I
Wanna Know Where Cap Shops

The sign at right with
the nonsensical red arrow containing an off-center
"1" looks like it was copied from the Japanese
transliteration of the English word "lion". In
fact, it was probably copied from a sign somewhere
advertising Raion, a company that makes laundry
detergent and toothpaste. Is the company headquarters
located underneath this clothing store?
By the way, I think it
would take much more than "awhile" to find a Japanese
retailer who'd accept anything other than yen.
Most of them won't even take traveler's checks.
Also bugs me that Cap uses the word "merchant".
Has kind of a "developing nation" connotation to
it.
At left is a pretty good
approximation of a Tokyo subway station entrance.