Liminal space · Hiroshima, Japan

Kamiyacho Shareo (Underground Mall)

An underground shopping street that runs in a cross shape beneath the Kamiyacho intersection in central Hiroshima. It opened in 2001. Before the shops open and after they close, the long passages and plazas, with only their bright lights left on, become an underground space with no clear destination.

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