The first building that greets us is the Koban or police box.
We got pretty nervous when we saw this building.......Luckily no officers were on duty.
This koban was located at Manseibashi in Kanda. It was located on the end of Manseibashi (bridge). This koban's design was common in the Meiji era. The office is in the front. There is a small living quarters in the back, maybe two or three tatami.
The koban is still used by the police in Japan to service neighborhoods. Koban in busy metropolitan areas often serve as a police substation with several officers on duty.
Neighborhood or rural koban often have one officer on duty and often their families live in the koban. The back of the koban is actually a house. The police officers are available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week in the community.
The next picture is of a mailbox.
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