade"

A view of the intersection and entrance to the Arcade from the newly developed Double Deck at the time

Tanabata Festival Event at the Nibangai Arcade

Entrance to the Kashiwa Nibangai Shopping Arcade at the time

Busy Tanabata Festival inside the Arcade

Inauguration ceremony for the completed extension of the Koyanagaimachi overpass passage

Updated look of the Nibangai Arcade entrance

A crowd of Kashiwa Matsuri (Festival) participants at the Scramble Intersection in front of the Arcade entrance

The Kashiwa Nibangai Arcade received a very prestigious award among "30 Shopping Arcades Doing Their Best"

The actual Certificate of Commendation, issued by the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry