To visit somewhere known for something like subculture In Japan, some people call it 聖地巡礼, though it's not religious thing. The other day, I had felt suddenly like visiting a certain place in Tokyo, so I took myself to the station and got a train.As I live in country side, it took long hours and much money to go there even though I had jumped on Shinkansen, the bullet train. I hadn't prepared at all, but somehow I got to the destination. It was Shibamata where I went, and I suppose some of you perhaps know of the town as a place which is famous for the movies of "It's Tough Being a Man". Since I didn't have any particular hope to do there, I just roamed around that area looking at scenery. I didn't know how narrow the lane which leads to Taishakuten is before, even though I've watched the movies at times. Then I understood one part in the movie that people complained of a car entered the street. The temple was surrounded all but the front by glass walls that I don't think I have seen in the movies. It said that the walls were equipped to save carvings from being weather-beaten. When I reached the bank of Edogawa River, I found that the path on the bank had gotten paved and widened, but there were some structure I know. Those aren't surprising for people living there at all, however I, as a country fork who doesn't touch news, was surprised at such little differences. After visiting the museum that shows what the movie is like and having some snack, I brought myself on the way to home. After this outing, I recalled the view I had seen there when I watched the movie. That is what 聖地巡礼 does on me, I think.