Flower shop over 150 years old reblooms with cafe - The Japan News

Yanaka Cemetery in Taito Ward, Tokyo, dates from 1874 and hosts about 7,000 graves. Within its roughly 100,000 square meters, one can find the graves of many famous people, including the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa and painter Taikan Yokoyama.
Near the cemetery’s entrance stands Hanaju Florist, a flower shop founded in 1870. The shop is a neighborhood landmark that Shibusawa and Yokoyama are said to have visited.
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